Friday 29 January 2010, 10.30-11.30 at Arundel House
The London Conference on Afghanistan was held on 28 January. The purpose of the Conference, which follows the unveiling in December 2009 of President Obama’s revised US strategy towards the conflict, is to develop wider international agreement on measures needed to advance the goal of a stable and secure Afghanistan.
Watch the Briefing
The outcome of the London Conference was on the following morning be assessed by a panel of IISS experts, convened by the Institute’s Afghanistan Security Programme:
Chair: Sir Hilary Synnott, Consulting Senior Fellow
Dr Dana Allin, Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Affairs
Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia
Dr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security
Nigel Inkster, Director for Transnational Threats and Political Risk
Col (Retd) Christopher Langton, Senior Fellow for Conflict and Defence Diplomacy
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia
The meeting will take place in the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX. All guests must be seated by 10.50. Please could all TV crews arrive by 9.30 to set up.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP Clara Lane Spollen at lane-spollen@iiss.org.
