Military Balance 2009 - Press Coverage
- 20 Feb 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Iran's stores of uranium 'are enough to make atomic bomb'
The report comes after the International Institute for Strategic Studies predicted that Iran would amass enough low-enriched uranium this year to have the ability to build a nuclear bomb by the end of 2010. Tehran claims the mainly US intelligence was forged
- 10 Feb 2009 - - Middle East Times - The World's Many Conflicts
Consider these facts compiled by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies in their report on "The Military Balance 2009."
Though criticized and often deemed ineffective, the United Nations remains actively involved in various forms in trying to reduce violence around the globe. The U.N. maintains a total of 88,116 peacekeepers and observers at a yearly cost of $7.452 billion in the following countries and/or regions. Some have been deployed for more than six decades. In some insta
- 09 Feb 2009 - - Korea Herald - Is China emerging as a new military power?
Interview with Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk
- 07 Feb 2009 - - Interpress News (Georgia) - Experts Speaking about Weak Sides of Russian Army in August War
The IISS (The International Institute for Strategic Studies) launched The Military Balance 2009, the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics of 170 countries world-wide.
She cast doubt on Russia’s ability to project force, and despite the ‘victory’ of Russian troops in Georgia last August; their performance had highlighted their limited capabilities – The balance reports.
Though the two institutes were established around the same time, JIIA seems to have been left far beh
- 06 Feb 2009 - - Daily Yomiuri - Japan's think tanks at crossroads
On the other hand, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, which was founded in 1958, managed to establish an international reputation through its publication of Military Balance, an annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics of 170 countries.
Though the two institutes were established around the same time, JIIA seems to have been left far behind the British think tank.
- 30 Jan 2009 - - The Nation (Pakistan) - Weak, dependent and divided
India has officially described Pakistan as "the epicentre of terrorism" and keeps threatening it. The world media considers us "the most dangerous country in the world." In its annual review of world security, the London International Institute for Strategic Studies has noted that Al-Qaeda elements along the "disputed" Afghanistan-Pakistan border have increased their activity in Pakistan while continuing to support the insurgency in Afghanistan. The think-tank says that "in NWFP, security forces in general
