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The appetite of newspaper readerships for coverage of international affairs is large and growing. This reflects not only a rise in general curiosity about an eventful outside world that is now more accessible than ever before, but also the recognition that developments in one part of the world can have direct – and often not immediately obvious – repercussions at home. For newspapers, this secular trend poses a variety of arduous challenges:
Information or analysis Though there may be an increase in the information available on global affairs, there has not been a commensurate rise in the availability of forward-looking and original insight and analysis demanded by readers.
The sifting challenge The process of distinguishing truly significant from merely interesting trends and events is increasingly time consuming and resource intensive.
Costs of expertise The costs of maintaining international networks of foreign correspondents can be prohibitively high; meanwhile, difficulties often exist in trying to locate reliable, recognised experts.
The authority and expertise of Strategic Comments is available to national newspapers through flexible Syndication Agreements, which allow newspapers to republish premium quality analysis at highly attractive rates
Immediate and flexible delivery
Syndication clients are guaranteed electronic delivery of the 50 Strategic Comments articles published in 10 volumes annually immediately upon publication. Articles are transmitted in multiple formats to facilitate easy republication. All clients are assigned a direct contact among the senior editorial staff of Strategic Comments, with the aim of fostering interaction and maximising the utility of the syndication agreement.
Join an international community
By taking out a Syndication Agreement to republish Strategic Comments each newspaper joins an international community of high-calibre sources of news and analysis.
Strategic Comments’ core qualities have enabled it to hold Syndication Agreements with such varied and distinguished international publications as The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong); Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland); El Pais (Spain); Hellenic Diplomacy and Defence (Greece), Público (Portugal), Milliyet (Turkey), The National Post (Canada), Reuters Business Briefing (United Kingdom), China Times and Taipei Times (Taiwan); La Stampa (Italy); Arsharq Al-Awsat (Saudi Arabia); Straits Times (Singapore); The Hindu (India); Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan); Dong Ah Ilbo (South Korea); and La Nacion (Argentina).
The following syndication packages are available to newspapers:
Special Executive Corporate Membership: The newspaper becomes a Special Executive Corporate Member of the IISS. This gives it the exclusive national copyright and translation rights to reprint Strategic Comments, as well as the right to reprint section of other IISS publications (The Military Balance, Strategic Survey, Survival, and the Adelphi Papers series). Such newspapers should inform the IISS of what they wish to print, but do not have to pay an extra fee.
‘Presidential’ option: Newspapers may republish all 50 Strategic Comments. Such newspapers will also have privileged access to the online Strategic Comments database, which holds all coverage since 1997. The database may be used by the newspaper staff for research purposes. Extracts from articles contained on the database may be republished, subject to consultation with the Strategic Comments editorial staff.
‘Ambassadorial’ option: Newspapers will receive all Strategic Comments and may republish up to 25 articles a year.
‘Diplomat’ option: Newspapers will receive all Strategic Comments and may republish up to 12 articles a year.
For a free Syndication Brochure and further information, including costings and trial Syndication Agreements, newspapers should contact Strategic Comments’ Assistant Editor, Jessica Delaney
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