The Korea Forum

The Korea Forum marks the 50th Anniversary of the IISS and the Inauguration of The Asan Institute for Policy Studies (AIPS) and was held in Seoul on 26-28 September 2008 on the theme of ‘Korea in the Emerging Asian Power Balance’.

On September 28 a special address 'Global Korea in the 21st Century' was given by Dr Han Seung-Soo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea.

Global Strategic Review 2008
The sixth IISS Global Strategic Review 'Changing Trends in Global Power and Conflict Resolution' was held in  Geneva from 12-14 September. Read More

On Friday Night Robert B Zoellick, President of the World Bank, delivered the Keynote Address.
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GSR Agenda 

Press Coverage  

Inauguration of the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House

On Tuesday 23 September at 6.30pm Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor, Singapore,

delivered a special lecture and inaugurate the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House.

A stream of the Speech and Q&A session is available.  

New Survival Issue

Volume 50, Number 5 of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

 
A pay-per-view facility allows purchases of individual Survival articles. 

Click here to read article summaries from the latest Survival issue (Vol 50, No 5,  October-November 2008)

AP 396 Abolishing Nuclear Weapons - US Launch at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

In a new Adephi Paper published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), George Perkovich and James M. Acton explore in unprecedented detail whether and how the elimination of all nuclear arsenals could be verified and enforced. George Perkovich was joined by Sir Michael Quinlan, a consulting fellow at IISS, in a discussion about the paper at the Carnegie Endowment on September 22, 2008.  A stream of  the discussion is available.