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October 2009

31 Oct 2009 - - Houston Chronicle - U.S. should not give up on Iran diplomacy efforts By Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director IISS-US, Corresponding Director IISS-Middle East
31 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - Senior Iran MPs Reject U.N. Atom Fuel Plan Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, described it as a "politically treacherous" issue for Iran. "They (the leadership) find it hard to strike any deal with the West even though this is an obviously good deal for them," he said. "It's stalling but it is not just tactical stalling. There is real domestic turmoil in Iran."
30 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - IAEA awaits urgent Iran reply on fuel deal "Iran is stalling, but it isn't just a negotiation tactic," said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "It faces real political trouble as all the power centers jockey for position. Nobody wants the rival to get credit for landing the big prize of U.S. relations."
30 Oct 2009 - - Straits Times - Sino-Russian ties: Utility over affinity Speaking at a conference organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies last year, Mr Daniel Fung, a senior counsel from Hong Kong, noted that China has been dealing with Russia for 300 years. 'China is not starry-eyed about Russia, neither does it see Russia as the great ogre hell-bent on reviving the Cold War. In terms of political, military and economic power, Russia is no longer the Soviet Union,' said the president of the International Law Association, Hong Kong Chapter.
29 Oct 2009 - - Evening Herald (Plymouth) - Diplomat to give talk on Pakistan The University of Plymouth will host a lecture on the state of Pakistan and its implications for world affairs by Sir Hilary Synnott, former British High Commissioner to Islamabad. Entitled 'Pakistan: How did it come to this?', Sir Hilary will assess historical developments in the country and the surrounding region at the 2009 Lord Caradon Lecture next month.
29 Oct 2009 - - Webster University Seminar - ‘Successes and Failure of NPT or World without NPT?’ By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation
28 Oct 2009 - - Le Monde - Too Late... Le plus gravement atteint est le jeune et brillant secrétaire au Foreign Office, David Miliband. Déjà, au congrès du Labour, le mois dernier, il avait dit toute sa foi dans l'Union européenne. Lundi 26 octobre, il est allé plus loin. Dans un discours important, il a relégué au deuxième plan ce qui était depuis toujours le pilier numéro un de la politique étrangère britannique : la relation privilégiée avec les Etats-Unis. M. Miliband, qui pourrait être appelé à diriger le Labour, lui substitue une autre pri
28 Oct 2009 - - Gulf News - Gates to lead US delegation to Manama Dialogue US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will for the third consecutive time lead the US delegation to the Manama Dialogue in December in a clear indication of the importance the US is attaching to the annual security conference. The French, who have repeatedly said that Europe should play a bigger role in the region, will also enhance their participation and will most likely send their foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, diplomats told Gulf News.