Military Balance 2009 - Press Coverage
- 27 Jan 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Nato losing battle against the Taliban, says IISS
The warning, in the IISS's annual Military Balance survey of armed forces around the world, comes as new US President Barack Obama is expected to appeal to America's European allies to send more troops in an attempt to force a strategic breakthrough.
The report said that the Taliban insurgency had continued "unabated" throughout the past 12 months - even moving into previously quiet provinces - adding to pressures on the alliance.
- 27 Jan 2009 - - Press Association - Nato tensions 'hit Afghan mission'
Tensions within the Nato alliance and lack of progress in the fight against Taliban is undermining the international mission in Afghanistan, a leading think tank has warned.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said that the Taliban were stepping up the use of suicide bombings and expanding their operations into areas that were previously quiet.
- 27 Jan 2009 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Afgan mission threatened by NATO tensions, think tank warns
The warning, in the IISS's annual Military Balance survey of armed forces around the world, comes as new US President Barack Obama is expected to ask European NATO members to send more troops to the country.
The report said that the Taliban insurgency had continued "unabated" for the past 12 months - even moving into previously quiet provinces - adding to pressures on the alliance.
- 27 Jan 2009 - - The News (Pakistan) - Economic slowdown to squeeze Obama's military options: study
The global slowdown will stretch defence budgets worldwide, notably complicating the task of new US President Barack Obama as he switches foreign policy focus, a top think tank said Tuesday.
- 27 Jan 2009 - - Indo-Asian News Service - India should prepare for Obama’s regional strategy: expert
Roy-Chaudhury’s comments came as the IISS Tuesday published its Military Balance 2009 - a report that predicts that the failure of Western forces to counter the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008 could prompt these powers to “reappraise their commitments” this year.
Roy-Chaudhury, who heads the South Asia division of IISS, said that with President Barack Obama shifting US strategic priority from Iraq to Afghanistan, New Delhi should be prepared for greater regional engagement.
- 27 Jan 2009 - - Asian News International - NATO losing battle against the Taliban: IISS
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has claimed that NATO is losing its battle in Afghanistan because of tensions within the alliance. The think tank claimed that the Taliban has been stepping up the use of suicide bombings and expanding their operations into areas that were previously quiet.
