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Conferences 1999

Conferences 1999

  • The European Security Agenda after Kosovo IISS Ukraine and European Security Programme13 December 1999 The seminar brought to London senior military and security policy-makers not only from Ukraine, but also from Georgia and Moldova. Subjects discussed included: the UK perspective on the development of a European security and defence policy; plans for enhancing European military capabilities; the challenges of developing independent European military capabilities; and the key achievements and future objectives of the MoD's...
  • A Non-proliferation Policy Agenda IISS Russian Military Reform Programme29-31 October 1999, Moscow The seminar discussed Russian and European perspectives on the new challenges for non-proliferation policies ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. In the background were worsening Russia-NATO relations, US failure to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and US-Russian tensions over US plans for a national missile-defence system. Leading experts on non-proliferation and arms-control issues from...
  • Security Challenges in North-east Asia IISS Russian Military Reform Programme23 September 1999, Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok The round-table discussion was organised during a visit by Programme Director Oksana Antonenko and IISS Assistant Director Terence Taylor to Vladivostok and Khabarovsk at the invitation of the Russian government's Council for the Retraining and Resettlement of Military Personnel. The group's hosts in Vladivostok were the Primorsky Krai administration, the Commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet,...
  • Approaches to Resettlement and Re-Training IISS Russian Military Reform ProgrammeSeptember 1999, Khabarovsk The round-table discussion was held during during the visit by Programme Director Oksana Antonenko and IISS Assistant Director Terence Taylor to Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. They were accompanied by the head of the Russian government's Council for the Retraining and Resettlement of Military Personnel, General Mikhail Moiseev, and his deputy Major-General Anatoly Goloborov.The discussion was hosted by the newly appointed Commander...
  • Re-training of Retired Servicemen IISS Russian Military Reform Programme23-25 April 1999, Moscow The seminar provided an opportunity for a practical exchange of views on all aspects of officer resettlement. This is a crucial issue for the implementation of Russian military reform, which has been severely affected by the August 1998 economic crisis and further hit by the termination of bilateral cooperation programmes with Western donors as a result of the Balkans conflict. The seminar objectives included: developing a...