Defence and Military Analysis - Press
- 16 May 2012 - - Reuters - China's ''small stick'' approach to South China Sea
"It is much easier for paramilitary vessels to assert sovereignty claims with less probability of escalation to armed violence," said Christian Le Miere, a maritime security researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
- 16 May 2012 - - Reuters - Austerity to strain transatlantic ties at NATO Chicago summit
"Any government facing fiscal difficulties is more inclined to look at the defence budget rather than the welfare budget," said Adam Ward, director of studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank in London.
- 12 May 2012- - Wall St Journal - H.R. McMaster: The Warrior's-Eye View of Afghanistan
Interview with General HR McMaster, Consulting Senior Fellow
- 11 May 2012 - - New York Times - Britain Backtracks on Choice of New Fighter Jet
Douglas Barrie, senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said that the F-35C had a combat radius around 150 nautical miles greater than the model that has been chosen.
We are going to be living with an aircraft that is less capable in the grand scheme of things, he said. This really comes down to finances in the near term.
- 11 May 2012- - IISS Experts' Commentary - Muqtada Al-Sadr Resurgent, Key to Maliki's Future
By Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director IISS-US, Corresponding Director IISS-Middle East
- 10 May 2012 - IISS Experts' Commentary - Britain does U-turn on F-35 jet decision
By Douglas Barrie, Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace, and Christian Le Miere Research Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security
