The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Friday 05 December 2008

Forthcoming Events

"No End of Troubles''

The next issue of Survival (December 2008–January 2008) opens with an article on the strategic implications of the financial crisis, written by Alex Nicoll here at IISS.

The issue closes with my own essay on what an Obama presidency signifies in the context if America's half century of racial and ideological divisions.

An obvious question is the extent to which financial meltdown and economic crisis will now crowd out war and peace as the problems that will determine the success or failure of the Obama presidency.

I sat down with Alex to discuss these matters; you can watch our conversation here. - Dana Allin, Editor of Survival

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New Adelphi Paper - The Iranian Nuclear Crisis

AP 398: The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding worst-case outcomes - Mark Fitzpatrick

This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. The failure of these policies to prevent Iran from coming close to achieving a nuclear-weapons capability has promoted suggestions for strategies that would grant legitimacy to uranium enrichment in Iran in exchange for intrusive inspections and constraints on the programme. The paper assesses these options in terms of their feasibility and their impact on the proliferation risks of diversion of nuclear material and knowledge, clandestine development and NPT break-out, and the risk of stimulating a proliferation cascade in the Middle East and beyond. Read more

Georgia: the Latest Developments'

On Wednesday 26 November 2008 Eka Tkeshelashvili, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed the IISS on ‘Georgia: the Latest Developments’.

In her IISS speech, Ms Tkeshelashvili discussed this summer’s Russo-Georgian War, the 6 point plan and the EU’s involvement in brokering a peace agreement. She also spoke about the current reality on the ground and what she believes will be Russia’s behaviour in the future. Finally, she approached the issue of Georgia’s current and future relationship with the EU and NATO.
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The speech and Q&A are available to watch.