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Saturday 04 July 2009

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The current staff include Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director, Francesco Barbacci, Special Assistant and Operations Manager, Kathryn Floyd, Dialogues Press Officer and Project Coordinator and Andrew Holland, Programme Manager and Research Associate for the Transatlantic Dialogue on Climate Change and Security.

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International Institute for Strategic Studies - US (Washington)

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-Hee. DoD photo by US Air Force Master Sgt Jerry Morrison

The 8th IISS Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue has successfully concluded in Singapore. The Dialogue ran from 29-31 May 2009.

Robert Gates, US Secretary of Defense addressed the First Plenary Session 'America’s Security Role in the Asia-Pacific'. He said "As with all IISS forums I attend – whether in Manama or here in Singapore – the opportunity to speak about global issues in settings like these is unparalleled."

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The Global Security Implications of Climate Change

Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director, IISS-US, chairs the 2nd Session of the conference

On Tuesday, 5 May, the IISS convened the first conference of the Transatlantic Dialogue on Climate Change and Security at the Ritz Carlton in Washington DC. The title of the conference was ‘The Global Security Implications of Climate Change.’ It was attended by approximately 100 participants. Three members of the IISS Directing Staff, Nigel Inkster, Andrew Parasiliti, and Alexander Nicoll, acted as the chairs of three panel discussions exploring how climate change will affect global security in both the short and long terms.Read More

Geopolitics, Strategy and the Future - IISS 50th Anniversary Dinner

Dr Henry Kissinger at the IISS 50th Anniversary Dinner

The IISS on 3 March concluded a year of 50^th anniversary celebrations with a special Gala Dinner in Washington DC, featuring a discussion on ‘Geopolitics, Strategy and the Future’ between former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, IISS President Emeritus Sir Michael Howard and Former UN Undersecretary General Shashi Tharoor. The dinner gathered some 230 senior officials, military personnel, experts, journalists, and prominent members of the foreign diplomatic community at the Four Seasons Hotel.

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