Military Balance 2009 - Press Coverage
- 10 Mar 2009 - - El Universal - Chile proposes to disclose defense spending
Defense spending in Latin America and the Caribbean grew by 91 percent between 2003 and 2008, from USD 24.7 to USD 47.2 billion, according to figures released at the end of January by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
- 09 Mar 2009 - - Foreign Policy - The Worst Kind of Stimulus
Meanwhile, the United States remains far and away the global leader in overall defense spending. Consider that in 2007, the most recent year for which accurate data is available from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United States spent more on defense than the next 14 highest spending countries combined; accounted for 43 percent of the world’s total defense spending; and spent five times more on defense than China, eight times more than Russia, 85 times more than Iran, and 100 times mo
- 09 Mar 2009 - - El Pais - Un 91% más de gasto militar
Entre los objetivos, y a la sazón quebradero de cabeza, que se han marcado los 12 Gobiernos del Consejo de Defensa Suramericano, está la creación de un método de medición del gasto militar común. Entre 2003 y 2008, el desembolso en defensa en América Latina y el Caribe aumentó un 91%, según el Instituto Interna-cional de Estudios Estratégicos (IISS). En 2008, se gastaron 47.200 millones de dólares (38.659 millones de euros) frente a 24.700 millones de dólares (19.500 millones de euros) en 2003.
- 04 Mar 2009 - - Weekly Standard - Sideshow or Preview?
This year could go down is history as the one in which Iran either got the bomb or got close enough for government work. A report in early February by the International Institute for Strategic Studies concluded that during 2009 Iran will probably reach the point at which it has produced enough low-enriched uranium to make a bomb if it took the simple step of further enrichment. CIA Director Leon Panetta recently said there is "no question" Iran is seeking a nuclear weapons capability. This refuted with fina
- 04 Mar 2009 - - Bloomberg - China Plans to Boost 2009 Military Spending by 14.9%
China’s actual military outlays are about 70 percent higher than they report publicly, said Tim Huxley, executive director in Asia for the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. They don’t include weapons purchases from overseas, research and development spending, or revenue generated by China’s own arms exports, according to Huxley.
- 25 Feb 2009 - - Reuters - Crisis sharpens scrutiny of security spending
Hundreds of billions more have been spent on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where a U.S.-led alliance has sought to quell insurgencies and root out al Qaeda cells.
But London's International Institute for Strategic Studies thinktank said in its 2009 Military Balance global defense review that "defense spending seems bound to come under close scrutiny" by governments around the world hit by recession.
