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UK Defence Chiefs at the IISS

General Sir David Richards addresses the IISS on “Future Conflict and Its Prevention: People and the Information Age”
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’
Sir Mark Stanhope

 

In a series of events held at the IISS all three UK Service Chiefs spoke on future British defence strategy.

 

General Sir David Richards KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff: 'Future Conflict and Its Prevention: People and the Information Age'

 

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of the Air Staff: ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’

 

Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope KCB OBE ADC,  First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff: 'Delivering Defence, Today and Tomorrow: The Maritime Contribution'

 

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Deal saves Europe's transport aircraft
AIRBUS MILITARY

Following months of negotiations, seven European governments have reached a deal with EADS, the parent company of aircraft manufacturer Airbus, which should rescue the troubled A400M transport-aircraft project from failure. At a time when persistent gaps in European military capabilities are defying solutions, and with defence-budget cuts expected, many governments have begun to look more closely at multinational cooperation to generate improved capabilities at better value for the taxpayer. However, the A400M saga provides a sobering background to the debate. Read more

 

'US-China Relations' - Frank Lavin
Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk  and Frank Lavin, Chairman, Public Affairs Practice, Edelman Asia Pacific, Former Under Secretary for International Trade, US Department of Commerce  at the Discussion Meeting on  “U

On Monday 08 March 2010 Frank Lavin, Chairman, Public Affairs Practice, Edelman Asia Pacific, Former Under Secretary for International Trade, US Department of Commerce  spoke on  “US-China Relations”.

 

Frank Lavin concentrated on the impact of issues such as the Dalai Lama visit to Washington, Taiwan arms sales, trade disputes, currency friction, and the Copenhagen Conference, on the bilateral relationship  between the US and China. Read More

 

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Countries of South-Eastern Europe and their future participation in European security
Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Nikola Spiric. © NATO

On Tuesday 02 March 2010 experts from the IISS took part in a telephone confernce on “Countries of South-Eastern Europe and their future participation in European security”.  Read More

 

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Survival: Global Politics and Strategy - Back to the Brink in Bosnia?
Survival 52-1 cover

 

On 05 March 2010 at IISS-US, Christopher Chivvis, political scientist, RAND Corporation and adjunct professor, Johns Hopkins University, spoke on his article, ‘Back to the Brink in Bosnia?’ in the February-March 2010 issue of SurvivalRead More

 

 

 

Also in this issue: Jonathan Stevenson examines Jihad and Piracy in Somalia, and in The New Piracy: Three Contexts Rob de Wijk, David M. Anderson and Steven Haines place the sharp escalation in ship hijackings in its global, historical and legal contexts. 

 

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