2 December: SIPRI Yearbook Issue Seminar: Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Date: Thursday, 2 December, 2010
Time: 6:30-8.00 pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2 AE
The release of the SIPRI Yearbook is anticipated each year by the international community for its insight into recent developments in a number of security-related fields: from trends in armed conflicts to world nuclear forces; from military spending to the ban on cluster munitions; from peacekeeping to non-proliferation. Join these leading experts for a lively discussion on current and future directions in global and regional security in an event organized by SIPRI in cooperation with London School of Economics and Political Science.
Chair:
- Professor Mary Kaldor, SIPRI Board Member and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics
Panelists:
- Des Browne, Baron Browne of London, Convenor of the Top Level Group; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office, 2001-03; Secretary of State for: Defence 2006-08, Scotland 2007-08; Prime Ministers Special Envoy to Sri Lanka 2009. Read more about the Top Level Group http://toplevelgroup.org/
- Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Member of the Top Level Group; Adviser on Nuclear Proliferation to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010; Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 2001-2004; and Professor Emerita of Electoral Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Read more about the Top Level Group http://toplevelgroup.org
- Dr Bates Gill, Director , Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI); Appointed the seventh Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in March 2007 by the Swedish government; Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington from 2002 - 2007. Read more about SIPRI http://www.sipri.org
Copies of SIPRI Yearbook 2010, including online access, will be available for purchase at the event at a discounted price. Contact Stephanie Blenckner, SIPRI Communications Director, Phone: 08-655 97 47, Email: blenckner@sipri.org with any questions. No pre-registration required.
All details of the event also at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2010/20101202t1830vOT.aspx
