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Research Programme

The IISS research programme is committed to addressing the global security challenges of the 21st Century. A comprehensive research programme under the Institute’s Director of Studies, covers these challenges and responds to them both thematically and regionally.

The programme covers five broad themes:

The research programme includes nine regional concentrations:

As an independent, objective, international research institution, IISS is committed to advancing the wider understanding of critical security issues and their potential trends or resolution. Research is manifested in written publications, online databases, conferences, lectures, and working groups.

Strategic Survey 2011

Strategic Survey 2011: The Annual Review of World Affairs was launched on 06 September 2011. This year, uprisings swept across the Arab world, Japan suffered a triple disaster and the world's most-wanted terrorist was killed. Strategic Survey 2011 contains a special chapter on the Arab Awakening.

Strategic Survey 2011: The Annual Review of World Affairs also includes a chronology of the year’s events, essays on important policy issues, and a Strategic Geography section providing vital data on key issues in map form. Read more

Strategic Survey 2011 contents

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Military Balance 2011

There is persuasive evidence that a global redistribution of military power is under way, according to The Military Balance 2011. The US and other Western powers are losing their monopoly in key areas of defence technology, including stealth aircraft, unmanned systems and cyber warfare.

The Military Balance is the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries world-wide. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, analysis and research.

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