Events Calendar

New IISS Publications

06 February 2012 - Discussion Meeting - The Syrian crisis: Internal dynamics and international diplomacy More than 5,400 Syrians have been killed in the 10-month-old uprising against the government of President Bashar-al Assad, according to UN estimates. The Free Syrian Army claims some 30,000 defectors, but the regimes forces are ten times as large and the opposition is divided. A panel of IISS experts discuss the Syrian crisis.
16 February 2012 - Discussion Meeting - Preventing Iranian nuclear weaponisation: the state of the debate Professor Shai Feldman, Judith and Sidney Swartz Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics, Brandeis University will speak on 'Preventing Iranian nuclear weaponisation: the state of the debate' at the IISS in London on Thursday 16 February 2012 from 11:30am-12:30pm.
07 March 2012 - IISS Book Launch - The Military Balance 2012 The Military Balance 2012, the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries world-wide will be launched on Wednesday 07 March 2012.

02 February 2012 - IISS Experts' Commentary - The EU and the Iranian nuclear issue
By Dina Esfandiary, Research Analyst and Project Coordinator, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme
31 January 2012 - IISS Experts' Commentary - Europe's role in global nuclear security
by Jasper Pandza, Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme
30 January 2012 - IISS Experts' Commentary - A good time to talk non-proliferation
By Mark Fitzpatrick, Director of IISS Non-proliferation and Disarmament Programme
27 January 2012 - IISS Experts' Commentary - Behind the latest Pentagon cutbacks
By Douglas Barrie, Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace, Henry Boyd, Research Assistant for The Military Balance, and James Hackett, Editor, The...
The Struggle for Value in European Defence
If European countries are to build capabilities that match the significant amounts they spend on defence, effective cooperation on investments, force...
Containing Iran's Missile Threat
The breathing space offered by a regional flight-test ban could facilitate cooperation on missile defences and the building of greater trust and...