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15 Feb 2010 - Address - Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:10:15 GMT

On Monday 15 February 2009, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of the Air Staff Will deliver an address on “Dominating the Information Space: the Comparative Advantage of Air and Space Power” from 3:45-4:45pm. The second in a series of addresses on defence strategy by UK service chiefs

09 February 2010 - - Defence Management Journal - Conflict in the Gulf

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:16 GMT

Interview with Jason Alderwick, Maritime Analyst, Defence Analysis Department

08 Feb 2010 - - MercoPress - Russia displaces the US as main supplier of arms to Latinamerica

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:39:29 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British research institute focusing on international security, revealed that Russia in 2009 became the main exporter of weapons to Latin America thanks to the purchases made by Venezuela, but also to Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia.

08 Feb 2010 - - Chosun Ilbo - Think Tank Warns of Cyber-Warfare Threat

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:38:01 GMT

The threat of cyber warfare is on a par with that of nuclear warfare in the 1950s, according to a study published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Britain on Feb. 3. "The IISS agrees with the growing consensus that future state-on-state conflict may be characterized by the use of so-called asymmetric techniques," the think tank wrote in a paper titled "Military Balance 2010."

08 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:24:03 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, a proliferation expert at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the plan for 10 more enrichment sites in short order was "a farcical bluff." "It is hard-pressed today even to keep the centrifuges installed at Natanz running smoothly," Fitzpatrick told Reuters.

08 Feb 2010 - - BBC News - New Iran nuclear sanctions 'only path', says US

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:37:28 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, a proliferation expert at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, described the proposal as a "farcical bluff". "Iran presumably could start construction by pushing dirt around for 10 new facilities, but there is no way it could begin to construct and equip that many more plants," he told Reuters news agency. "It is hard-pressed today even to keep the centrifuges installed at Natanz running smoothly."

08 Feb 2010 - - Jamestown Sun - Military might: N.D. contracts remain strong in recession

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:58 GMT

A study released last week by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based think tank, found that overall spending on soldiers, weapons and war has been largely unaffected by the recession, The Associated Press reported.

08 Feb 2010 - Discussion Meeting - 'Israel’s Challenges and Opportunities'

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:52:01 GMT

On Monday 8 February 2010, Daniel Ayalon, MK, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel spoke on “Israel’s Challenges and Opportunities”.

07 Feb 2010 - - Observer - Two futures of the internet: next cold war or up in the clouds

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:26:26 GMT

This thought was reinforced by Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman. He'd been to the International Institute for Strategic Studies for a briefing on its annual survey, Military Balance. "The thing I found most interesting," he said, "was the confirmation that cyber-security is the hot issue … John Chipman, the head of the IISS, says the institute is about to launch a study of cyber-security which raises all sorts of issues. What if a country's infrastructure could be destroyed as effectively by a cyber

07 Feb 2010 - - Sunday Times - The shape of wars to come

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:23 GMT

Such a lack of expertise is a real problem. John Chipman, director-general of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: “There is little appreciation internationally of how to assess cyber conflict. We are now, in relation to cyber warfare, at the same stage of intellectual development as we were in the 1950s in relation to nuclear war.”

05 Feb 2010 - - Daily Telegraph - We must prepare for cyber conflict - but not forget wars we fight today

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:52:44 GMT

And if cyber warfare really is going to be a major threat, we have a lot of catching up to do if we want to withstand a determined assault on our infrastructure. As Dr John Chipman, the director-general of Britain's International Institute for Strategic Studies, remarked at the publication of The Military Balance 2010, its annual assessment of military capabilities around the world: "We are now, in relation to the problem of cyber-warfare, at the same stage of intellectual development as we were in the 1950

05 Feb 2010 - - Economist - Iran's missile and uranium salvoes: Another Puzzle

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:11:29 GMT

What is new, says Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, is Mr Ahmadinejad’s apparent readiness to allow a time lag—four or five months—between sending some uranium out and getting finished fuel rods in return. But four or five months is not a year. Iran’s foreign minister still talks of letting out only 400kg at a time, a third of the amount first agreed on. Meanwhile, as the months have dragged by, Iran’s stock of uranium has grown, making the bargain look less

04 Feb 2010 - - Independent - Army may patrol streets to confront terror threat

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:17:02 GMT

The Military Balance, an annual assessment of international defence published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies yesterday showed that China and India significantly raised their defence spending in 2009. The London-based International Ins

04 Feb 2010 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Fiscal realities could dampen Munich Security Conference

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:25:19 GMT

These sobering realities come in the West as other countries that have not been hit so badly by the financial crisis consolidate their gains, investing some of that money into their militaries. Britain's International Institute for Strategic Studies reported Wednesday that Chinese defence spending had enjoyed a 15 per cent boost in 2009.

04 Feb 2010 - - Domain-b - China, India hike defence expenditure as the West cuts back

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:41:51 GMT

Global recession has affected defence spending differently across regions and countries of the world, according to a prestigious think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). It said European NATO members faced reduction, or, at best, a flattening of their defence budgets for 2009, even as China and India sharply hiked defence expenditure for the same year.

04 Feb 2010 - - World Politics Review - NATO's Baltic Defense Plans: Cold War Redux?

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:50:03 GMT

04 Feb 2010 - - RTT News - India's Skepticism About Taliban Complicates Situation In Afghanistan: London Think Tank

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:43:28 GMT

India's skepticism about the wisdom of seeking to distinguish "bad" from potentially "reconcilable" Taliban was complicating the picture in the war-torn south-west Asian country, John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Wednesday. Launching the institute's latest edition of "Military Balance", he said integration of Taliban who would accept the current political dispensation in Afghanistan was a necessary goal.

04 Feb 2010 - - The News - UK military may boost French ties

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:49:01 GMT

Wednesday’s green paper was published as top military think-tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies warned European countries were feeling the pinch on military spending due to the downturn, while Asian countries like China and India surge ahead amid a stronger recovery. Launching the institute's latest edition of "Military Balance", he said integration of Taliban who would accept the current political dispensation in Afghanistan was a necessary goal.

IISS Newsletter April 2009

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:58:02 GMT

View the Spring 2009 IISS Newsletter

04 Feb 2010 - - The News - Redefining Davos

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:05:43 GMT

Top universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc. ran "Ideas Labs" where the participants debated the world's current subjects of deep concern such as security, public, health, governance, nuclear non-proliferation in a university classroom format, developing substantive ideas. An outstanding session on "Population Growth" was conducted by the brilliant and committed Harvard Professor David Bloom. Terrorism and nuclear potential having a dangerous nexus in Pakistan, the International Institute for Strategi

04 Feb 2010 - - BBC News - Afghan security better, says US commander McChrystal

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:03:10 GMT

Gen McChrystal warned there was only limited time to turn around the "deteriorating" situation in Afghanistan, during a speech last October to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He has warned that the next 18 months could prove crucial to turning around more than eight years of international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.

04 Feb 2010 - - Daily Telegraph - Iran offers to send uranium abroad

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:41:42 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a London-based think tank, said yesterday that there were 1,000 fewer centrifuges spinning at Iran's nuclear plant in Natanz than there were a year ago. According to Mark Fitzpatrick, the IISS's nuclear proliferation expert, this deterioration would cause Iran to think twice about surrendering control of its existing uranium supplies. The London-based International Ins

04 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - Discussing Iran Sanctions Hinders Diplomacy - China

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:43:10 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said both China and Russia would seek to delay and water down any resolution on Iran, but he saw one emerging eventually. "China will not block a sanctions resolution. It may well abstain however," he said. According to Mark Fitzpatrick, the IISS's nuclear proliferation expert, this deterioration would cause Iran to think twice about surrendering control of its existing uranium sup

03 Feb 2010 - - Financial Times - Cyber-security and international security

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:51:39 GMT

The briefing offered by the IISS experts ranged fascinatingly over a variety of topics from the Iranian nuclear programme, to Russia’s new military doctrine and the links (or lack of them) between al-Qaeda and Iran. Integration of Taliban who accept the current political dispensation in Afghanistan is a necessary goal, John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive of the International institute for Strategic Studies said.

03 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - UK calls for greater European defence cooperation

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:07:13 GMT

Bastian Giegerich, research fellow for European security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies thinktank, said defence cooperation had been forced on to the agenda by "the continuing high demand on forces, the consistent capability gap and the budget crunch." The London-based International Ins

03 Feb 2010 - - Guardian - Cyber-warfare 'is growing threat'

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:12:38 GMT

Cyber-warfare attacks on military infrastructure, government and communications systems, and financial markets pose a rapidly growing but little understood threat to international security and could become a decisive weapon of choice in future conflicts between states, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies warned yesterday. The London-based International Ins

03 Feb 2010 - - Channel 4 News - Governments 'unprepared' for cyber attacks

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:16:47 GMT

"We are now, in relation to the problem of cyber-warfare, at the same stage of intellectual development as we were in the 1950s in relation to possible nuclear war," said Dr John Chipman, head of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, as he launched Military Balance 2010, the think tank’s annual survey of the state of the world’s strategic threats. The London-based International Ins

The Military Balance 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:46:06 GMT

Military Balance 2010

03 Feb 2010 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Defence report sees growing imbalance in military spending

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:56:51 GMT

Emerging powers China and India sharply increased defence spending in 2009 as the US and European NATO members struggle with budget constraints and commitments in international conflicts, defence analysts in London said Wednesday. In its report Military Balance 2010, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warned that Western plans to woo moderate elements in the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan could prove to be "more complex" than anticipated. The London-based International Ins

03 Feb 2010 - - El Universal - Russia is the main supplier of weapons to Latin America thanks to sales to Venezuela

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:00:23 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British research institute focusing on international security, said on Wednesday that Russia has become the main exporter of weapons to Latin America thanks to the purchases made by Venezuela in the past year. The London-based International Ins

03 Feb 2010 - - Agence France Presse - Asia bolsters defences as West feels pinch: IISS

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:08:10 GMT

Asian states led by China and India are surging ahead with military spending as they recover strongly from the global slowdown, while Europe and the US feel the military pinch, a study said Wednesday. The US military remains "under severe strain" due to ongoing Iraq operations and its 30,000-strong surge in Afghanistan, said the respected annual "Military Balance" reby the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

03 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - China, India boost defence as crisis takes toll on West

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:20:45 GMT

China and India sharply raised defence spending in 2009 despite the economic crisis but most European NATO members face a squeeze on defence budgets as they rein in gaping deficits, a report said on Wednesday. The impact of the global financial crisis on defence and security spending varied across regions and countries, the International Institute for Strategic Studies thinktank said in its annual report "The Military Balance".

03 Feb 2010 - - The Age - US changes battle plan as challenges rise

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:25:30 GMT

The reappraisal coincides with the publication of the respected annual Military Balance report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies which found that: ''Both Obama and Gates have signalled that fiscal realities will necessitate a dramatic re-prioritisation within defence spending The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said the total amount of money spent on world defense budgets rose from $1.3 trillion (euro930 billion) to $1.55 trillion between 2006 and 2008, and l

Survival Volume 52, No 1

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:58:09 GMT

Volume 52 Number 1 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

03 Feb 2010 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Defence analysts warn Taliban reintegration plan could be 'complex'

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:24:36 GMT

The strategy to reach a "negotiated peace" in Afghanistan by wooing moderate elements in the Taliban insurgency are welcome, but could turn out to be more complex than expected, defence analysts in London warned Wednesday. "The Afghan insurgency is complex," the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in its Military Balance 2010 - the group's annual assessment of global military capabilities.

03 Feb 2010 - - Indo-Asian News Service - 'Pakistan pussyfooting on Taliban'

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:28:59 GMT

Pakistan's refusal to crack down on the Afghan Taliban in a bid to achieve "strategic depth" against India will weaken global efforts to negotiate a peace in Afghanistan, a senior British expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Wednesday.

03 Feb 2010 - - Radio Free Europe - Global Military Spending ‘Unaffected By Recession’

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:36:11 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a leading British think tank, says the total amount of money spent on world defense budgets rose to $1.55 trillion in 2008, and likely continued to climb further last year.

03 Feb 2010 - - Press Trust of India - 'India's scepticism about Taliban complicates picture'

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:39:37 GMT

India's scepticism about the wisdom to distinguish between bad and reconcilable Taliban in Afghanistan is complicating the picture in the war-torn country, a leading London-based think tank said today. Integration of Taliban who accept the current political dispensation in Afghanistan is a necessary goal, John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive of the International institute for Strategic Studies said.

03 Feb 2010 - - Associated Press - Report: Military spending unaffected by recession

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:50:14 GMT

The overall amount of money invested in soldiers, weapons and war has been largely unaffected by the global economic downturn, a think tank said in a report published Wednesday. The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said the total amount of money spent on world defense budgets rose from $1.3 trillion (euro930 billion) to $1.55 trillion between 2006 and 2008, and likely continued to climb further in 2009.

03 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - Iran says launches satellite rocket

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:46:02 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the launch was one of a series and "not particularly more significant than the last one or the next one." "They contribute to Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, but do not foretell an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) capability or anything else capable of threatening Western Europe or the U.S. homeland," Fitzpatrick said. The impact of the global financial crisis on defence and security spending varied ac

31 Jan 2010 - - The News - India may oppose Taliban ‘reintegration’ initiative

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:04:48 GMT

The purpose of the Afghanistan conference, which follows the unveiling in December 2009 of President Obama’s revised US strategy towards the conflict, was to develop wider international agreement on measures needed to advance the goal of a stable and secure Afghanistan but a panel at the leading think tank International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) acknowledged that Pakistan’s concerns vis-a-vis India had the potential to derail the stability efforts and further exacerbate the situation.

29 Jan 2010 - - Newsweek - End of the Rogue

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:35:28 GMT

By Nader Mousavizadeh, Consulting Senior Fellow

29 Jan 2009 - 'Assessing The Outcome of the London Conference'

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:53:06 GMT

The London Conference on Afghanistan was held on 28 January. The purpose of the Conference, which follows the unveiling in December 2009 of President Obama’s revised US strategy towards the conflict, was to develop wider international agreement on measures needed to advance the goal of a stable and secure Afghanistan. On Friday 29 January the outcome of the London Conference was assessed by a panel of IISS experts, convened by the Institute’s Afghanistan Security Programme.

Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:12:38 GMT

On Friday 29 January Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey, adressed the IISS on “New World Geopolitics: How Turkey is Contributing to Global Peace and Security as a Member of the UN Security Council”.

28 Jan 2010 - - Houston Chronicle - With pullout deadline near, now is no time to forget Iraq

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:34:17 GMT

By Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director IISS-US, Corresponding Director IISS-Middle East

27 Jan 2010 - - New York Times - G-20 Nations Struggle With Consensus

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:13:04 GMT

Others, like John Chipman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, proposed that the G-20 be given more powers of enforcement in the realm of international security as well as financial regulation, since the U.N. Security Council has difficulty forging agreements because several countries hold veto power. “The G-20 has the legitimacy,” Mr. Chipman said.

27 Jan 2010 - - Indo-Asian News - Ahead of Afghan conference, India shares 'concerns'

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:56:19 GMT

“India is already involved in some sort of training but Pakistan will oppose a greater, institutional role,” said Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, a leading London-based expert in South Asia. “There is no doubt that India has a very strong bilateral relationship with Afghanistan. The question is whether India is ready to move from a bilateral to a multilateral relationship with Afghanistan,” said Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Experts say a mult

Serbia surges forward

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:36:36 GMT

A year ago Serbia’s prospects looked somewhat grim. Blocked on the road to European integration, it was bracing itself for a predicted economic contraction of up to 10%. Its citizens needed visas to travel to most countries outside the region. In a short period, however, things have changed so much that Serbian leaders have taken to claiming that their country is retaking its place as the natural leader of the region.

13 Dec 2009 - - IISS Press Release - 6th IISS Manama Dialogue Successfully Concludes with Major Policy Addresses

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:34:08 GMT

The 6th IISS Regional Security Summit, The Manama Dialogue successfully concluded on Sunday, 13 December 2009 after three days of inspiring and engaging policy addresses and bilateral meetings between senior government, parliamentary, and other distinguished delegates. The summit was attended by over 300 delegates and 25 government delegations, including Iran who attended at the ministerial level for the first time since 2006.

13 Dec 2009 - - BBC Radio 4 - World this Weekend

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:28:46 GMT

An exclusive interview with America's Commander in the Middle East, General David Petraeus

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Iraq 'still facing huge challenges'

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:42:45 GMT

Speaking on the final day of a major security conference in Bahrain, US Army Central Command commander General David Petraeus highlighted the "undeniable" progress made by Iraq and its people over the last 12 months. He said that as the US prepared to start reducing its forces in Iraq from 115,000 troops to fewer than 50,000 by the end of August, he remained confident that the 700,000-strong Iraqi security forces were well-placed to take control.

14 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Key forum lined up

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:59:11 GMT

ORGANISERS of an annual security conference in Bahrain have announced details of a second high-profile event next year. He said that as the US prepared to start reducing its forces in Iraq from 115,000 troops to fewer than 50,000 by the end of August, he remained confident that the 700,000-strong Iraqi security forces were well-placed to take control.

13 Dec 2009 - - Dar Al-Hayat - متقي: التدخل الخارجي يعكر أمن الخليج وحل المسألة النووية بـ«الحذر والتفاوض»

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:47:54 GMT

قال وزير خارجية البحرين الشيخ خالد بن أحمد آل خليفة في حديث الى «الحياة» انه «ليس من العدل فرض عقوبات الآن على ايران، لأن اساس حوار مجموعة الدول الست (الدول الدائمة العضوية في مجلس الامن والمانيا) مع طهران ناقص». واضاف «ليس من العدل ان تفرض علينا قرارات مثل هذه تؤثر على مصالحنا» فيما «نحن أصحاب الشأن، دول المنطقة، لم نستشر».

13 Dec 2009 - - Dar Al-Hayat - إيران تعرض على الغرب مبادلة كمية من اليورانيوم في جزيرة

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:53:21 GMT

13 Dec 2009 - - Dar Al-Hayat - محمد الصباح: موقف موّحد في قمة الكويت لدعم السعودية في مواجهتها لتسلل الحوثيين

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:58:18 GMT

قال نائب رئيس الوزراء وزير خارجية الكويت الشيخ محمد صباح السالم الصباح أن قمة دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي التي تستضيفها الكويت غداً «سيصدر عنها موقف موحد داعم للمملكة العربية السعودية» في تصديها لتسلل الحوثيين الى اراضيها من اليمن. وقال محمد الصباح، في حديث الى»الحياة»، ان «هذا تحصيل حاصل. هذا من المسلمات. نحن تحالف مجلس التعاون ليس تجمعاً أو نادي أغنياء، إنه تحالف حقيقي بين شعوب ست دول. وما سيصدر عن قمة الكويت واضح وجلي وصارخ».

13 Dec 2009 - - Dar Al-Hayat - قمة مجلس التعاون تناقش تحديات الأمن الغذائي وتقلبات أسعار النفط وتحصين الاقتصادات ضد الصدمات الخا

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:20:16 GMT

13 Dec 2009 - - Dar Al-Hayat - محمد الصباح: موقف موحّد في «قمة الكويت» لدعم السعودية في مواجهتها لتسلل الحوثيين

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:24:59 GMT

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - UN sanctions threat on Iran rapped

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:45:20 GMT

"The people of Iran have had more than enough difficulty in their lives to go through more sanctions that will hurt their economy and make their life more difficult." Instead, Shaikh Khalid called for a new round of talks that included countries from the Middle East - which he said had been sidelined from earlier discussions.

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Iran agrees to nuclear fuel swap

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:11:56 GMT

Iran is ready to exchange the bulk of its stockpile of enriched uranium for nuclear fuel rods - as proposed by the UN - but according to its own mechanisms and timetable, the foreign minister said yesterday.

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Peace Plan

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:13:59 GMT

"It is incumbent upon the international community to rally together and ensure that such a catastrophe is not realised." Shaikh Khalid revealed preliminary talks had already taken place regarding the formation of a new nuclear body with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "We have already consulted with the IAEA and will soon talk with our neighbours about the importance of setting up such an important framework," he told delegates at the sixth annual Manama Dialogue at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain H

Copy of 13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Charity money 'going to Taliban'

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:20:45 GMT

"The problem is people don't know where the money goes. The network of charities has become very complex." Mr Mir raised the question about what Gulf countries were doing to stem the flow of cash to the Taliban with Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Sovereignty row 'a mistake'

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:36:27 GMT

Speaking at a Press conference on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue, Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran was looking to settle allegations that its government believed it had sovereignty over the country once and for all.

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Focus on summit

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:40:03 GMT

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Deputy Supreme Commander, yesterday received Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Dr Mohammed Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah and wished him success in hosting the GCC Summit in his country this week. He also met Saudi Defence Ministry adviser Prince Nayef bin Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Saudi people on the safe return of Crown Prince Sultan.

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Time 'running out for Tehran'

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:14 GMT

Cohen Group chairman and chief executive officer William Cohen, who served under the Bill Clinton administration from 1997 to 2001, suggested that if GCC countries decided to get involved in mediating between the West and Iran, it could only prolong and complicate an already complex issue. Speaking at a Press conference on the sidelines of the sixth Manama Dialogue, Mr Cohen explained that attempts to resolve the situation in Iran had already been going for many years.

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Bloomer thanks Iran minister

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:52:56 GMT

Mr Bloomer has always maintained that he was impeccably treated during the ordeal, and yesterday at the sidelines of the sixth annual Manama Dialogue, took time out to thank Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki personally for their treatment and hasty release.

13 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Conservatives Abroad meet British leaders

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:54:39 GMT

MEMBERS of British Conservatives Abroad met prominent members of the Conservative party yesterday morning, on the sidelines of the sixth annual Manama Dialogue. British Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague and Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox both praised the work of the Gulf Tories, pointing out that the organisation was not just about promoting the party abroad, but participation of all Britons in the upcoming general elections.

13 Dec 2009 - - Tehran Times - Iran ready to exchange nuclear fuel on Kish Island

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:48:35 GMT

“We have announced that we are prepared to exchange 400 kilograms of uranium on Kish Island,” Mottaki told reporters at a press briefing in the Bahraini capital on Saturday on the sidelines of The Manama Dialogue, a regional security conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

13 December 2009 - Asharq Al-Awsat - أجهزة استخبارات رصدت اجتماعا سريا في اليمن بين مسؤول بارز في الحرس الثوري الإيراني وقياديين

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:29:08 GMT

Yemen’s National Security Chief Ali Muhammad Al-Anesi confirmed “Iran supports the Houthi rebels in Saada financially, politically and through the media,” in an interview with Al-Hayat at the Manama Dialogue security summit in Bahrain on Dec. 15.

13 Dec 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Iran faces new sanctions over nuke issue: Feltman

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:54:12 GMT

Sanctions, however, were not the first choice of action for the United States, Feltman said on the sidelines of a Gulf security conference in Manama, Bahrain. "The preferred choice is that Iran would restore international confidence through other means," said the as-sistant secretary of state.

13 Dec 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Brown in Afghanistan vows new push to defeat Taliban

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:04:19 GMT

Separately, the head of US Central Command, General David Petraeus, said that to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan it was also crucial that Pakistan put pressure on Taliban leaders operating in its border zone. To make "the really significant progress in Afghanistan that will be necessary over time... it would be very helpful if additional pressure could be put (by Pakistan) on the leadership of the elements that are causing problems in Afghanistan," he told a security conference in Bahrain.

12 Dec 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Iran nuclear talks failed because Gulf left out: Bahrain

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:41:10 GMT

Tehran's talks with the West on the Iranian nuclear programme failed because the Arab states of the Gulf were not involved, Bahrain's foreign minister told a security conference on Saturday.

12 Dec 2009 - - Bloomberg - Iran Says It ‘Explicitly’ Accepts Uranium Swap Deal

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:29:15 GMT

“We have explicitly declared that Iran is ready to exchange some 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of 3.5 percent enriched uranium in the Iranian Kish island and receive 20 percent fuel for the Tehran medical research reactor,” Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said today at a regional security conference in Bahrain, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

12 Dec 2009 - - BBC News - Iran's Mottaki defiant on UN nuclear sanctions threat

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:23:54 GMT

Speaking before an audience of defence chiefs and ministers from both the Middle East and the West , Mt Mottaki said the idea of threatening his country with sanctions was a backward step. Sanctions, he said, were illegal and ineffective.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf News - Iran tops Gulf security threat

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:33:40 GMT

"Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan, Iran's confrontation with the international community, Palestine and the suffering of the Palestinian people, the Horn of Africa, and the crisis in Yemen [all threaten Gulf Security]," Shaikh Mohammad said, addressing the inaugural session of the sixth annual Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain.

12 Dec 2009 - - Associated Press - Iran FM says ready for uranium-fuel swap

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:45:07 GMT

Speaking to reporters at a regional security conference in Bahrain, Manochehr Mottaki said Iran agreed with a U.N. deal proposed in October in which up to 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of its uranium would be exchanged for fuel rods to power its research reactor.

12 Dec 2009 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Iran dimsmisses further sanctions as ''unjust and political''

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:04:52 GMT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, currently in Bahrain at a security conference, criticized the world powers' plans of renewed sanction against Iran and said such measures would have the reverse effect. 'The use of force, threats and sanctions for confronting Iran's peaceful nuclear projects and making instrumental and political use of the IAEA would not only have reverse effects but also undermine the NPT,' Mottaki was quoted by Mehr news agency as saying.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf News - Baghdad calls on GCC to ensure its food security by investing in Iraq lands

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:18:00 GMT

However, Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's foreign minister, on Saturday said that GCC countries and Iraq can work together to promote better trade and investments to strengthen their economies.

12 Dec 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Iran proposes fuel swap on Kish island

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:47:09 GMT

Any new sanctions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme "will have no impact," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki also said at a security conference in Bahrain.

12 Dec 2009 - - Reuters - Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants: foreign minister

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:31:56 GMT

Manouchehr Mottaki, addressing a security conference in Bahrain, also cast further doubt on a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal meant to allay international concern about the Islamic Republic's atomic ambitions.

12 Dec 2009 - - Reuters - Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants: foreign minister

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:18:17 GMT

12 Dec 2009 - - Kuwait News Agency - Gulf Security has Different Perspectives: Kuwaiti FM

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:33:07 GMT

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Security 'key to regional stability'

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:05:12 GMT

THE Foreign Minister yesterday received his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue. They discussed co-operation and bilateral ties in all fields. Shaikh Khalid praised Iraqi efforts ensuring that Bahraini pilgrims going to religious sites in Iraq were safe and given all necessary amenities.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Unified GCC currency 'need of the hour'

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:19:59 GMT

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Shaikh Dr Mohammad Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah called for the next Gulf Summit in Kuwait to urgently concentrate on the creation of a unified market, claiming that the region needed to form an economic climate that allowed GCC countries to approach external economic shocks without fear of ruin. Shaikh Mohammad was giving his keynote address at the opening of a major security summit, currently being held at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa in Manama.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - We'll defend Saudis

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:53:45 GMT

Bahrain has once again thrown its weight behind Saudi Arabia's war on Houthi rebels in Yemen, with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa last night saying: "Every single soldier of Bahrain is a Saudi soldier at this point." He made the comment following a televised debate that marked the opening of a major security conference in Manama.

12 Dec 2009 - - ISNA - Khartoum backs Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy: Sudan FM

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:01:13 GMT

Mottaki is leading a delegation which is to stop in Bahrain on Saturday for the 6th Manama Dialogue security conference to be held for two days.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Foreign support 'vital to end crisis'

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:24:42 GMT

Despite neighbouring the notorious Horn of Africa region, which includes lawless Somalia, Yemen's National Security Agency chairman Major General Ali Muhammad Al Anisi refuted suggestions that his country could be heading for a similar fate. The instability in Yemen and the damage that Houthi rebels are causing to Gulf security dominated yesterday's opening of the sixth annual Manama Dialogue.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf News - Iran says Yemen war must be ended diplomatically

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:40:11 GMT

"We have consistently insisted on an end to the conflict in Yemen. Yemen is a very important country and stability and development are highly significant in Yemen. The problem in the north can be solved through dialogue," Mottaki told journalists in Manama.

12 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Sectarian divide 'not behind Yemen fighting'

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:37:42 GMT

BAHRAIN'S Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa last night played down suggestions that fighting in Yemen was an extension of a broader Sunni-Shi'ite conflict. He said poverty, and a lack of resources and development were at the root of the dispute, which has once again pitched Houthi rebels against the Yemeni government.

12 Dec 2009 - - BBC Radio 4 - Today

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:32:53 GMT

Well, this is probably the premier annual security event in the Gulf, organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies and it’s really all the major players in the region, both military and defence.

11 Dec 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Iran, Afghanistan, threaten Gulf security: Kuwaiti minister

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:48:21 GMT

The Afghan war and the Iran nuclear crisis are among the threats to security in the Gulf region, Kuwaiti foreign minister and deputy prime minister Sheikh Muhammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah said Friday.

11 Dec 2009 - - Tehran Times - Manama summit to discuss Persian Gulf security, Iraq & Afghanistan

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:01:33 GMT

The conference is organized by the UK-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) which will run until Sunday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is a high profile guest to the meeting who is scheduled to deliver a speech at the opening ceremony on Saturday.

11 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Security tight for Manama talks

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:17:17 GMT

A MAJOR security operation is already underway in Bahrain as military chiefs and political leaders from some of the world's hotspots gather for a major conference in Manama. They will be joined by national security advisers, intelligence chiefs and military officials from across the globe at the sixth annual Manama Dialogue at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa.

11 Dec 2009 - - South Asian News Agency - Qureshi leaves for Bahrain, UAE

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:24:37 GMT

In Manama Foreign Minister will participate in the international institute of Strategic Studies Manama dialogue 2009 on the future of regional security.

11 Dec 2009 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - خبير بريطاني بشئون الدفاع: زيادة عدد القوات مهمة لتحقيق النصر في أفغانستان

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:59:13 GMT

المنامة 10 كانون أول /ديسمبر (د ب أ) ذكر خبير بارز في شئون الدفاع اليوم الخميس أن الزيادة المتوقعة في عدد قوات الولايات المتحدة وحلف شمال الأطلسي (ناتو) في أفغانستان مهمة لضمان نجاح الحملة التي يجري شنها ضد القاعدة وطالبان منذ تشرين أول /أكتوبر 2001 .

11 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Dialogue Opens

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:12:34 GMT

Some of the world's key decision makers are in Bahrain to hold talks on the biggest security challenges facing the Middle East and the world. The sixth annual Manama Dialogue will bring together intelligence and defence chiefs, national security advisors, military leaders and other experts to tackle issues central to regional and international stability.

10 Dec 2009 - - The National - Iran looms large at Manama talks

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:34:34 GMT

Iran is likely to be the focus of the sixth Manama Dialogue, with its foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, scheduled to lead his country’s delegation to the three-day event that will also host the foreign ministers of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan – all countries that must negotiate Iran’s growing regional influence.

09 Dec 2009 - - Gulf News - Shaikh Abdullah to lead UAE delegation at Manama Dialogue

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:52:38 GMT

Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will lead the UAE delegation to the Manama Dialogue, an annual security conference that will open on Friday, organisers have said.

09 Dec 2009 - - Kuwaiti News Agency - Manama Dialogue” Mulls Gulf Security, Tapping Nuclear Energy — FM

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:24:11 GMT

Bahraini foreign minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa has declared here Saturday that the regional security conference entitled “Manama dialogue” will focus on the future of the Gulf security with all its military, political and economic dimensions and their social spin-offs.

08 Dec 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - Support for Manama Dialogue is praised

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:14:12 GMT

FOREIGN Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday praised His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Deputy Supreme Commander, for sponsoring and supporting the Manama Dialogue since its inception.

07 Dec 2009 - - The Majalla - The Manama Dialogue

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:00:55 GMT

Interview with Dr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS

05 Oct 2009 - - New York Times - Security Adviser Calls Troop Increase McChrystal’s Opinion

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:13:05 GMT

General McChrystal, whom President Obama installed this summer, has said that 40,000 troops are needed for a counterinsurgency strategy that protects civilians, clears Taliban-held territory and holds it while Afghan soldiers are trained. He said in an unusually blunt speech in London that a “counterterrorist focus” — the kind advocated by Mr. Biden — was a recipe for what he called “Chaos-istan.”

05 Oct 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:01:08 GMT

In London, Gen McChrystal, who heads the 68,000 US troops in Afghanistan as well as the 100,000 Nato forces, flatly rejected proposals to switch to a strategy more reliant on drone missile strikes and special forces operations against al-Qaeda. He told the Institute of International and Strategic Studies that the formula, which is favoured by Vice-President Joe Biden, would lead to "Chaos-istan".

04 Oct 2009 - - Sunday Times - Muddle on, Mr President, that’s the best option

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:46:45 GMT

His speeches and comments last week in London seem to me to speak very highly of him, just as his bluntness in public and private suggest a man serious about winning this war. On a human level, anyone who can recite whole sections of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by heart is all right with me.

04 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - Taliban return to power unlikely - White House aide

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:53:15 GMT

Jones' comments differed in tone from the grave assessment offered by General Stanley McChrystal, the head of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, who called the situation there "serious" in a speech last week and said success in the campaign against the Taliban could not be taken for granted. McChrystal last week told the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London that the insurgency in Afghanistan was growing. He is seeking up to 40,000 more troops and trainers for the Afghan war, accordin

04 Oct 2009 - - Sunday Times - Profile: Stanley McChrystal

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:40:16 GMT

Given the 55-year-old general’s background as a “black ops” warrior whose special forces captured Saddam Hussein and assassinated Al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, his audience at the International Institute for Strategic Studies might have expected a gung-ho figure in General Patton’s mould.

03 Oct 2009 - - Washington Post - McChrystal Flown to Denmark To Discuss War With Obama

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:57:33 GMT

In his speech in London, hours before meeting with Obama, McChrystal warned that refusing to accede to the request for more troops would be unwise. Asked whether a scaled-back U.S. effort in Afghanistan -- an option favored by Vice President Biden and some of Obama's top political advisers -- would work in practice, McChrystal said, "The short answer is: No."

03 Oct 2009 - - New York Times - Obama Meets Top Afghan Commander as He Mulls Change in War Strategy

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:45:38 GMT

In his speech in London, General McChrystal bluntly said he did not think such an approach would work. The strategy General McChrystal has promoted is based on the one unveiled by Mr. Obama in March, concentrating on protecting the Afghan population, training Afghan security forces and building economic opportunity and better governance.

03 Oct 2009 - - Washington Post - A General's Public Pressure

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:21:00 GMT

In a speech in London on Thursday, Gen. Stanley McChrystal publicly intervened in the debate over Afghanistan. Vice President Biden has suggested that we focus on fighting al-Qaeda and refrain from using our troops to prop up the government of President Hamid Karzai. But when this strategic option was raised at his presentation, McChrystal said it was a formula for "Chaos-istan." When asked whether he would support it, he said, "The short answer is: No."

02 Oct 2009 - - Economist - Anything more to declare?

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:50:42 GMT

The six are still offering improved political and trade relations with Iran, talks on regional security and co-operation in civilian nuclear technologies. But first Iran must freeze uranium work at today’s level and, if talks progress, suspend its uranium and plutonium effort. Only when inspectors were confident of the peaceful nature of Iran’s programme could enrichment resume. Indeed, some sort of enrichment on Iranian soil may be essential to a negotiated deal, argues Mark Fitzpatrick of London’s Interna

02 Oct 2009 - - New York Times - McChrystal Rejects Scaling Down Afghan Military Aims

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:19:17 GMT

After his first 100 days in command in Kabul, General McChrystal chose an audience of military specialists at London’s Institute for Strategic Studies as a platform for a public airing of the confidential assessment of the war he delivered to the Pentagon in late August, parts of which were leaked to news organizations. General McChrystal, 55, did not mention Mr. Biden or his advocacy of a scaled-down war effort during his London speech, and referred only obliquely to the debate within the Obama administrat

02 Oct 2009 - - Financial Times - McChrystal warns of long Afghan haul

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:27:08 GMT

"Neither the success or failure for our endeavour there in support of the Afghan people and the government can be taken for granted," he told defence experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "At the end of the day we don't win when we destroy the Taliban. We don't win from body counts . . . we win when the people decide we win," he said.

02 Oct 2009 - - Times - More troops are all very well, but what exactly are they going to do?

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:18:03 GMT

More troops are all very well, but what exactly are they going to do?

02 Oct 2009 - - Guardian - UK may send more troops to Afghanistan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:27:54 GMT

The indication came as General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US and Nato troops in Afghanistan, used a speech in London to urge a fundamental shift in the way the insurgency is tackled, warning the security situation was deteriorating and success could not be taken for granted. McChrystal, who has asked the White House for a further 40,000 troops in addition to the 100,000 in Afghanistan, made it clear he believed more were needed for an effective "hearts and minds" operation.

02 Oct 2009 - - Guardian - Cameron pledges to set up 'war cabinet' to deal with Afghanistan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:32:15 GMT

US general Stanley McChrystal said the situation in the country was serious – and in some respects deteriorating – with increasing violence and a growing insurgency. Speaking in London yesterday, he said the international coalition faced a problem unless it was able properly to align the resources it was prepared to commit to the conflict with the goals it was trying to achieve.

02 Oct 2009 - - Independent - Brown left me fearful, officer tells US general

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:41:53 GMT

The Ministry of Defence intervened last night after an RAF officer used a high-profile speech by the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan to suggest that Gordon Brown had dented her confidence in the Afghan campaign. Flight Lieutenant Victoria Anderton spoke out after US General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of international forces in Afghanistan, delivered a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

02 Oct 2009 - - Los Angeles Times - McChrystal defends military goals in Afghanistan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:52:26 GMT

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan staunchly defended his emphasis on stabilizing the country with a troop-intensive counterinsurgency strategy, arguing Thursday that reducing U.S. aims in the nation would be "short-sighted." Speaking in London, Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal said he opposes strategies that would require fewer troops and focus on fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban leadership through drone attacks, airstrikes and similar approaches Flight Lieutenant Victoria Anderton spoke out af

02 Oct 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - General Stanley McChrystal turns his fire on Western leaders as Afghan mission falters

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:59:24 GMT

General Stanley McChrystal, the American commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, is under no illusions about the litany of mistakes made during the past eight years. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London yesterday, he was unsparing in his critique of the West, from the failure to address the needs of ordinary Afghans following the Taliban's overthrow to the highly complex – and at times unworkable – command structure that has seriously undermined the effectiveness of the mi

02 Oct 2009 - - Times - Back your general and send more troops, David Miliband urges Barack Obama

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:53:51 GMT

General McChrystal, speaking in London at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said that the campaign had been underresourced in the past. “The situation is serious — and I choose that word very, very carefully. Neither success nor failure can be taken for granted.” Isaf had to show it would support and protect the people. “In the end we don’t win by defeating the Taleban or by a body count but when the Afghans have decided that we have won.” He added that the coalition did not have an infinit

02 Oct 2009 - - Daily Times - ‘US to lose Afghan war if Soviet mistakes repeated’

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:06:15 GMT

“It is complex, difficult terrain, both the land and the people. It is a tribal society with a culture vastly different from what most of us are familiar with,” he told the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “I discount immediately anyone who simplifies the problem or offers a solution ... or says 'this is what you have got to do' because they absolutely have no clue about the complexity of what we are dealing with."

02 Oct 2009 - - Asian News International - US commander all for reintegrating Taleban in Afghan society

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:09:41 GMT

US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has said that 50 to 80 per cent of the Taleban would probably stop fighting if they were given jobs and added that he was all for reintegrating them into Afghan society. However, he cautioned that such a mission called for “patience, resolve and time”.”The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully,” he said, speaking at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Read more: http://www.thaindian.com

02 Oct 2009 - - PRESS TV - Netherlands defends deadly airstrike in Afghanistan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:18:00 GMT

McChrystal, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, told military and defense experts Thursday at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London that the situation was serious and time was running out. "The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully." However, he cautioned that such a mission called for “patience, resolve and time”.”The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully,” he said, speaking at the London-based International Inst

02 Oct 2009 - - Al Jazeera - McChrystal warns Taliban is growing

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:27:05 GMT

Delivering what he called an honest assessment of the eight-year-old conflict, McChyrstal said the situation was serious and time was running out. "The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully," he told military and defence experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London on Thursday.

02 Oct 2009 - - Associated Press - U.S. commander says winning Afghan people's support is key to winning the war

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:27:18 GMT

He spoke to British security specialists at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, one day after taking part via video link in a White House review of Afghan policy chaired by President Barack Obama. Asked by the audience if it would be sensible to lower America's military goals and limit the war effort to eliminating the al-Qaeda presence – a proposal reportedly discussed during the White House review – McChrystal said it would be wrong to give up on the idea of bringing some security to the

02 Oct 2009 - - CNN - Gates favors bolstering troops in Afghanistan, sources say

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:41:17 GMT

In London on Thursday, McChrystal said he believes the situation in Afghanistan is "serious" and "deteriorating." McChrystal suggested that focusing on al Qaeda would not be enough. "I absolutely believe that al Qaeda and the threat of al Qaeda and Taliban senior leadership are critical to stability in the region," McChrystal said in a speech to London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. "But I also believe that a strategy that does not leave Afghanistan in a stable position is probably a sh

02 Oct 2009 - - Washington Post - White House Eyeing Narrower War Effort

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:51:00 GMT

White House officials are resisting McChrystal's call for urgent U.S. action on Afghanistan, which he underscored Thursday during a speech in London. Officials also are questioning important elements of the general's assessment, which calls for a vast expansion of an increasingly unpopular war. One senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the meeting, said, "A lot of assumptions -- and I don't want to say myths, but a lot of assumptions -- were exposed to the light o

02 Oct 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Obama meets Afghanistan commander on Air Force One

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:08:28 GMT

The situation "is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully... neither success nor failure can be taken for granted," said McChrystal, who has reportedly asked for up to 40,000 more troops to fight the Taliban. "The situation is in some ways deteriorating but not in all ways," said the general, speaking Thursday at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank in London.

02 Oct 2009 - - Fox News - McChrystal to FOX: “Debate Healthy”

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:16:14 GMT

"The process of going through a very detailed policy level debate is incredibly important and incredibly healthy." That was the diplomatic answer from General Stanley McChrystal to my question about what happened in the meeting with President Obama and his National Security Team this week regarding Afghanistan (McChrystal participated via videophone). McChrystal was appearing at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

02 Oct 2009 - - Sky News - 'Get Me McChrystal, Now'

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:31:06 GMT

General McChrystal, the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and the Commander of US Forces Afghanistan, gave a special address on Afghanistan at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) at Arundel House in London on Thursday which was covered by Sky News. Although Sky News was all over the McChrystal address - even a segment of the conference aired on Jeremy Thompson's Live At Five - the White House however was not quite sure why McChrystal was even giving the address

01 Oct 2009 - - Washington Post - McChrystal Urges European Allies to Show Resolve in Afghanistan

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:34:40 GMT

"We must show resolve," he said before a group of academics, strategists and retired military officers at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. The British, who have the largest number of troops in Afghanistan after the United States, are closely scrutinizing the White House debate. "Uncertainty disheartens our allies and emboldens our foes."

01 Oct 2009 - - CNN - 'Humility' needed in Afghanistan, commander says

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:01:20 GMT

"We must operate and think in a fundamentally new way," Gen. Stanley McChrystal said in a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think thank. He stressed the importance of connecting with the Afghan people, who he said are "frustrated" that more has not been accomplished in the nearly 8-year-old war.

01 Oct 2009 - - Times - Flight Lieutenant Victoria Anderton adds to Gordon Brown's woes

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:06:59 GMT

A month after Gordon Brown appeared at the International Institute for Strategic Studies he was followed by General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan who has conducted a review into the war. After calling for renewed vigour in the mission and greater resources, General McChrystal asked for questions from the audience.

01 Oct 2009 - - CBS News - McChrystal: Winning Over Afghans a Must

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:27:02 GMT

The debate over how best to prosecute the faltering Afghan war effort moved from the White House Situation Room to London on Thursday as U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned Britain that success is not guaranteed. McChrystal, whose frank warning to President Barack Obama has raised grave doubts about whether the Taliban insurgency can be repelled, told British academics and reporters that the current coalition strategy is not winning over the Afghan people.

01 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - U.S. General Says Taliban Growing, Afghan Outlook Serious

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:40:43 GMT

Delivering a grave and what he called honest assessment of the eight-year-old conflict, McChyrstal said the situation was serious and time was running out, although he also cautioned that moving too quickly without planning would be a mistake. "The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully," he told military and defence experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

01 Oct 2009 - - Associated Press - US commander spells out Afghan difficulties

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:42:44 GMT

The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said conventional tactics, including the focus on force protection, has prevented Western troops from convincing Afghans that the U.S.-led coalition forces are on their side and are committed for the long haul. He said the military must change the way it operates or face defeat. "At the end of the day we don't win by destroying the Taliban," he said at the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank. "We don't win by body count. We d

01 Oct 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Afghan war won't remain winnable forever: US commander

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:44:19 GMT

"The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully ... neither success nor failure can be taken for granted," said McChrystal, who has asked for up to 40,000 more troops to fight the Taliban. "The situation is in some ways deteriorating but not in all ways," he told the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think-tank in London. "At the end of the day we don't win by destroying the Taliban," he said at the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies th

01 Oct 2009 - - ITN - McChrystal: Afghan situation is 'serious'

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:49:03 GMT

Success in Afghanistan cannot be taken for granted and time is running out, the commander of coalition forces has warned. US General Stanley McChrystal said the situation in the country was "serious" - and in some respects deteriorating - with increasing violence and a growing insurgency.

01 Oct 2009 - - Times - General Stanley McChrystal: we must give the Taleban jobs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:57:18 GMT

The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully,” he said, speaking at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. “Neither success nor failure in our endeavour in support of the Afghan people and government can be taken for granted,” he warned. In a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a private policy group here, General McChrystal said the situation in Afghanistan was serious and “neither success nor failure can be taken for gra

01 Oct 2009 - - New York Times - McChrystal Rejects Lower Afghan Aims

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:12:44 GMT

The top military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, rejected calls for scaling down military objectives there on Thursday and said Washington did not have unlimited time to settle on a new strategy to pursue the eight-year-old war. In a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a private policy group here, General McChrystal said the situation in Afghanistan was serious and “neither success nor failure can be taken for granted.”

01 Oct 2009 - - Bloomberg - Afghanistan Deteriorating, Needs Action, General Says

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:39:42 GMT

The military situation in Afghanistan is “in some ways deteriorating,” and requires quick action from the U.S. and NATO to combat insurgents, said U.S. General Stanley McChrystal. Coalition forces must “gain the initiative” and change their mindset, McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said today in a speech at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London

01 Oct 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Success in Afghanistan cannot be taken for granted, warns Gen Stanley McChrystal

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:54:55 GMT

Gen McChrystal described the current situation as ''serious'' with violence on the increase. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, he said that in the past international forces had been under resourced, and in some areas under performed, and that they needed to change the way that they operated.

01 Oct 2009 - - BBC News - 'Different' Afghan strategy urged

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:13:11 GMT

Coalition forces in Afghanistan are going to have to adopt a "dramatically different" strategy to previous ones, the top US general there says. In his first speech since submitting a report calling for more troops, Gen Stanley McChrystal also said the operation had been "under-resourced".

01 Oct 2009 - - Associated Press - US general says Afghan violence increasing

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:14:37 GMT

McChrystal told reporters and academics at the London think-tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, that success will depend on convincing ordinary Afghans that coalition forces could help deliver a better life.

01 Oct 2009 - - BBC News - UK considers Afghan troops boost

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:17:11 GMT

Meanwhile, General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, will give a speech in London on Thursday. He has already told the US government that the situation is serious, but that success is achievable with the right strategy and additional resources.

09 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - Threat dims, but al-Qaida still plotting

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:31:28 GMT

Nigel Inkster, a director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a former senior MI6 officer, said the airliner plot seemed what he called "the last example of a really major-scale terrorist plot orchestrated by al-Qaida Central carried out by footsoldiers in the UK". The threat of an immediate attack was probably less now than it had been, he said. While Britain was high on any al-Qaida target list, there was evidence that the terrorists were adopting a more tactical approach. Thus, a

08 Sep 2009 - - Wall St Journal - Rules of Engagement

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:16:45 GMT

Last Friday, Gordon Brown did his best to rally both domestic and international political support for the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Faced with a growing body count and a restive public, he argued that “all of us benefit from defeating terrorism,” and added, to quell the creeping sense in the U.K. that Britain is doing more than its share of the fighting, that “all members of our coalition must play our proper part.”

08 Sep 2009 - - Financial Times - Improvised explosive device: Strategy must aim to the ‘left of the bang’

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:34:18 GMT

No wonder then that commanders have repeatedly identified improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the major hazard to their troops. Just last week Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, pledged to deploy another 200 counter-IED specialists to deal with the threat.

08 Sep 2009 - - Bahrain News Agency - Foreign Minister Receives IISS Chief Executive

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:59 GMT

The Foreign Minister briefed Dr.Chipman on the kingdom's preparations to host the gulf security forum-Manama dialogue, on December 2009, asserting the importance of hosting this forum, which discuss key security and political issues in the region. Moreover, Shaikh Khalid hailed the fruitful cooperation between the kingdom and the IISS, wishing the coming forum all the success.

08 Sep 2009 - - Gulf News - Manama Dialogue will size up Gulf security challenges

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:24:49 GMT

The state of Iran-US relations, the future framework of Gulf security and security challenges in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan will top the agenda of the Manama Dialogue to be hosted in the Bahraini capital from December 11-13, organisers have said.

07 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - Afghanistan: Dig in or walk away?

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:12:53 GMT

The election debacle has thus increased, rather than eased, the crushing weight of intractable problems besetting western policymakers and soldiers struggling to make sense of Afghanistan. These difficulties are approaching critical mass as civilian deaths continue, western casualties mount and public support slides. Notwithstanding Gordon Brown's Afghan plan, enunciated last Friday, pressing decisions about what to do next, and how, will be made in the Oval Office, not Downing Street.

06 Sep 2009 - - Reuters - Merkel, Brown call for Afghan conference this year

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:32:35 GMT

Without naming countries, Brown said in a speech last week that NATO allies should "ask themselves if they are doing enough." Britain, with 9,000 troops in Afghanistan, has the second-largest contingent after the United States. Germany is third with 4,200 troops there.

06 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Times - Just one clear war aim will save British lives

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:46:55 GMT

‘This has been the most difficult of summers,” said Gordon Brown, referring to a four-month period in which British forces in Afghanistan have suffered 50 dead and 64 serious injuries. The casualty rate has shaken public support for the campaign and the government has been vilified for sending too few troops, for under-equipping them and for trying to short-change those who have been most severely wounded. Even so, the prime minister’s speech on Friday was his best effort yet to explain Britain’s war ai

06 Sep 2009 - - Observer - The things Mr Brown did not say about Afghanistan

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:55:14 GMT

It was a speech which tried to explain what success might look like, but was inevitably haunted by the failures that forced him to address the subject. The history of this conflict has been told in terms of triumph and disaster, those twin impostors of Kipling's poetry. Many of the current difficulties flow from the deluded triumphalism of eight years ago when, in the wake of 9/11, the Americans with British help toppled Mohammed Omar's diabolical Taliban regime. The rapidity of that victory appeared to con

06 Sep 2009 - - Independent on Sunday - Faraway bombs leave Brown's hopes in tatters

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:04:26 GMT

It was a sign of Brown's weakness that he felt he had to respond to Joyce's letter, and a mark of the clumsiness of his style that he did so not in the text of his speech on Friday but in the briefing of journalists before and after it. Where Joyce had suggested a timetable for pulling out most of our troops "during our next term in government", No 10 seemed to suggest that this could be done by the end of next year – although Brown in his speech suggested only the possibility of speeding up the training of

06 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Times - MoD blocked warning that Britain faces Afghan defeat

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:34:01 GMT

Last Friday Gordon Brown, insisted that Britain’s aims in Afghanistan were “realistic and achievable”, contrary to the warnings of Eric Joyce, who resigned as ministerial aide to Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary.

06 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Telegraph - Gordon Brown's damning character flaws have been laid bare

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:39:55 GMT

His speech on Friday at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London made some good points. "If the insurgency succeeds in Afghanistan," the PM said, "al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups will once again be able to use it as a sanctuary to train, plan and launch attacks on Britain and the rest of the world."

06 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Herald - The war wounded

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:00:17 GMT

Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) last week, the prime minister attempted to give a major policy address that was couched in moral soul-searching. Military action, he said, was an issue he never took lightly, adding: "Each time, I have to ask myself if we can justify sending our young men and women out to fight for this cause Afghanistan. And my answer has always been yes. For when the security of our country is at stake, we cannot walk away."

06 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Herald - ‘If the boys feel support is waning at home it won’t be good news’

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:33:23 GMT

Although the prime minister attempted to retrieve the situation during a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies by outlining a possible exit strategy from Afghanistan, the fact remains that, as the losses mount, public support for the operations in Helmand is beginning to wane.

05 Sep 2009 - - Glasgow Herald - Brown paves way for earlier Afghanistan exit

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:49:41 GMT

The Prime Minister argued yesterday that UK troops had to further move from "mentoring" the soldiers of the Afghan National Army to "partnering" them. He explained that Britain supported an acceleration of its expansion from 80,000 to 134,000 by November 2010 - a year earlier than the current timetable of November 2011.

05 Sep 2009 - - PRESS TV (Iran) - Brown tries to justify Afghanistan presence

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:04:52 GMT

The British premier tries to justify his country's presence in Afghanistan a day after a ministerial aide resigns over London's role in the war-torn country. "Each time I ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan and if we can justify sending our young men and women to fight for this cause, my answer has always been yes," Gordon Brown said on a Friday speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies think-tank in London.

05 Sep 2009 - - Reuters - Afghanistan, Pakistan hubs of terror planning: Brown

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:19:42 GMT

"We are in Afghanistan as a result of a hard-headed assessment of the terrorist threat facing Britain," Brown said in a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies think-tank in London.

05 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - Brown may send more troops to Afghanistan

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:30:39 GMT

Britain is considering a further short-term increase in its 9,000 troop strength in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown said yesterday in a speech seeking to prop up waning public support for the war.

05 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - Gordon Brown and Afghanistan: The futility of being earnest

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:56:49 GMT

Propelled by The Sun's poll which found that seven out of 10 believe Mr Brown is failing to support British forces in Afghanistan, and with the words of another resignation letter ringing in his ears, Mr Brown concocted a hastily conceived defence of his strategy in his address to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London yesterday. Mr Brown pleaded repeatedly that his objectives in stabilising Afghanistan were credible, deliverable and specific. He claimed that 4,000 Afghan soldiers could

05 Sep 2009 - - Times - Lord Ashdown speaks out on Afghanistan

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:00:48 GMT

Brown is warning that military success in Afghanistan is directly tied to securing the UK from terrorist attacks. He told his audience yesterday: “Each time I have to ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan.

05 Sep 2009 - - Daily Mirror - Afghan objectives justified: Brown

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:14:44 GMT

Gordon Brown has insisted the objectives in Afghanistan are "clear and justified" during a robust defence of the increasingly controversial campaign. During a keynote speech the day after the shock resignation of an aide to the Defence Secretary over the conflict, he insisted it was crucial to protect civilians in this country and that Britain could not simply "walk away".

05 Sep 2009 - - Pakistan Observer - Britain not to repeat Soviet mistakes in Afghanistan: Brown

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:34:47 GMT

In a lengthy defence of the military deployment in Helmand, the prime minister said he asked himself whether the operation was justified every time soldiers were killed and said he concluded it was every time.Brown said the Taliban posed a threat to security in the UK, and that British troops would return home when the Afghan army was strong enough to maintain peace in the country.

05 Sep 2009 - - Daily Express - Afghanistan: Surely You Can Do Better Mr Brown

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:04:27 GMT

In the speech in London, Mr Brown insisted the campaign was right and winnable and that Britain and its partners must “strengthen not weaken our resolve”. He insisted “a safer Britain requires a safer Afghanistan” and the coalition’s aims were “clear and justified”. But his speech coincided with the return of the bodies of two more soldiers from Afghanistan.

05 Sep 2009 - - Times - Gordon Brown says Britain is doing the 'right thing' in Afghanistan

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:51:14 GMT

Gordon Brown hit back at claims that the Afghanistan mission was doomed to fail yesterday, as he launched a defence of a war he still insists is making Britain safer. While senior military doctors spoke of the huge challenges in treating “exceptionally complex casualties” wounded by improvised explosive devices, the Prime Minister acknowledged that the war had pushed alQaeda into Pakistan but insisted that the Afghanistan mission was more crucial than ever in ending the threat of terrorism from the regio

05 Sep 2009 - - Independent - The Prime Minister mounts his Afghan defence

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:55:28 GMT

But Mr Brown's appearance, at London's premier defence strategy think-tank, had a more specific context, too: the resignation less than 24 hours earlier of an aide to the Defence Secretary. Not just any aide, either, but Eric Joyce, an MP known as a staunch government loyalist and one of very few with a military background. Mr Joyce's barbed resignation letter reiterated the ever more overt misgivings expressed not just by a sceptical public, but by the military.

05 Sep 2009 - - Independent - Backbench rebellion brews as Brown defends mission

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:06:53 GMT

The Prime Minister defended the Government's strategy in a major speech, admitting it had "been the most difficult of summers" for British troops but also insisting that Britain's security depended on defeating the Taliban insurgency.

04 Sep 2009 - - Financial Times - The old new Afghan strategy

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:10:09 GMT

Gordon Brown has given a speech this afternoon defending Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan. Although the speech was scheduled before Eric Joyce, a junior defence minister, resigned over the war, there is no doubt that Brown is responding to a growing mood of disquiet about mounting violence and casualties and an unconvincing election. At the end of a four-month period which has seen more than 50 British servicemen killed and 64 seriously injured, the prime minister used his first big speech o

04 Sep 2009 - - BBC News - Afghan aims 'realistic' - Brown

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:17:35 GMT

In a long and detailed assessment of Britain's strategy at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, Mr Brown attempted to set out what he believes are the measures of success for Britain in Afghanistan.

04 Sep 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Afghanistan campaign 'crucial' to protect Britain, says Gordon Brown

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:23:07 GMT

In a keynote speech in London, that robustly defended the bloody struggle after the sudden resignation of Government aide, the Prime Minister said the campaign that has cost 212 British lives was crucial to protect civilians in this country.

04 Sep 2009 - - Financial Times - PM insists Afghan mission ‘realistic’

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:29:30 GMT

Gordon Brown on Friday sought to regain the initiative in the growing public debate over UK strategy in Afghanistan, insisting that the US-led mission had “realistic and achievable” aims that would help defeat the terrorist threat from the Taliban and al-Qaeda. At the end of a four-month period which has seen more than 50 British servicemen killed and 64 seriously injured, the prime minister used his first big speech of the new political season to argue that the British presence in Afghanistan was essent

04 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - What Brown's Afghanistan speech didn't say

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:41:03 GMT

Whether you agree with him and his views or not, Gordon Brown's speech on Afghanistan was a speech which needed to be made – and made by him, with the full authority of his office – if the British presence in Afghanistan is to command public support and understanding as the losses mount. It was a good speech too. Someone had put a lot of effort into ensuring that the prime minister addressed many of the public's – and the military's – worries head-on and in clear language. Brown's speeches don't always do t

04 Sep 2009 - - Financial Times - Afghans angry over lethal air strike

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:41:01 GMT

The attack overshadowed a speech by Gordon Brown in which the British prime minister insisted that his government was not making the same mistakes in Afghanistan as the Soviet Union. He was hitting back at claims that the British mission was doomed to fail. At the end of a four-month period which has seen more than 50 British servicemen killed and 64 seriously injured, the prime minister used his first big speech o

04 Sep 2009 - - Times - Brown says Britain is doing the 'right thing' in Afghanistan

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:37:44 GMT

In a keynote speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, Mr Brown said that he never took military action lightly. “Each time I have to ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan,” he said. “Each time I have to ask myself if we can justify sending our young men and women to fight for this cause. And my answer has always been yes.

04 Sep 2009 - - Reuters - UK's Brown fights back against Afghan war critics

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:22:30 GMT

British soldiers will remain in Afghanistan until the nation’s weak police and military force can protect the country from Taliban insurgents, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday in a major speech to rally support for the war effort from a public who, in the face of sharply rising British casualties, largely want their troops home.

04 Sep 2009 - - Bloomberg - Brown Pledges U.K. Help to Bolster Afghan Forces

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:29:31 GMT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said British troops will stay in Afghanistan until the country can protect itself and vowed to step up the training of Afghan security forces. In a speech in London today, Brown promised an extra 20 million pounds ($33 million) to boost security in Helmand, the southern province where British solders are deployed. Britain would support an expansion of the Afghan army to 134,000 troops by the end of 2010, a year earlier than planned, he said.

04 Sep 2009 - - New York Times - Brown Pledges to Maintain Britain’s Afghan Force

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:11:18 GMT

04 Sep 2009 - - BBC News - New emphasis on exit from Afghan war

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:34:19 GMT

It is a mark of the deterioration in the British position that almost a year ago, in the same place - the temple of British strategic thinking, the International Institute for Strategic Studies - a similar speech was left to the then Defence Secretary John Hutton. Now the prime minister himself had to step up to make the case.

04 Sep 2009 - - Wall St Journal - Brown Says U.K. Troops to Stay in Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:36:11 GMT

Mr. Brown tried to address those concerns in his speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, saying the U.K.'s role in the country was as part of an overall international strategy and urging other countries to "take their share of responsibility" for security. The prime minister also said the international community must help stabilize Afghanistan by placing greater emphasis on building up, and supporting the Afghan police and armed forces.

04 Sep 2009 - - Associated Press - Brown defends troop presence in Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:40:06 GMT

"Each time I have to ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan. Each time I have to ask myself if we can justify sending our young men and women to fight for this cause," Brown said in a keynote speech to the think tank Institute of Strategic Studies. "And my answer has always been yes."

04 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - Brown's tired Afghanistan speech points to a rocky autumn

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:45:26 GMT

But after the speech Brown gave today on Afghanistan, it feels as though it's going to be a rocky autumn. The prime minister dutifully addressed old questions: protection against roadside bombs; the start of an exit strategy (through training up more Afghan troops).

04 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - We can't give up on Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:49:21 GMT

Following Eric Joyce's resignation, it's worth re-stating the case for staying in Afghanistan. It probably won't be the case that Gordon Brown makes later today, but it is a case nevertheless.

04 Sep 2009 - - Press Association - PM paves way for early Afghan exit

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:55:41 GMT

Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, Mr Brown insisted the military campaign was crucial to protect the public in this country and said the UK could not simply "walk away". He did not set out a timetable for pulling out British troops, but suggested that transferring responsibility for security to the Afghans would allow the reduction of UK forces. "I think the issue is how fast you can move on this. What we are saying today is that we are going to move faster," he said

04 Sep 2009 - - Press Association - Gordon Brown defends Afghanistan campaign

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:59:35 GMT

In a keynote speech in London, Mr Brown said he never took military action lightly. "Each time I have to ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan," he said. "Each time I have to ask myself if we can justify sending our young men and women to fight for this cause. And my answer has always been 'yes'. "I think the issue is how fast you can move on this. What we are saying today is that we are going to move faster," he said

04 Sep 2009 - - BBC News - Afghan strategy 'right' - Brown

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:08:18 GMT

In his speech, Mr Brown will say: "Each time I ask myself if we are doing the right thing by being in Afghanistan and if we can justify sending our young men and women to fight for this cause, my answer has always been yes."

04 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - Brown defends Afghan campaign in wake of aide's resignation

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:13:44 GMT

Gordon Brown today insisted that the government was not making the same mistakes in Afghanistan as the Soviet Union as he hit back at claims that the British mission in the country was doomed to fail. In a lengthy defence of the military deployment in Helmand, the prime minister said that every time soldiers were killed he asked himself whether the operation was justified – and that every time he concluded that it was.

04 Sep 2009 - - Independent - Brown rocked as aide quits over war

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:04:21 GMT

The timing of the resignation is particularly damaging to Mr Brown, who in a speech today was due to argue that the case for military action is as compelling as ever because three-quarters of terrorist attacks are orchestrated from the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

05 Jul 2009 - - Honolulu Advertiser - China can become part of solution

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:17:34 GMT

The PLA has been even less forthcoming. At this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Defense Secretary Robert Gates (unlike his predecessor) took an exclusively positive approach in discussing Sino-U.S. relations, noting that it was "essential" that the two sides find "opportunities to cooperate wherever possible." By contrast, the senior Chinese official at the meeting, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Ma Xiaotian, complained about the threat posed by U.S. alliances and Washington's "cold war

04 Jul 2009 - - Frontline - Torture by law

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:01:14 GMT

The junta did not, of course, seek to put any kind of political gloss over the strange charge against her. Not only that. A Myanmarese Minister, while speaking at the Asian Security Summit in Singapore on May 31, digressed to portray the bizarre charge as a serious case of crime against the state. The summit was organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Surprisingly, the Minister’s tirade against Suu Kyi went unchallenged by the summit participants. Asked about this, the i

04 Jul 2009 - - Asia Times - Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:32:05 GMT

"A normal first-generation test is 20-kilotons," said Mark Fitzpatrick, a non-proliferation expert at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, "but for them small is good". That's because North Korean forces won't possibly be able to deliver a nuke by air and need one that's small enough for an intercontinental ballistic missile to carry to its target.

03 Jul 2009 - - New York Times - Russia’s Neighbors Resist Wooing and Bullying

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:34:11 GMT

“There is no loyalty,” said Oksana Antonenko, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in London. “Rivalry is the persistent dynamic. They have to play in that game, to compete.”

03 Jul 2009 - - Reuters - Japan's Amano elected head of UN nuclear watchdog

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:25:51 GMT

"Given the nuclear challenges facing the world and the divisions that have deepened between the 'haves and have nots', it's very important for the IAEA to have a leader who can bridge the differences and bolster its reputation for technical competence and political independence," said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

02 Jul 2009 - - Reuters - Row over nuclear fuel bank awaits new IAEA chief

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:51:41 GMT

"This is an issue which will increasingly demand the attention of the (IAEA) director-general -- to manage the expansion of nuclear power in ways that provide for confidence," said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.

02 Jul 2009 - - Guardian - US marines pour into Helmand in biggest offensive against Taliban for five years

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:49:39 GMT

"This could provide a blueprint for future operations around the south and east of Afghanistan," said Christopher Langton, a military analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "McChrystal has made himself quite clear. We won't expect to see 500lb bombs dropped from high altitude. I think they have finally woken up to this. It was something that was losing them the war."

02 Jul 2009 - - Guardian - New American tactics and resolve undergo test in Helmand

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:59:06 GMT

The troops have been told by their new commander, Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, that avoiding civilian casualties is a priority, and that if there is a risk of killing the local people in a fight with the Taliban, they should pull back and return another day. "This could provide a blueprint for future operations around the south and east of Afghanistan," said Christopher Langton, a military analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

02 Jul 2009 - - Christian Science Monitor - US offensive in Afghanistan targets Taliban stronghold

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:33:34 GMT

“It provides a lot of the drugs which are sold in order to fund the insurgency, but it also provides a lot of opportunities for turning the population around,” says Christopher Langton, a retired British Army colonel and senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “It’s a relatively fertile province with the possibility of the cultivation of a lot of legal crops.”

IISS Newsletter July 2009

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29 June 2009 - - New York Times - Iran Council Certifies Ahmadinejad Victory

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:23:56 GMT

“I think the memorials and the various anniversary dates, particularly for the most recent martyrs, present the greatest of threats to the regime of gatherings that could gather steam and momentum,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. “I expect authorities will continue to do all they can to prevent people from gathering in large numbers in such occasions.”

29 June 2009 - - Wall St Journal - Arrests in Iran Raise Ire of U.K.

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:32:45 GMT

Nader Mousavizadeh, a diplomatic expert and consulting senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said the arrests show that the forces around Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are attempting to create more antagonism with the outside world.

26June 2009 - - Asia Times - A UN snub: Two regimes in a tub

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:36:29 GMT

The suggestion that it is carrying missile equipment to Burma [Myanmar] ring true," said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Fitzpatrick, a former US State Department official, cited "the recent uptake in sightings of North Koreans in Burma" as well as "NK-Burma missile discussions" confirmed around four years ago.

22 June 2009 - - NPR - Obama Draws Criticism For Iran Response

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:52:46 GMT

Graham is one of a number of Republican senators criticizing the president, but Andrew Parasiliti of the International Institute for Strategic Studies says Graham and other critics are missing the point. "The U.S. hand in Iran is limited," he says. "This is an Iranian crisis. There's really very little we can do to influence events there."

22 June 2009 - - Chicago Tribune - Striking right balance on Iran

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:16:38 GMT

By Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director IISS-US, Corresponding Director IISS-Middle East

19 Jun 2009 - General Sir Mike Jackson and Lord Hurd of Westwell

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:07:58 GMT

On Friday 19 June 2009 General Sir Mike Jackson and Lord Hurd of Westwell spoke on “The responsibility to Protect”.

Strategic Comments Volume 15 - Issue 5

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT

Volume 15, Issue 5 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, North Korea's dangerous game, is free to all readers, while the remaining four - What now for Obama's Iran policy?, Obama tackles Mideast peace, Chechnya's war hangover and Shock win in India - are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5

18 June 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - The Navy strikes back

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:06:11 GMT

"There is no compelling argument for spending as much as £12 billion on these two floating extravaganzas," says Andrew Brookes, aerospace analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "Their only use is in expeditionary warfare and I cannot see a British Prime Minister embarking on such a war for a generation, given what we have gone through in Iraq and Afghanistan."

18 June 2009 - - Washington Post - Engage Iran, Not Ahmadinejad

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:37:07 GMT

By Nader Mousavizadeh, Consulting Senior Fellow

16 Jun 2009 - - IFRI Proliferation Paper - The World After: Proliferation, Deterrence and Disarmament if the Nuclear Taboo is B

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:25:25 GMT

By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

15 June 2009 - - Korea Herald - Solidifying a joint approach to Pyongyang

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:26:53 GMT

Presidents Lee and Obama should express their willingness to resume nuclear negotiations within the con-text of the six-party talks. But they should make it clear, as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently exclaimed at the Shangri-La Dialogue in late May, that they are "tired of buying the same horse twice." By my count, we have already bought the North's nuclear facilities at Yongbyon three times; the fourth payment must be a final one, after true (already paid for) disablement and in return for comp

15 June 2009 - - Reuters - Iran election result blow to Obama outreach

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:02 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said: "I am surprised at the regime's audacity in declaring such a large margin for Ahmadinejad, given that in the run-up, the momentum seemed to be in the other direction". He said he was not optimistic about any US-Iran detente. "The hardliners in the regime seem to have exercised all their levers of power to keep Ahmadinejad in place. Undoubtedly, a key reasons was concern about losing co

14 June 2009 - - Reuters - Protests hit Tehran after Ahmadinejad wins poll

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:03:35 GMT

Iranian and Western analysts said Ahmadinejad’s re-election would disappoint Western powers aiming to convince Iran to halt a nuclear programme they suspect is aimed at making bombs, and could further complicate efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama to reach out to Tehran. “It doesn’t augur well for an early and peaceful settlement of the nuclear dispute,” said Mark Fitzpatrick at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies.

14 June 2009 - - Reuters - Iran vote stuns voices for reform, opening to West

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:48 GMT

“Conceivably, with this victory under his belt, Ahmadinejad could attempt a Nixon-in-China gambit of trying to be the conservative that patches up relations with the hitherto hated superpower,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies. “But I don’t have great optimism for that.”

14 June 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Key Iran institutions

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:29:45 GMT

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13 June 2009 - - Korea Herald - The six-party talks are dead in the water

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:34:19 GMT

As Defense Secretary Robert Gates articulated at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30, Washington will not stand idly by as Pyongyang builds the capacity to wreak destruction on the United States or its allies. Economic sanctions such as import-export denial to and from North Korea and restraint of investment into the North should be firmly imposed. Sanctions to terminate financial flows for WMD development have to be enforced as well. Physical interdiction efforts to block North Korean proliferat

13 June 2009 - - Guardian - Ahmadinejad wins surprise Iran landslide victory

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:40:03 GMT

The outcome seems a grave setback to hopes for a solution to the looming international crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions and for détente with the US in response to Barack Obama's overtures. Israel quickly de-manded efforts to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. "It doesn't augur well for an early and peaceful settlement of the nuclear dispute," said Mark Fitzpatrick at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.

13 June 2009 - - In the News - China 'challenging' laws of the sea

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:26:02 GMT

Commander James Kraska of the US Navy, a professor at the US' Naval War College, has warned in the latest edition of the International Institute of Strategic Studies' journal Survival his country must respond if existing international law is not to be undermined.

13 June 2009 - - The National - Uncertainty follows too convincing a victory

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:32:24 GMT

“It doesn’t augur well for an early and peaceful settlement of the nuclear dispute,” Mark Fitzpatrick at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies said of the election outcome.

13 June 2009 - - Jakarta Post - RI woos India, China over Suu Kyi

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:32:50 GMT

London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) reported Myanmar has become China's closest ally in Southeast Asia. Yangon has been a major recipient of Chinese military hardware and a potential springboard for projecting Chinese military power in the region since 1988. The report says India has also cemented ties with the junta by shifting its strategy away from supporting Myanmar's opposition movement. New Delhi has offered Myanmar favorable trade relations and cooperation against eth

13 June 2009 - - ITN - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins Iran election

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:42:20 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: "It doesn't augur well for an early and peaceful settlement of the nuclear dispute."

12 June 2009 - - Indian Express - Govt pulls up IAF top brass after China protests remarks

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:59:39 GMT

On the sidelines of the Shangri La security dialogue in Singapore between May 29-31, Lt Gen Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff, Peoples Liberation Army, asked Indian delegates including Defence Secretary Vijay Singh and Admiral Sureesh Mehta on the reasons for this sabre-rattling by Indian commanders.

12 June 2009 - - National Interest - The End of Multilateralism

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:26 GMT

No other country, therefore, seems prepared to do the “heavy lifting” needed to exert significant pressure on either Tehran or Pyongyang. Most countries, for instance, believe that the six-party talks on North Korea have failed. And yet, when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with his counterparts at the Shangri-La Dialogue this past week, there was little agreement about the next steps that should be taken. One of Gates’ party was quoted in the New York Times as saying, “There’s no prescription yet on

12 June 2009 - - Al Arabiya - Large scale unrest errupts following Iran election

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:43:09 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Lon-don, said Ahamdinejad's second term means Iran's engagement with the United States will not lead to any substantial concessions from the Iranian side. [T]here will be no change in the management of the nuclear portfolio," Fitzpatrick said. "Ahmadinejad wants engagement with the United States without making any concessions at all in the nuclear program. So it doesn't augur well for an early an

12 June 2009 - - Press Trust of India - Antony warns IAF top brass not to talk about China

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:20:28 GMT

Defence Ministry sources said here today that Antony's rap came in the wake of Chinese Deputy Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Ma Xiaotian snubbing an Indian delegation comprising Defence Secretary Vijay Singh and Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta at the Shangri La dialogue in Singapore in May by suggesting that Indian commanders were sabre-rattling on China.

12 June 2009 - - The Australian - Barack Obama's man Kurt Campbell junks Kevin Rudd's Asia-Pacific plan

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:46:42 GMT

Only a fortnight ago, Mr Rudd demonstrated that his enthusiasm for setting up an Asia-Pacific union by 2020 remained undiminished, telling the annual Shangri La conference in Singapore that without a go-ahead for his proposal, he was concerned about "the possibility of strategic drift within our region".

11 June 2009 - - Irish Times - United effort can rid world of nuclear arms

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:39:20 GMT

The UK and Norwegian governments then began to develop the means of verification to rid the world of such weapons. Japan and Australia have set up a commission on the possibility of nuclear disarmament and bodies like the International Institute for Strategic Studies are working on ways to determine practical steps to achieve this. Two issues have brought about the change of heart by many politicians and analysts. For almost a decade, the diplomatic and strategic communities have been worried by the interse

11 June 2009 - - Economist - Chasing ghosts

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:19:07 GMT

The understanding of sea power has since evolved, yet Mahan is now hugely admired in Asia’s two most populous powers. Banyan was recently in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue, run by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London think-tank. It seems Britain’s former naval dominance of Asia has been forgiven or forgotten (or perhaps is recalled with admiration), for this forum is where defence types now get together with old friends and future foes. And whenever Banyan prodded a military ma

11 June 2009 - - New York Times - Finding a Way to Take Guantanamo Detainees

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:22:43 GMT

“The reality is that for all E.U. states, a decision to accept Guantánamo detainees means confronting a complex array of operational, legal and political issues which collectively will prove hard to resolve,” Nigel Inkster and Robert Whalley, both former senior British intelligence officials, wrote in the current issue of Survival, the journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

10 June 2009 - - Reuters - Asia big sales target despite downturn

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:57:16 GMT

"If you look at the expenditure as a percentage of GDP, it's actually been going down, not up. It's just that as countries become wealthier, they have more technologically sophisticated defence forces," New Zealand Defence Minister Wayne Mapp told Reuters at a defence summit in Singapore last month.

09 June 2009 - - Jerusalem Post - IAEA: Natanz facility tough to monitor

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:32:23 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the Non-Proliferation Program for the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, lamented that the lack of "real time monitoring" of Natanz meant the safeguards in place may not "give a timely warning" if Iran diverted its enrichment efforts towards making a nuclear weapon.

09 June 2009 - - Asia One News - Iranian N-plant expanding rapidly

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:07:32 GMT

"If Iran continues to refuse to allow remote monitoring of Natanz, as well as to refuse to clear up the other areas of concern... there will be a loss of confidence in Iran," Mr Mark Fitzpatrick, a non-proliferation expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, was quoted as saying by the Telegraph.

09 June 2009 - -Haaretz - Lieberman only understands the language of conflict

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:26:34 GMT

If once it was enough to look at the annual reports of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London about 'hard' or military power ... now we live in a much more complex world. There is a spectrum of issues known in professional jargon as 'soft power,' from a country's economic power to its diplomatic power to extremely 'soft' issues such as culture, history and religion."

09 June 2009 - - People's Daily - Impetus given to concept of Asia-Pacific integration

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:47:00 GMT

"Asia-Pacific community" has once again become a heated topic since the Eighth Annual Asian Security Summit was held from May 29 to 31 in Singapore under the auspices of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Asia-Pacific community is depicted with an air of idealism, and members on the Asia-Pacific rim are alive with a long-term desire to capture large shares on global economy.

09 June 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - Iran's main nuclear plant expanding rapidly, says IAEA

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:10:06 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, the senior fellow in non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said this had been an "ongoing problem". The lack of "real time monitoring" of Natanz meant the safeguards in place may not "give a timely warning" if Iran diverted its enrichment efforts towards making a nuclear weapon. "She has not proven as useful as Obama had expected. It's an uneasy partnership at the moment."

09 June 2009 - - Reuters - World battles new security threats and recession

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:48:37 GMT

"There's going to be tremendous pressure on budgets and the question is, where will the cuts come?" said Alex Nicoll, a defence and economics expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "We're still very much in an era where each country has a different view of what its security priorities are and what role it wants to play in the world." "She has not proven as useful as Obama had expected. It's an uneasy partnership at the moment."

09 June 2009 - - RIA Novosti - North Korea wants no one near its borders

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:10:56 GMT

But we are going to have to be very clear about long term, the ultimate goal, and Secretary [of Defense Robert] Gates said at Shangri La in Singapore, that was U.S. policy approved at the highest level, which is its denuclearization. And we will support our allies in the region and you know nothing has really changed. So, if North Korea is trying to completely change the nature of the dialogue, there is not that much to talk about in the near term. So we will just have to try to contain North Korea’s behavi

09 June 2009 - - Times of India - Australia names ethnic Malayali as next envoy to India

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:16:12 GMT

Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry quoted the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s Republic of China Ma Xiaotian as having expressed his satisfaction with the Sri Lankan government’s military defeat of the LTTE. India and Australia are in the process of reshaping their strategic visions of each other, hence the importance of the envoys. According to a statement from the Australian foreign ministry, India is now Australia's fourth-biggest export market. India an

30 May 2009 - - Associated Press - Gates: NKorea nuke progress sign of 'dark future'

Sat, 30 May 2009 20:21:35 GMT

North Korea's progress on nuclear weapons and long-range missiles is "a harbinger of a dark future" and has created an urgent need for more pressure on the reclusive communist government to change its ways, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.

30 May 2009 - - Xinhua News - Chinese military official urges for calm on Korean peninsula issue

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:50:46 GMT

All parties concerned should remain cool-headed and take measures to address the problem on the Korean peninsula, a senior Chinese military official said here on Saturday. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, spoke at the 2009 Asian Security Summit that the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) on May 25 further complicated the situation on the Korean peninsula.

30 May 2009 - Xinhua News - Robust regional framework imperative to address security challenges: defense ministers

Sun, 31 May 2009 14:12:45 GMT

Defense Ministers attending the Asia Security Summit agreed here on Saturday that it was imperative to build a robust framework that could address various security challenges in the region. In conjunction with the Asia Security Summit, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean hosted 22 Ministers and Ministerial representatives to lunch on Saturday.

30 May 2009 - Associated Press - Gates: Tougher sanctions against NKorea needed

Sun, 31 May 2009 14:16:06 GMT

The U.S. defense chief urged Asian allies Saturday to consider tougher sanctions against North Korea, noting that past efforts to cajole the reclusive regime into scrapping its nuclear weapons program have only emboldened it.

30 May 2009 - - The Australian - Arguing delays UN response to North Korea N-test

Fri, 29 May 2009 16:46:36 GMT

Today, in Singapore at the annual Shangri-La regional security conference, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Assistant Defence Secretary for East Asia Wallace Gregson will meet defence ministers from Japan and South Korea. They are also expected to meet Kevin Rudd at the Singapore meeting.

30 May 2009 - - Business Times - Rudd calls for tough action against NKorea

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:27:49 GMT

The Australian PM was delivering the keynote address at the opening dinner of the 8th Shangri-La Dialogue last night, to an audience of defence ministers delegates from 27 states, who are in Singapore this weekend for the regional security summit. Saying that the security challenges faced by the region are 'many and complex', Mr Rudd also pushed for his proposal of a new Asia-Pacific Community, setting a target of 2020.

30 May 2009 - - ABC News (Australia) - Rudd to host Asia-Pacific meeting

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:38:21 GMT

For more than a year now, Mr Rudd has been keen on creating a forum bringing together Asian nations as well as the US to tackle issues involving security, politics and economics. Last night he addressed high-profile security and defence officials at the Shangri-La Dialogue meeting in Singapore.

30 May 2009 - - ABC News (Australia) - Kevin Rudd invites Asian leaders to discuss new regional grouping

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:39:28 GMT

KAREN PERCY: Kevin Rudd was granted a rare honour last night - to give the keynote speech at the Shan-gri-La Dialogue. It's usually the Prime Minister of Singapore who gives the address to what is becoming Asia's most im-portant gathering of government and private defence and security specialists

30 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - US will not accept nuclear-armed N Korea: Gates

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:04:45 GMT

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a high-level security forum in Singapore that North Korea's defi-ance, including a nuclear bomb test earlier this week, could spark an arms race with serious consequences for Asia. "Our goal is complete and verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, and we will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state," Gates said.

30 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - China defends military buildup, urges calm in N Korea row

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:09:21 GMT

China on Saturday defended its military buildup and called for calm over North Korea as the global commu-nity looked to Beijing for a breakthrough in efforts to stop Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, told a top-level security forum here that China will "consistently" adhere to a "military strategy of active defence

30 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Japan will never attack first: defence minister

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:11:59 GMT

"We have mentioned that North Korea is a threat because of what has happened in the past but unless there are other countries moving to us, we will never start an action as such," Hamada told delegates at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue on security. "In Japan, we have various and numerous constraints and internationally, we have also made clear that we do not use force in order to resolve conflict situations," he said.

30 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - China appeals for calm in North Korea nuclear row

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:16:19 GMT

A top Chinese military official appealed Saturday for calm over North Korea's nuclear weapons test amid fears that Pyongyang was preparing to fire a long-range missile. Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian told a top-level security forum here that China understands the "concerns and worries" of North Korea's neighbours and the international community over a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.

30 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Gates met en garde la Corée du Nord et rassure les alliés des USA en Asie

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:23:55 GMT

Le secrétaire américain à la Défense Robert Gates a fermement mis en garde samedi la Corée du Nord con-tre la poursuite de ses activités nucléaires et a assuré que Washington était prêt à réagir si Pyongyang menaçait les Etats-Unis ou leurs alliés en Asie. Depuis l'élection du président américain Barack Obama en janvier, "la politique des Etats-Unis n'a pas changé: (...) nous n'accepterons pas une Corée du Nord dotée de l'arme atomique", a-t-il affirmé lors d'une conférence régionale sur la sécurité à Si

30 May 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - US defence secretary Robert Gates warns North Korea

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:40:21 GMT

Mr Gates's unequivocal message came during a conference of Asian defence ministers in Singapore. In his audience were representatives of the countries most threatened by Mr Kim – South Korea and Japan – and a delegation from China, North Korea's only ally.

30 May 2009 - - ABC News (Australia) - Turnbull doubts Rudd's Asia-Pacific community plan

Sat, 30 May 2009 12:05:26 GMT

Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull says the region has no appetite for a meeting planned by the Prime Minister aimed at developing an Asia-Pacific Community. Kevin Rudd told a regional summit in Singapore last night that he would invite governments, academics and strategists to Australia to begin discussions on a new community.

30 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Gates appelle la Chine à la coopération et la transparence dans la défense

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:03:31 GMT

Le secrétaire américain à la Défense Robert Gates a appelé samedi la Chine à coopérer de manière accrue avec les Etats-Unis et à faire preuve de transparence dans le domaine de la défense, alors que la moderni-sation militaire de Pékin inquiète Washington et ses alliés en Asie. "Il est essentiel pour les Etats-Unis et la Chine de trouver des opportunités de coopérer à chaque fois que cela est possible", notamment de "maintenir une relation dans la défense marquée par des réseaux ouverts de communication

30 May 2009 - - Associated Press - Gates: North Korea should weigh moves carefully

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:07:12 GMT

The United States and its Asian allies are walking a fine line following North Korea's nuclear and missile tests: condemning the weapons threat without overplaying it. How to respond to last week's tests was a top topic Saturday for military officials and diplomats attending an annual security conference in Singapore. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called North Korea's ac-tions "reckless." South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee called it a "serious challenge."

30 May 2009 - - Associated Press - US urges Europe, China to step up Afghan help

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:20:43 GMT

"A lot of our allies are there in very large numbers ... so it's not like people have been sitting with their hands in their pockets," Gates said, answering questions from delegates after his speech. But to establish a sustainable and effective government in Afghanistan, the country needs additional aid and expertise to build infrastructure and more funding to expand and maintain the Afghan army, Gates said in the speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue.

30 May 2009 - - Deutsche Presse Agentur - US defence chief warns against new arms race in Asia

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:25:19 GMT

The United States would not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday while warning that Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests might lead to a new arms race in Asia. "Our goal is complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," Gates told participants at a summit on Asian defence and secrurity in Singapore.

30 May 2009 - - Kyodo News - Gates says U.S. won't stand idly by as N. Korea boosts might

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:24:23 GMT

Hamada will simultaneously meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang Hee on the sidelines of an annual regional defense conference in Singapore. "The trilateral talks involving the defense chiefs signify the fact that our coordination has become in-creasingly important in this region. I believe it is very important to share awareness about the North Korean situation," Hamada told reporters.

30 May 2009 - - Kyodo News - Gates warns N. Korea U.S. will react to Pyongyang's recent provocation

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:26:42 GMT

"We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state," Gates said in a speech to a high-powered Asian security forum better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. "At the end of the day the choice to continue as a destitute international pariah or chart a new course is North Korea's alone to make. The world is waiting," he said.

30 May 2009 - - CNN - Gates: Nuclear-armed N. Korea not acceptable

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:35:59 GMT

The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday at an international conference. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region -- or on us," said Gates, speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore.

30 May 2009 - - South China Morning Post - Response to nuclear test a challenge for allies

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:42:43 GMT

The Shangri-La Dialogue is expected to examine rising tensions sparked by China's military modernisation and rival build-ups by neighbouring militaries, as well as questions over the future US role. An informal meeting, the gathering traditionally sees lively question-and-answer sessions - the only such venue allowing regional military figures to debate publicly.

30 May 2009 - - Sydney Morning Herald - PM sets out Asia-Pacific choice: talk or be torn

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:45:24 GMT

THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, issued a stark warning to leaders in the Asia-Pacific last night: act now to build better regional co-operation or risk conflict on the scale of that experienced by Europe last century. In a major speech in Singapore, delivered to regional military and security leaders at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Mr Rudd said managing power relations in the context of the rise of China and India would be "crucial for our collective future".

30 May 2009 - - ITAR-TASS - Russian MP believes UN should set up tribunal for pirates

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:50:54 GMT

It would make sense for the UN to set up an international tribunal for piracy, Mikhail Margelov, the chairman of foreign policy committee is going to tell an international conference on security that will be held in Singapore May 30 and May 31. The conference is called Shangri La Dialogue and is organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. It is an Asiatic analogue of the annual Munich conference for security policy.

29 May 2009 - - ITAR-TASS - US-S Korea co-op important in view of N Korea nukes-Japan DM

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:51:53 GMT

According to the minister, this issue will be a key item on the agenda of a meeting of the three countries' defence ministers scheduled for Saturday in Singapore. He said that the forthcoming trilateral talks are to stress the fact that coordination between Japan, the United States and South Korea is acquiring growing significance for the region. It is very important now to exchange views on the developments on the Korean Peninsula in the new conditions. The conversation of the Japanese defence minister wit

29 May 2009 - - Kyodo News - N. Korean nuclear issue to top issues at Asia Security Summit

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:53:37 GMT

Defense ministers and chiefs from 27 countries are in Singapore for an annual Asian security conference from Friday, with the heightening tension on the Korean Peninsula expected to top the agenda. The Asia Security Summit, organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, will begin with a keynote speech by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and continue through the weekend.

30 May 2009 - - Reuters - U.S. says will not accept N.Korea as nuclear state

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:59:30 GMT

In a speech to the Asia Security Conference in Singapore, Gates said the threat from North Korea, which this week detonated a nuclear device and launched a series of missiles, could start an arms race in Asia. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region or on us," he said. "We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state."

30 May 2009 - - Reuters - Nuclear N.Korea won't change Japan defense: minister

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:02:24 GMT

"We will never start an action as such," Yasukazu Hamada told a meeting of Asian defense ministers in Singapore. "We have also made clear that we do not use force in order to resolve conflict situations and so whatever the steps we take it will only be for defense."

30 May 2009 - - Reuters - Suu Kyi's health improves, ready for verdict

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:04:44 GMT

In Singapore, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates repeated Washington's call for the release of Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners in the former Burma, where the military has ruled for nearly half a century. Speaking at an Asian defence conference, he called Myanmar "one of the isolated, desolate exceptions to the growing prosperity and freedom of the region".

30 May 2009 - - Reuters - U.S. urges more foreign aid for Afghanistan

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:28:00 GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Saturday urged the international community to give more aid to Afghanistan to build infrastructure, expand its military and police, and ensure security for elections this year. "I know some in Asia have concluded that Afghanistan does not represent a strategic threat for their countries, owing in part to Afghanistan's geographic location," Gates told a meeting of defense ministers in Singapore.

30 May 2009 - - Reuters - S.Korea urges UN action

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:29:59 GMT

SOUTH Korean defence minister Lee Sang Hee said on Saturday Seoul would work to resolve relations with North Korea peacefully but urged the United Nations to take action after the North's nuclear test this week. 'We urge the United Nations Security Council and international community to take active measures against North Korea's wrongdoings,' Mr Lee told a defense meeting in Singapore.

30 May 2009 - - The Hindu - Asia Pacific Community mooted

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:32:51 GMT

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday proposed the formation of an “Asia Pacific Community” on the basis of dialogue among regional powers and the United States. Delivering the keynote address at the inaugural dinner of the eighth annual Asia Security Summit, being held here under the auspices of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mr. Rudd said Australia was planning to initiate the process later this year.

30 May 2009 - - Press Trust of India - US: Looking at India as provider of security in Indian Ocean

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:35:43 GMT

Describing India as one of the emerging power centres, the US has said it is looking at the country to be a "partner" and a "provider of security" in the "Indian Ocean and beyond" in the coming years. "In the coming years, we look to India to be a partner and net provider of security in the Indian Ocean and beyond," US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore.

30 May 2009 - - Xinhua News - China, U.S. need to cooperate wherever possible: Gates

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:45:40 GMT

Speaking at the 2009 Asian security summit, known as the Shangri- La Dialogue, Gates said that the United States is working with China on common challenges, from economic matters to security issues such as re-gional areas of tension, counter terrorism, non- proliferation, energy security, piracy and disaster relief. Noting the importance of a defense relationship marked by consistent and open channels of communication and contact, Gates said that it is essential for the United States and China to be tra

30 May 2009 - - Straits Times - New regional body in the works

Sat, 30 May 2009 08:46:16 GMT

The new body is needed to bring leaders of the region together to enable them to cooperate across the breadth of security, economic and political challenges in the future, PM Rudd said in his keynote address at the 8th Shangri-La Dialogue.

30 May 2009 - - BBC News - US 'opposes' nuclear North Korea

Sat, 30 May 2009 09:03:53 GMT

The US "will not accept" a nuclear-armed North Korea, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has told an Asian summit. Mr Gates said the US would "not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region or on us".

30 May 2009 - - Financial Times - N Korea military steps 'not out of the ordinary'

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:06:46 GMT

“I am not aware of any military moves in the North that are out of the ordinary,” Mr Gates said. He was speaking to reporters en route to Singapore where he was expected to discuss the situation in North Korea with Asian defence ministers. His visit came amid reports that North Korea had fired another short-range missile, the sixth since it conducted a nuclear test on Monday.

30 May 2009 - - Los Angeles Times - Gates draws the line on North Korea's nuclear program: No proliferation

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:17:46 GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates promised today to hold North Korea accountable for selling or transferring nuclear material outside its borders, providing the first clear expression of the Obama administration's thinking on a vexing foreign policy challenge. A succession of U.S. presidents have tried to persuade the reclusive government to give up its nuclear arms, and Gates made it clear that President Obama was open to using diplomacy to end the threat.

30 May 2009 - - Xinhua News - S. Korea to resort to peaceful solution to nuclear issue: defense minister

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:02:47 GMT

South Korea will work to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula peacefully through close consul-tation with members of the six-party talks and the international community, South Korea's Minister of National Defense Lee Sang Hee said here on Saturday. Speaking at the 2009 Asian Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue) , Lee said that the South Korean gov-ernment will do all it can to help the six-party talks take its place as a multilateral security cooperative body in Northeast Asia.

30 May 2009 - - Kyodo News - Australian premier calls for strong financial measures against N. Korea

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:19:23 GMT

North Korea's second nuclear test and the firing of missiles are expected to top the agenda at this weekend's annual security forum, better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, organized by the International Institute of Strategic and International Studies. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and South Korean National Defense Minister Lee Sang Hee -- all scheduled to speak at the conference -- will meet next Mon-day, marking their first tripartite meeting since Nor

30 May 2009 - Xinhua News - U.S. not to accept DPRK as nuclear weapon state: Gates

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:41:10 GMT

Speaking at the annual summit, known as the Shangri- La Dialogue, Gates said that the DPRK has chosen to focus the limited energies and resources on nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. He said that these programs and actions have isolated the DPRK globally, and have constituted a threat to re-gional peace and security.

29 May 2009 - - Straits Times - Asia's Shangri-La future

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:06:20 GMT

As it turned out, Gen Pace managed to meet the Chinese delegation in one of the corridors of the Shan-gri-La Hotel. He had an informal chat with Lieutenant-General Zhang Qinsheng, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. No one really knows what transpired during their conversation. But their tete-a-tete is a ringing endorsement of the Shangri-La Dialogue. Known formally as the Asia Security Summit, the dialogue has become the pre-mier gathering for defence officials from b

29 May 2009 - - ABC News (Australia) - Rudd to outline Asian defence posture

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:08:32 GMT

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be attracting a lot of attention in Singapore tonight when he addresses one of the foremost gatherings of defence specialists in the world. The delegates to the Shangri-La Dialogue will have plenty to talk about - North Korea, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are likely to be high on their agenda.

06 Jan 2009 - - Financial Times - Urban combat raises the stakes in Gaza

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:21:51 GMT

Colonel Christopher Langton of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies says entry by troops into the heart of Gaza City would be fraught with danger, especially given the Israeli public’s resistance to incurring casualties or hostages in its largely conscript army. “Once inside the city the army would have to go through it completely,” he says.

06 Jan 2009 - - Guardian - Lessons of Lebanon may have been learned, but even sophisticated arms kill civilians as risks of

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:48:59 GMT

Israeli forces do not want to be dragged into urban warfare, most military analysts agree. The more they did so the greater the risk, not only casualties, but of abductions. "The further you get in, the more difficult it's going to become and the spectre of urban warfare looms on the horizon," said Colonel Christopher Langton, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. If the conflict extended to the tunnels then it would be a "very long war" as the Americans found in Laos and Vietn

03 Jan 2009 - - Independent - Tehran's links with Hamas could spark retribution

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:04:13 GMT

Independent US and British analysts say that, in a few months, Iran will have accumulated enough low-enriched uranium to upgrade to fuel for one bomb. But as Mark Fitzpatrick, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, has said: "Being able to enrich uranium is not the same as having a weapon."

Perspectives on International Security

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Speeches and Papers from the 50th Anniversary Year of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Edited by Tim Huxley and Alexander Nicoll Like most years in the 50-year history of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2008 saw events that could have significant consequences for international relations and global balances of power. These included the election of Barack Obama as US president; the brief war in Georgia, which caused the West to look at Russia with more watchful eye

Joining al-Qaeda

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Jihadist Recruitment in Europe Peter R. Neumann In Britain alone, several thousand young Muslims are thought to be part of violent extremist networks. How did they become involved? What are the mechanisms and dynamics through which European Muslims join al-Qaeda and groups inspired by al-Qaeda? This paper explains the processes whereby European Muslims are recruited into the Islamist militant movement. It reveals that although overt recruitment has been driven underground, prisons and other ‘places of vul

Volume 14 – Issue 10

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Volume 14, Issue 10 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, Terror in Mumbai, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Withdrawal from Iraq, Can Obama re-engage Iran, Southeast Asia's disputed waters and North Korea digs in - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5

10 Dec 08 - Discussion Meeting - C Boden Gray

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:19:53 GMT

On Wednesday 10 December 2008 C Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy, spoke on 'Eurasian Energy: Competition, Challenges and Security’.

Survival Volume 50, Number 6

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:17 GMT

Volume 50, Number 6 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

The Iranian Nuclear Crisis

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:35:03 GMT

Avoiding worst-case outcomes Mark Fitzpatrick This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. Key questions are addressed: will the world have to accept an Iranian uranium-enrichment programme, and does having a weapons capability mean having the Bomb? For nearly two decades, Western strategy on the Iran nuclear issue emphasis

Eka Tkeshelashvili Address

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:20:33 GMT

On Wednesday 26 November 2008 Eka Tkeshelashvili, Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed the IISS on ‘Georgia: the Latest Developments.’ In her IISS speech, Ms Tkeshelashvili discussed this summer’s Russo-Georgian War, the 6 point plan and the EU’s involvement in brokering a peace agreement. She also spoke about the current reality on the ground and what she believes will be Russia’s behaviour in the future. Finally, she approached the issue of Georgia’s current and future relationship with t

Volume 14 – Issue 9

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Volume 14, Issue 9 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article, Pakistan on the brink, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Serbia's surprise embrace of Europe, The simmering food crisis, Seeking peace in the South Caucasus and Forward march on European defence - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5

John Hutton Address

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:57 GMT

On Tuesday 11th November 2008 Rt. Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Defence, addressed the IISS on 'Afghanistan – worth the Sacrifice' Mr Hutton was giving his maiden speech as Secretary of State for Defence and chose to address the issue of Afghanistan. With the election of a new US President and national elections in Afghanistan during 2009, the next 12 months will be a critical time for the mission in Afghanistan.

05 Nov 08 - Discussion Meeting - America after the Elections

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:48:25 GMT

On Wednesday 5th November Dr Dana Allin and Professor Anatol Lieven spoke on "America after the Elections”.

European Military Crisis Management

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Connecting ambition and reality Bastian Giegerich International demand for military crisis-management missions continues to grow and demand for troops continues to outstrip supply. Like other Western democracies, European Union member states, because of their wealth, relative military competence and commitment to human rights, bear a particular responsibility to expand the international community’s capacity for action. But while the EU has succeeded in defining a complex military-technical and political-s

23 Oct 08 - Discussion Meeting - 'The future of democracy in Pakistan' - Imran Khan

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:40:14 GMT

On Thursday 23 October Imran Khan Chairman, Pakistan Movement for Justice (Tehreek-e-Insaf) spoke on '‘The Future of Democracy in Pakistan'.

Volume 14 – Issue 8

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:42 GMT

Volume 14, Issue 8 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article, the West's financial crisis, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Climate change and the US election; Spiralling drug violence in Mexico; The normalisation of Indonesia; and Uganda's elusive peace deal - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5.

9 Oct 08 - Discussion Meeting - 'How Endangered is Pakistan?'- Anatol Lieven

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:37:18 GMT

On Thursday, 9 October 2008, Professor Anatol Lieven, Chair of International Relations and Terrorism Studies at King’s College London, spoke on 'How Endangered is Pakistan? A Report from the North West Frontier Province'.

3 Oct 08 - Discussion Meeting - How Russia sees itself, its neighbourhood and the world

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:02:29 GMT

On Friday 3 October 2008 the IISS is hosting a discussion meeting on “How Russia sees itself, its neighbourhood and the world” from 10-11:30am.

Survival Volume 50, Number 5

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:45:13 GMT

Volume 50, Number 5 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

29 Sep 08 - Discussion Meeting - Abdillahi Mohamed Duale

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:39:27 GMT

On Monday 29th September 2008 Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Somaliland, spoke on‘Somaliland: why its recognition will improve peace and stability in the Horn of Africa’.

Lee Kuan Yew Address

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:28:24 GMT

On Tuesday 23 September Lee Kuan Yew, Minster Mentor, Singapore, delivered a special lecture and inaugurated the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House. Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session.

22 Sep 08 - Book Launch and Panel Discussion - Gareth Evans

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:01:23 GMT

On Monday 22 September 2008, Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, launched his new book ‘The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All’ . A discussion on the book followed with Gareth Evans, Lord Patten and Lord Hannay

Elmar Mammadyarov Address

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:58:59 GMT

On Thursday 18 September 2008, HE Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan,spoke on "Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy Perspectives ".

17 Sep 08 - Discussion Meeting - Douglas Alexander

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:23:06 GMT

On Wednesday 17 September 2008, Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development, spoke on “Afghanistan: From stabilisation to state building” .

Strategic Survey 2008 Launch

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:10:25 GMT

Strategic Survey 2008 was launched on 18 September 2008 at 10:30am. Dr John Chipman, Director-General of the IISS, presented the highlights and some of the main arguments of the book and commented on recent events. Dr Chipman, Alex Nicoll, Editor of Strategic Survey, and other senior IISS staff members then took questions.

16 Sep 08 - Press Launch - Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:28:23 GMT

On Tuesday 16 September 2008, the IISS hosted the London press launch of its latest Adelphi Paper, Abolishing Nuclear Weapons.

Survival Volume 50, Number 4

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:26:23 GMT

Volume 50, Number 4 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:07:08 GMT

George Perkovich and James M. Acton Nuclear disarmament is firmly back on the international agenda. But almost all current thinking on the subject is focused on the process of reducing the number of weapons from thousands to hundreds. This rigorous analysis examines the challenges that exist to abolishing nuclear weapons completely, and suggests what can be done now to start overcoming them. The paper argues that the difficulties of ‘getting to zero’ must not preclude many steps being taken in that direc

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Address

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:17:19 GMT

On Thursday 24 July 2008, HE Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minster, Pakistan addressed the IISS on "Imperatives for Peace and Prosperity in South Asia: Pakistan's Perspective". Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session.

William Hague Address

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:09:28 GMT

On Wednesday 23 July 2008, The Rt Hon William Hague, MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, delivered an address to the IISS on "Preventing a New Age of Nuclear Insecurity". Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session.

The Strategic Implications of Climate Change

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:35:57 GMT

Alan Dupont, Michael Hintze Professor of International Security and Director of the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney discusses his article on The Strategic Implications of Climate Change (fourteen minutes).

European Military Capabilities: Building Armed Forces for Modern Operations

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:03:56 GMT

European Military Capabilities: Building Armed Forces for Modern Operations The role of the armed forces of European countries has changed since the Cold War. They have increasingly taken part in international operations to address the world’s crises. But at the same time, military budgets have been cut. The need to do more with less has put governments under pressure to identify the capabilities that they require for modern missions and to carry out reforms. This IISS Strategic...

Survival - Vol 50, No 3

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:07:51 GMT

Volume 50, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

Selective Security

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:10:28 GMT

War and the United Nations Security Council since 1945 Adam Roberts and Dominik Zaum In contrast to the common perception that the United Nations is, or should become, a system of collective security, this paper advances the proposition that the UN Security Council embodies a necessarily selective approach. Analysis of its record since 1945 suggests that the Council cannot address all security threats effectively. The reasons for this include not only the veto power of the five permanent members, but also

Falah Mustafa Bakir Address

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:10:10 GMT

On Monday 9 June 2008, Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of Foreign Relations, Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq,spoke on ‘The Role of the Kurdish Regional Government in a new Iraq' from 6-7 pm.

Volume 14 – Issue 5

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:19:32 GMT

Volume 14, Issue 5 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article Rehabilitating the jihadists is free to all readers, with the remaining four articles: Syria's secret reactor, Rice on the Middle East, Sparring over Abkhazia and Lebanon's stop-gap peace accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5.

Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East: In the shadow of Iran

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:53 GMT

Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East: In the shadow of Iran At least thirteen countries throughout the greater Middle East have recently announced new or revived plans to explore civilian nuclear energy. They spoke of the need for energy diversification to meet growing electricity demand and the economic and environmental benefits of nuclear power. This surge of interest is consistent with a worldwide trend likened to a ‘nuclear renaissance’. Yet political factors also motivate...

Ending Terrorism

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:36:12 GMT

Lessons for defeating al-Qaeda Audrey Kurth Cronin Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. Terrorist groups end according to recognisable patterns that have persisted for centuries, and they reflect, among other factors, the counter-terrorist policies taken against them. It makes sense to formulate those policies with a sp

Classic Adelphi Papers

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:50:22 GMT

The Adelphi Papers monograph series is the Institute’s principal contribution to policy-relevant, original academic research. Collected on the occasion of the Institute’s 50th anniversary, the twelve Adelphi Papers in this volume represent some of the ?nest examples of writing on strategic issues. They offer insights into the changing security landscape of the past half-century and glimpses of some of the most signi?cant security events and trends of our times, from the Cold War nuclear arms race, through t

Alastair Buchan Lecture 2008

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The 2008 Alastair Buchan lecture 'Are we at war' was given by Sir Michael Howard, IISS President Emeritus, on Wednesday 2 April 2008.

Hon. Rohitha Bogollagma MP

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:39:36 GMT

On Tuesday 1 April 2008, the Hon. Rohitha Bogollagma MP (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka) delivered an address on "Post-Conflict Development: Efforts of a Democracy".

Year 2008 - Issue 2

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:05:29 GMT

Volume 50, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

Ambassador Nick Burns

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:26:33 GMT

On Monday 11 February 2008, Ambassador Nick Burns (US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs) led a discussion meeting on the topic of "Global Challenges and Opportunities in US Foreign Policy".

Year 2008 - Issue 1

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:38:21 GMT

Volume 50, Number 1 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

Iran under Ahmadinejad

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:40:25 GMT

The politics of confrontation Ali M. Ansari The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 2005 thrust Iran into the international limelight in a way that few would have predicted. Robust, confrontational and given to bombastic rhetoric, Ahmadinejad has drawn condemnation from the West and praise from the Middle Eastern street in almost equal measure. This paper looks at the details of his political rise and assesses his...

Military Balance 2008 Press Statement

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:09:17 GMT

Press Statement Arundel House, London 5 February 2008 Remarks by Dr John Chipman Director-General and Chief Executive The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London

Military Reform and Democratisation

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:15:52 GMT

Turkish and Indonesian experiences at the turn of the millennium Karabekir Akkoyunlu There is no recipe for democratisation that can be readily applied to all countries. Every country presents unique factors that influence the fate of its democratic reforms, which must therefore be evaluated within their specific socio-political, cultural and historical context. Building on this premise, this paper examines military reform and democratisation through the experiences of Turkey...

The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:41:48 GMT

Cyrus Hodes and Mark Sedra By the middle of 2007, Afghans had become increasingly disillusioned with a state-building process that had failed to deliver the peace dividend that they were promised. For many Afghans, the most noticeable change in their lives since the fall of the Taliban has been an acute deterioration in security conditions. Whether it is predatory warlords, the Taliban-led insurgency, the burgeoning narcotics trade or general criminality, the threats to the security...

Russian Foreign Policy Beyond Putin

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:22:57 GMT

Eugene B. Rumer Russia’s resurgence as an assertive actor in the global diplomatic arena after a long period of introspection and preoccupation with domestic troubles, and the economic...

Sergio Jaramillo Address

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:53:59 GMT

On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Sergio Jaramillo (Deputy Minister of Defence for Colombia) gave an address on the topic of "Colombia: Drugs, Insurgency and the Search for Peace" A summary of his address is available below.

Trevor Ncube Address

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:47:40 GMT

On Tuesday 18 September 2007 Trevor Ncube, Chief Executive, Mail & Guardian Media Group (South Africa), delivered the 2007 Oppenheimer Lecture on the theme of "Towards a New Zimbabwe: Challenges and Opportunities". Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session. A transcript of his address is also available in the related documents section below.

Repairing the Damage

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:36:21 GMT

Possibilities and limits of transatlantic consensus Dana H. Allin, Gilles Andréani, Philipe Errera and Gary Samore The damage that has been done to the transatlantic alliance will not be repaired through grand architectural redesigns or radical new agendas. Instead, the transatlantic partners need to restore their consensus and cooperation on key security challenges with a limited agenda that reflects the essential conservatism of the transatlantic partnership during the Cold War...

Benazir Bhutto Address

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:34:07 GMT

On Friday 20 July 2007 Ms Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, addressed the IISS on "The Future of Democracy in Pakistan". Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session.

Karel Schwarzenberg Address

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:51:10 GMT

On Wednesday 18 July 2007 Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, addressed the IISS on "New Threats and the Transatlantic Bond" . Streamed coverage of this event is available for the speech and Q&A session.

Contemporary Piracy and Maritime Terrorism

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:30:01 GMT

The threat to international security Martin N. Murphy Do piracy and maritime terrorism, individually or together, present a threat to international security, and what relationship if any exists between them? Piracy may be a marginal problem in itself, but the connections between organised piracy and wider criminal networks and corruption on land make it an element of a phenomenon that can have a weakening effect on states and a destabilising one on the regions in which it is...

Year 2007 - Issue 3

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:34:50 GMT

Volume 49, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.

Year 2007 - Issue 2

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:31 GMT

Volume 49, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.

Pakistan must validate troops' positions

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:21:01 GMT

Defence Minister A.K. Antony is to visit Singapore on June 1-3, the first time he will be travelling abroad after assuming office seven months ago. "During the visit, he will essentially be addressing the Shangri La dialogue," an official here said.

Antony to visit Singapore June 1-3

Fri, 18 May 2007 11:30:58 GMT

'During the visit, he will essentially be addressing the Shangri La dialogue,' an official here said.The sixth edition of the dialogue, organised by Singapore's International Institute for Strategic Studies -, brings together 26 countries including Australia, Britain Canada, China, France, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the US, to discuss the defence and security diplomacy scenario in the southeast Asia region.

Antony to foray into defence diplomacy

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:45:05 GMT

Defence Minister A.K. Antony is to embark on a series of foreign tours, his first since assuming office seven months ago, to engage India's littoral neighbours and a strategic ally. The first of these tours will be to Singapore June 1-3 to participate in the sixth edition of the Shangri La dialogue.

Mr Shivshankar Menon Address

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:52:18 GMT

On Thursday 3 May 2007 Mr Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary of the Government of India, addressed the IISS on "India and International Security". A live stream of his presentation and the Q&A session is available.

Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns Address

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:53:34 GMT

On Wednesday 2 May 2007 Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, spoke on "U.S. and European Challenges in the Middle East". A live stream of the presentation and Q&A session is available.

Developing the Mekong

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Regionalism and regional security in China–Southeast Asian relations Evelyn Goh In Southeast Asia, China’s growing economic and political strength has been accompanied by adept diplomacy and active promotion of regional cooperation, institutions and integration. Southeast Asian states and China engage in ‘strategic regionalism’: they seek regional membership for regime legitimation and collective bargaining; and regional integration to enhance economic development, regarded as...

27 Jan 2010 - - New York Times - Geopolitics: A Swiss Afghanistan and Russian NATO

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:30:03 GMT

Once John Chipman, the director general of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, had baptized the session on Rethinking Security in the 21st Century an open brainstorm — “where people are allowed to say provocative things” — the floodgates were open. For one and a half hours in the Davos bubble, well-worn diplomatic slogans were replaced with, well, provocative ideas.

27 Jan 2010 - - VOA News - British Court Rules Freezing Terror Suspects' Assets 'Unlawful'

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:36:37 GMT

"There are undoubtedly people in the United Kingdom who are malignly-intentioned but very skillful about staying just the right side of the legal boundaries, such that they can't be brought before the criminal justice system," said Inkster. “The G-20 has the legitimacy,” Mr. Chipman said.

30 Jan 2010 - - New York Times - The Race Is On to Develop Green, Clean Technology

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:53 GMT

Said John Chipman, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London: “Climate change has become a theater of geopolitical competition.”

26 Jan 2010 - - VOA News - Britain to Host International Conference on Afghanistan

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:39:56 GMT

Lack of security is a major issue and the key is training the Afghan forces, says security analyst Christopher Langton at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "Our combat troops - what they are doing is sort of holding the line so that the Afghan security forces can be built and their capacity can be developed," he said. Langton says there has been progress, but to make it sustainable will take time.

26 Jan 2010 - - Indo-Asian News - India’s Afghan role is hot topic at London conference

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:47:27 GMT

“The question is whether India is ready to move from a bilateral to a multilateral relationship with Afghanistan,” added Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Experts say a multilateral relationship may require India to play a more “upfront security role,” such as in training Afghan police and army - a proposal recently made by the British. “Pakistan is certain to oppose India’s role in security training,” said Roy-Chaudhury.

Rising extremism in South Asia

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:42:00 GMT

The trend towards violence and extremism in South Asia moved inexorably upwards in 2009. Afghanistan and Pakistan experienced major increases in terrorist incidents, often involving suicide bombings against high-profile urban targets including hotels frequented by foreign nationals and installations belonging to the security forces. Though governments have begun to take small practical steps to manage the problem more effectively, these are unlikely to have much impact in the short term. The likelihood of c

23 Jan 2010 - - The National - Jolted out of Afghan fatigue by audacious attack

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:07:08 GMT

“There is a whole Iraq team that’s re-forming,” said Christopher Langton, a retired British colonel at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “There was a concern that several countries were executing their counterinsurgency strategy through, if you like, their embassies and countries, and ISAF command had no real control over what was going on.”

22 Jan 2010 - - The Hindu - It’s strategic culture that counts

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:57:58 GMT

The second change Mr. Narayanan introduced in intelligence management was to revive the JIC under a standalone chairman, essentially separating it from the NSCS. The move puzzled a number of former intelligence chiefs, who spoke to The Hindu on background, since it was not in line with the Group of Ministers report on intelligence reform. However, according to a former NSCS staffer, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, now Senior Fellow for South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, this sep

22 Jan 2010 - - Times - RAF urged to cut ‘Cold War’ new jets for cheap propeller aircraft

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:06:46 GMT

Andrew Brookes, aerospace analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: “I think that General Richards has been led astray by people who think that because it is cheap and cheerful it is the answer to the maiden’s prayer. In a Joint Strike Fighter you have a stealthy, magnificent intelligence-gathering platform. No one will see it coming and it could go to downtown Tehran, Pyongyang or maybe even Moscow tomorrow. You can say you would get a lot of Tucanos cheaply but the money for Typh

21 Jan 2010 - - Reuters - China support for U.N. sanctions doubted

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:24:25 GMT

“It looks like the Chinese are playing hard to get,” said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “They are strutting their newfound role of global kingmaker, and they are peeved at the coming U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.” “They also sincerely believe that sanctions won't help resolve the nuclear crisis with Iran and they worry that moving further down the sanctions path could harm China's energy security interests,” he said.

21 January 2010 - - House of Lords EU Sub-Committee - Lords Committee hears evidence in Somali piracy inquiry

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:19 GMT

Evidence of Jason Alderwick, Maritime Analyst, Defence Analysis Department

Year 2007 - Issue 4

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:15 GMT

Volume 49, Number 4 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.

20 Jan 2010 - - Financial Times - Aircraft carriers must be built, navy chief warns

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:45:51 GMT

Admiral Stanhope's comments came one day after a speech by General Sir David Richards, the head of the army, who fleshed out his long-held belief that the defence establishment had not fully adapted to the security realities of the world after the cold war. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies on Monday, Gen Richards said that "high-tech weapons platforms are not a good way to stabilise tottering states - nor might their cost leave us any money to help in other ways". "Defe

20 Jan 2010 - - Aviation Week - UK Army And Navy: Conflicting Visions

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:36:57 GMT

Richards argues that basically the armed forces are ill-configured for the kind of wars they now face. In a speech on “Future Conflict And Its Prevention” at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Jan. 18, he told the audience: “Our defense establishment has not yet fully adapted to the security realities of the post-Cold War world and this complex and dangerous new century.”

20 Jan 2010 - - Scotsman - First Sea Lord returns fire after general insists army should get extra resources

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:55:00 GMT

The supercarriers and the Royal Air Force's fast jets were seized on by Gen Richards this week as he called for politicians to divert resources to more troops on the ground, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism instead. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies on Monday, Gen Richards said "we have to take a risk" in ditching advanced weaponry. Too much emphasis was put on "hugely expensive equipment" such as advanced jet fighters, he declared.

19 Jan 2010 - - Asharq Al-Awsat - Has Saudi’s Policy towards Tehran Changed?

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:04:52 GMT

By Dr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security and Corresponding Director for IISS-Middle East

19 Jan 2010 - - Guardian - UK military chiefs clash over future defence strategy

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:21:31 GMT

Richards said: "We will be involved in a different type of conflict in the 21st century. Conflict today, especially because so much of it is effectively fought through the medium of the communications revolution, is principally about and for people – hearts and minds on a mass scale. "Defence must respond to the new strategic, and indeed economic, environment by ensuring much more ruthlessly that our armed forces are appropriate and relevant to the context in which they will operate rather than the one t

18 Jan 2010 - - BBC News - Army chief calls for major shift in defence spending

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:23:49 GMT

General Sir David Richards said priority should be given to troops working on the ground on winning over hearts and minds. He told the International Institute for Strategic Studies there was too much emphasis on cutting-edge technology and not enough on cheaper troops and staff. Gen Richards is expected to elaborate on these ideas in a speech later. He will address the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

18 Jan 2010 - - Reuters - UK army chief calls for defence spending overhaul

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:39:00 GMT

"If one equips more for this type of conflict while significantly reducing investment in higher-end war-fighting capability, suddenly one can buy an impressive amount of 'kit'," he said in a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

18 Jan 2010 - - Daily Telegraph - Army chief calls for more troops and fewer ships to fight wars against insurgents

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:49:37 GMT

Sir David, who is due to speak today at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said he lived in "the real world" and envisaged significant spending cuts in the defence review.

18 Jan 2010 - - BBC News - War rules rewritten, says general

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:54:08 GMT

His views come amid the backdrop of a defence review after the general election and potential spending cuts. Gen Richards is expected to elaborate on these ideas in a speech later. He will address the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

General Sir David Richards Address

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:59:16 GMT

On Monday 18th January 2009 General Sir David Richards KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, Will deliver an address to the IISS on “Future Conflict and Its Prevention: People and the Information Age” from 6-7pm. The first in a series of addresses on defence strategy by UK service chiefs.

Copenhagen Accord faces first test

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:01:41 GMT

The global agreement on climate change reached in Copenhagen in December 2009 faces its first test at the end of January when individual countries submit schedules for reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years. Their commitment to do so was part of the Copenhagen Accord to which heads of government signed up following two frenetic weeks of bargaining. The Accord fell far short of the goal set two years earlier in Bali, Indonesia to produce a legally global treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which

17 Jan 2010 - - Sunday Times - General Sir David Richards calls for new cyber-army

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:48:41 GMT

With a defence review set to follow a spring general election, Richards will expand on his views tomorrow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

13 Jan 2010 - Reuters - Iran denies nuclear “halt” but technical woes slow pace

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:54:19 GMT

“It would be a surprising and positive development if Iran actually had actually suspended enrichment, but I doubt this is the case,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, top non-proliferation expert at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies. “More likely they have stopped or slowed down the installation of additional cascades as they work to overcome the technical problems they have been experiencing with the centrifuges that are already in place.”

13 Jan 2010 - - Scotsman - Iranian nuclear scientist is killed by bomb outside home

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:51:25 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, a nuclear proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said Israel had in the past killed people working on nuclear programmes it saw as hostile. But he said it was unlikely yesterday's killing was part of an Israeli or US strategy to "deprive Iran of the brains of the (nuclear] enrichment process". He added: "There are by now too many scientists and engineers with the requisite expertise."

12 Jan 2010 - - United Press International - Report: U.S. needs diplomacy surge in Iraq

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:36 GMT

London's International Institute for Strategic Studies said the transition to state reconstruction and reconciliation is a sea change for the U.S. role in Iraq. "The United States still has a key role to play in the transition to full Iraqi sovereignty," an IISS report says. "But as American troops withdraw, Washington will have to rely on diplomacy rather than military power in Iraq."

11 Jan 2010 - - Reuters - Tehran Bomb Said to Kill University Professor

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:02:16 GMT

"I have no reason to think that this is part of an Israeli or American strategy to deprive Iran of the brains of the enrichment process," said Mark Fitzpatrick, chief proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. "There are by now too many scientists and engineers with the requisite expertise".

10 Jan 2010 - - Agence France Presse - Yemen's slumping economy fuels extremism: analysts

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:57:45 GMT

The decline in oil income "has had an influence on all conditions from the viewpoint of the economy, finance and security," said presidential office head and chairman of Yemen's National Security Agency Ali Muhammad al-Anisi. "This creates a fertile environment conducive to the spread of extremist ideas and an increase in criminal and terrorist acts," he told an International Institute for Strategic Studies regional security summit in December.

06 Jan 2010 - - Channel 4 News - Is Yemen becoming a terrorist hotbed?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:08:58 GMT

Ali Muhammad Al Anisi, chairman, National Security Agency and Head, Presidential Office, Yemen said at International Institute for Strategic Studies lecture: "This creates a fertile environment conducive to the spread of extremist ideas, an increase in criminal and terrorist acts and the violation of security and stability in general."

06 January 2010- - Times - The 100: Benazir Bhutto

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:32:15 GMT

Shock people into listening. In her speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London in July 2007, she began: “As we meet, Pakistan is in crisis ... As we gather together, much to the dismay of the people of Pakistan, Islamabad is the primary training and staging area for al-Qaeda ... Ladies and Gentlemen ... the voices of moderation have been silenced.” Ms Bhutto was well aware of the world’s general opinion of Pakistan’s alleged role in world terrorism. Rather than deny it, she

05 Jan 2010 - The Hindu - A new ecosystem of ties in East Asia

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:51:41 GMT

China is not aggressively asserting its leadership in East Asia at this stage. This need not, however, prevent other countries from accepting the reality of its rise. Tim Huxley, a Singapore-based expert of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, points out how a rising U.S. was accepted by East Asia decades ago. Countries that were long used to British supremacy simply and quickly accommodated the U.S. as the new big leader. Unrelated to such views of experts, this can possibly happen to China m

05 Jan 2010 - Asia Times - Christian tests Pyongyang's resolutions

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:16:42 GMT

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London at the time, the U.S. action was possibly aimed at securing Arab acq"Park's excursion into North Korea was a foolhardy stunt that can't help but complicate diplomacy," said Mark Fitzpatrick, a former State Department official, now with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "It's a gift to the Pyongyang regime, which can be expected to seek to bargain his freedom for diplomatic or PR advantage."

04 Jan 2010 - United Press International - Israel balks at U.S. arms deals with Arabs

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:27:11 GMT

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London at the time, the U.S. action was possibly aimed at securing Arab acquiescence for future U.S. -- or Israeli -- airstrikes against Iran's nuclear infrastructure if Tehran continued to enrich uranium.

03 Jan 2010 - - Wall St Journal - Tehran Plans a Major Military Exercise

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:05:36 GMT

Not all Arab neighbors are onboard with Washington's sanction plans. In a heavily attended security conference in Manama early last month, Bahrain's foreign minister said further Iranian sanctions wouldn't be fair. "I think the people of Iran have had enough," Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said to delegates, including Mr. Mottaki and top U.S. diplomats and military officials. Bahrain is a staunch American ally, hosting the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

01 January 2010 - Radio Free Europe - Major Foreign Affairs Challenges Of 2009, And What's In Store For 2010

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:46:21 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, a nonproliferation expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, says concerns were raised further by a report in "The Times" of London alleging that Iran has recently been conducting secret nuclear weapons-development work. The report was based on documents obtained by the newspaper that referred to a neutron source -- uranium deuteride -- that can be used as a trigger for a nuclear weapon.

01 January 2010 - Reuters - Coming year key in fight against nuclear arms

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:07:58 GMT

"The START follow-on agreement, which appears to be nearing a conclusion, won't dramatically reduce arsenals on either side, but it will be an important demonstration of the will to move toward disarmament," said Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute For Strategic Studies.

31 December 2009 - Forbes - 'God Loves You, Mr. Kim. Now Leave.'

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:35:05 GMT

Now those political prisoners include the courageous Park. According to Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the activist's "excursion into North Korea" was "a foolhardy stunt that can't help but complicate diplomacy." There's more than a measure of truth in this assessment, of course. As Fitzpatrick says, "It's a gift to the Pyongyang regime, which can be expected to seek to bargain his freedom for diplomatic or PR advantage."

31 December 2009 - People's Daily -World's pending questions in 2010: British General Election

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:50:02 GMT

Nigel Inkster, an expert with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said a Conservative Party government would adopt more practical foreign policies. Analysts say both will focus domestic policies on deficit cutting and employment boosting, if successful.

31 December 2009 - BBC News - Ten years at the top for Vladimir Putin

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:40:31 GMT

"Russia has emerged for the West as something very alien, and it's not really a partner, it's not a threat, and the relationships are very ambiguous," says Oksana Antonenko, a Russia expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London

31 December 2009 - Global Arab Network - Iran and Al-Qaeda Source of Growing Terror in Yemen

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:12:45 GMT

Building Asia's Security

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:04:49 GMT

As global economic and strategic weight shifts to Asia, countries in the region are considering how to protect themselves better in the uncertain strategic landscape of the twenty-first century. Alliances with the United States remain pivotal, but China is an ever more dominant presence. Faced with this, and with growing transnational threats such as terrorism, energy insecurity and infectious diseases, Asian governments are increasingly interested in multilateral security cooperation.

29 December 2009 - Christian Science Monitor - American missionary allegedly held by North Korea. A 'gift' to Pyongyang?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:03:51 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, a former State Department official now with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, applauds Park’s “moral courage” – but not his deed. Park’s “excursion into North Korea was a foolhardy stunt that can’t help but complicate diplomacy,” he says. “It’s a gift to the Pyongyang regime, which can be expected to seek to bargain his freedom for diplomatic or PR advantage.” He doubts “the White House or State Department will be inclined to want to give away anything to g

28 Dec 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Malian troops learning US anti-terror tactics

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:11:54 GMT

As well as the special forces training Mali's army, which according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies was 7,350 strong in 2004-2005, the Americans have deployed a satellite and eavesdropping surveillance system, according to a Malian military source under cover of anonymity.

28 December 2009 - Christian Science Monitor - Was Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab radicalized in London?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:31:37 GMT

“There are basically two meccas,” argues Egyptian-born Mamoun Fandy of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “There’s a Mecca that Muslims should visit, and the mecca of jihad that is London.”

28 December 2009 - Tehran Times - Iran not opposed to exchange of nuclear fuel in a third country

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:07:51 GMT

In the first stage Iran is ready to exchange 400 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, Mottaki told reporters on the sidelines of The Manama Dialogue on Dec. 12.

27 December 2009 - - The National - The GCC and Iran: if there’s nothing to say, don’t say it

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:12:42 GMT

The Bahraini foreign minister had an interesting view on that at a regional security conference in Manama recently. Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said the lack of progress in the negotiations was the result of a fundamental mistake in how they were being conducted. The main reason for failure so far, he said, was that the Gulf states had not been involved.

13 Nov 2009 - - ABS-CBN News - Philippine non-proliferation leadership role will need support

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:06:23 GMT

By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

12 Nov 2009 - - Guardian - Guardian fined by Iraqi court in ruling seen as attack on press freedom

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:22:31 GMT

Mamoun Fandy, an expert on the Gulf at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the comparisons to Saddam were misplaced. He said: "It is new that a leader or an intelligence agency in that part of the world takes a journalist in their jurisdiction to court instead of jailing him or ordering him being bumped off." "These are the key strategic assets of the Pakistan Army. This is what prevents India from attacking them, in their view."

10 November 2009 - - The Iraq Inquiry - ‘What were the causes and consequences of Iraq’s descent into violence'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:39:40 GMT

By Dr Toby Dodge, Consulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East

10 Nov 2009 - - Middle East Bulletin - Understanding the Nuclear Negotiations

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:08:12 GMT

Interview with Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

08 Nov 2009 - - Reuters - Pakistan's nuclear weapons are safe, for now

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:57 GMT

"If the Pakistan Army does one thing, it will be to ensure the nuclear assets stay with them," said Rahul Roy-Chaudhury at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "These are the key strategic assets of the Pakistan Army. This is what prevents India from attacking them, in their view."

06 Nov 2009 - - Daily Mail - Miliband may get Brussels job 'in days' as Blair's hopes fade

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:21:05 GMT

EU leaders are said to have been impressed by Mr Miliband's ferociously pro-European speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies a couple of weeks ago.

05 Nov 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Dalai Lama trip strains India-China ties

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:19:27 GMT

Rahul Roy-Choudhury, who runs the South Asia security program at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, agrees that New Delhi and Beijing approach their common disputes from different angles. "For India the border issue is much more of a concern, along with trade issues. For China, the greater concern is Tibet," Roy-Choudhury told AFP.

05 Nov 2009 - “Resetting” US-Russian Relations

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:43:23 GMT

On Thursday 5 November Igor Yurgens, The Chairman of the Russian Institute of Contemporary Development spoke on “Resetting” US-Russian Relations from 12.30-2pm.

05 November 2009 - - The Iraq Inquiry - Evidence of Dr Toby Dodge

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:10:36 GMT

By Dr Toby Dodge, Consulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East

04 Nov 2009 - - Reuters - Mousavi Supporters Clash With Police In Tehran

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:07 GMT

The nuclear question and relations with the West have also caused deep divisions alongside the political furor. "There is real domestic turmoil in Iran," said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.

03 Nov 2009 - - Frontline - Friendship first

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:49:47 GMT

ccording to Tim Huxley, Singapore-based expert from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the beginning of the end of the American era in East Asia occurred more than 40 years ago. In 1968, the then U.S. President, Richard Nixon, “set the scene for the withdrawal of American combat forces from Vietnam and for American allies in the region doing more to defend themselves”, Huxley said in a recent conversation. While China might now want to “Finlandise Japan” into a “non-player”, as in the histor

03 Nov 2009 - - South China Morning Post - China 'to put weapons in space'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:27 GMT

"We can see the building blocks are steadily being put in place for fully utilising space, but at the moment it looks to be just one of many priorities for the air force," said Gary Li, a researcher on the Chinese military at the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies.

03 Nov 2009 - - Bloomberg - Iran’s Military Power Subject to New U.S. Study Used for China

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:14:35 GMT

The Iran report might be more effective were it to include updates on diplomatic negotiations and Iran’s compliance with UN Security Council resolutions and the atomic energy agency, said Michael Elleman, a visiting senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Washington.

03 Nov 2009 - - Towards Zero: A US perspective

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:42:11 GMT

By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

02 Nov 2009 - - Fars News Agency - US Official: IAEA Guarantees Delivery of Fuel to Iran

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:02:59 GMT

Fitzpatrick, who is a Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation with the International Institute for Strategic Studies and acts as an advisor to the US State Department in nuclear affairs, said the best guarantee for Iran to ensure the West would deliver upon its promises to provide nuclear fuel to Iranian power plants was the one by the IAEA because the international nuclear watchdog was frankly after having the plan ratified and implemented.

02 Nov 2009 - - Russia Profile - Kiss and Make Up

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:41:37 GMT

Lavrov’s invitation to Miliband, and the Russian talk of a “reset” in relations, signifies a longstanding willingness, at least on the Russian side, to put those quarrels to rest. “There was always an attitude on the Russian side that we should forget the issue of Lugovoi and Litvinenko and move on,” noted Oksana Antonenko of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London.

01 Nov 2009 - - Mail on Sunday - Miliband emerges as frontrunner for key EU role as Sarkozy sinks Blair's chances of President j

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:11 GMT

EU leaders are said to have been impressed by Mr Miliband's pro-European speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies last week

01 Nov 2009 - - Miami Herald - Time for common Latin American visa

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT

Sadly, the constant territorial and political conflicts among Latin American countries are resulting in rising military expenditures. Military spending in Latin America has skyrocketed by 91 percent over the past four years to nearly $47.2 billion last year, according to the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies.

31 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - Senior Iran MPs Reject U.N. Atom Fuel Plan

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:54:28 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, described it as a "politically treacherous" issue for Iran. "They (the leadership) find it hard to strike any deal with the West even though this is an obviously good deal for them," he said. "It's stalling but it is not just tactical stalling. There is real domestic turmoil in Iran."

31 Oct 2009 - - Houston Chronicle - U.S. should not give up on Iran diplomacy efforts

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:30:31 GMT

By Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director IISS-US, Corresponding Director IISS-Middle East

30 Oct 2009 - - Straits Times - Sino-Russian ties: Utility over affinity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:34:50 GMT

Speaking at a conference organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies last year, Mr Daniel Fung, a senior counsel from Hong Kong, noted that China has been dealing with Russia for 300 years. 'China is not starry-eyed about Russia, neither does it see Russia as the great ogre hell-bent on reviving the Cold War. In terms of political, military and economic power, Russia is no longer the Soviet Union,' said the president of the International Law Association, Hong Kong Chapter.

30 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - IAEA awaits urgent Iran reply on fuel deal

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:14:41 GMT

"Iran is stalling, but it isn't just a negotiation tactic," said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "It faces real political trouble as all the power centers jockey for position. Nobody wants the rival to get credit for landing the big prize of U.S. relations."

29 Oct 2009 - - Evening Herald (Plymouth) - Diplomat to give talk on Pakistan

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:45:51 GMT

The University of Plymouth will host a lecture on the state of Pakistan and its implications for world affairs by Sir Hilary Synnott, former British High Commissioner to Islamabad. Entitled 'Pakistan: How did it come to this?', Sir Hilary will assess historical developments in the country and the surrounding region at the 2009 Lord Caradon Lecture next month.

29 Oct 2009 - - Webster University Seminar - ‘Successes and Failure of NPT or World without NPT?’

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:41 GMT

By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

28 Oct 2009 - - Gulf News - Gates to lead US delegation to Manama Dialogue

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:52 GMT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will for the third consecutive time lead the US delegation to the Manama Dialogue in December in a clear indication of the importance the US is attaching to the annual security conference. The French, who have repeatedly said that Europe should play a bigger role in the region, will also enhance their participation and will most likely send their foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, diplomats told Gulf News.

28 Oct 2009 - - Financial Times - Power politics

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:56:45 GMT

But, whatever his secret musings, Miliband made an interesting and thoughtful speech on Britain and Europe a couple of days ago at the IISS in London. He argued that the world is heading for an "Age of Continents", in which sheer size will be increasingly important. The world will either be run by a G2 of China and the US, or by a G3 that includes the EU. The moral is that Britain has to throw its lot in with the EU, or face increas-ing irrelevance. As Miliband himself notes, the Tories' aversion to deeper

28 Oct 2009 - - South China Morning Post - Pirates turn ancient trade into model modern business

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:24:03 GMT

"China's military is facing an unprecedented situation here," said Gary Li, a researcher on the PLA at Lon-don's International Institute of Strategic Studies. "So many of the challenges we know that they are going to have to face in the future are present ... whether it is questions over command-and-control issues and intel-ligence gathering to how it will handle domestic pressure demanding the use of force. It is going to be fascinating to watch this play out."

28 Oct 2009 - - Le Monde - Too Late...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:25:48 GMT

Le plus gravement atteint est le jeune et brillant secrétaire au Foreign Office, David Miliband. Déjà, au congrès du Labour, le mois dernier, il avait dit toute sa foi dans l'Union européenne. Lundi 26 octobre, il est allé plus loin. Dans un discours important, il a relégué au deuxième plan ce qui était depuis toujours le pilier numéro un de la politique étrangère britannique : la relation privilégiée avec les Etats-Unis. M. Miliband, qui pourrait être appelé à diriger le Labour, lui substitue une autre pri

27 Oct 2009 - - IISS Press Release - The IISS Announces 6th Regional Security Summit: The Manama Dialogue

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:09:13 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is pleased to announce that the 6th Regional Security Summit: The Manama Dialogue will take place from 11 to 13 December 2009 in Bahrain.

27 Oct 2009 - - Independent - Mr Miliband makes a strong case

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:10:50 GMT

David Miliband yesterday delivered the kind of speech that is too seldom heard in British politics; a speech that made a strong and unambiguous case for a greater role for the European Union on the global stage. As the Foreign Secretary argued, it is in Britain's "national interest" to see the EU develop a strong foreign policy.

27 Oct 2009 - - CNN - U.S. Welcomes China #2 Military Chief

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:07:40 GMT

You just heard about china's military buildup and capabilities, and when you compare defense budgets, here's something else. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the U.S. budget for last year was $693 billion, the defense budget. China's a mere fraction of that, at about $61 billion. Take a look at this. China has more active troops, almost 2.2 million, compared to almost 1.6 million active troops for the U.S.

27 Oct 2009 - - Financial Times- Miliband warns on choice for European president

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:25:16 GMT

In a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, Mr Miliband said: "The choice for Europe is simple: get our act together and make the EU a leader on the world stage or become spectators in a G2 world shaped by the US and China." Mr Miliband said the EU's foreign policy was blighted by confused messages, patchy co-ordination and relationships with global powers that lacked "clarity, strategy or purpose". "It is very strongly in the British national interest for the EU to dev

27 Oct 2009 - - Guardian - Blair's European bid: Don't mention the war

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:39:40 GMT

David Miliband yesterday made a comprehensive case for the role the EU can play on the world stage. He is right to argue that the EU does not get commensurate value for its provision of 40% of the UN's budget, almost two-thirds of the world's development assistance, 2 million men under arms, and 40,000 diplomats. Perhaps his speech was an extended job application for the post of foreign policy chief, for which he would be well suited. Yes, he voted for the Iraq war, but was not instrumental in the decision-

27 Oct 2009 - - Independent - David Miliband: this is my ambition for Europe

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:46:04 GMT

n the most pro-European speech by a British foreign secretary, Mr Miliband warned that the EU – and Britain – risks becoming marginalised by a Chinese-American "G2" elite unless its 27 members dropped their differences to develop a vigorous common international policy. His message contrasts with predecessors' emphasis on the so-called "special relationship" between Britain and the United States. Hours after Mr Miliband set out his vision of a more unified continent punching above its weight around the globe

27 Oct 2009 - - Independent - Britain, Europe and a history of lamentable mis-timing

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:54:17 GMT

How far this reassessment of Britain's relations with the outside world was reflected in the front ranks of government, as opposed to the corridors of power, was nonetheless hard to gauge. Until yesterday, that is, when the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, gave one of the most Europhile – and least Atlanticist – speeches ever delivered to a British audience by any minister since Labour took office 12 years ago. Setting the scene for Britain to enact its foreign policy primarily through the EU, Mr Milib

27 Oct 2009 - - Independent - Europe is a tempting opportunity

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:05:04 GMT

David Miliband has come to life. During his speech to Labour's conference last month he made a bold defence of the European Union and launched an uncharacteristically passionate onslaught against the Conservatives and their new allies in Europe. Yesterday he became even more vivacious on both fronts, articulating as powerfully as any Labour minister since 1997 the case for Europe and the dangers of the Conservatives' outdated isolationism. Occasionally Tony Blair delivered similar speeches, but only when he

27 Oct 2009 - - Times - Cameron will have to ditch European rightwingers, Heseltine predicts

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:05:57 GMT

David Miliband sought to capitalise on fresh tension among the Conservatives over Europe by declaring that any government pursuing a foreign policy “lost in hubris, nostalgia or xenophobia” would have to “watch our influence in the world wane”. The Foreign Secretary said that Tory plans to repatriate powers were based on a deception that “you can hate Europe as it exists today and remain central to European policymaking”.

27 Oct 2009 - - Daily Mail - EU backlash as David Miliband pushes President Boney Blair

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:15:10 GMT

Earlier, Mr Miliband delivered one of the most fiercely pro-European speeches ever to be delivered by a British foreign secretary. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, he warned the UK would lose out internationally if it tried to oppose EU foreign policy on the grounds of 'hubris, nostalgia or xenophobia'. He added: 'To be frightened of European foreign policy is blinkered, fatalistic and wrong. Britain should embrace it, shape it and lead European foreign policy.'

26 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - British foreign minister tries to revive Blair candidacy for EU job

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:36:25 GMT

In a television interview on Sunday, in a speech on Monday and at a briefing with reporters in Luxembourg, Miliband set out his vision for a strong Europe that needs a leader like Blair.

26 Oct 2009 - - BBC News - UK calls for EU muscle

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:37:37 GMT

The second job is the High Representative for Foreign Affairs. This is a kind of EU foreign minister with a diplomatic staff. Today David Miliband called for a more assertive European foreign policy. He said it was in the British interest. To be frightened of a more powerful European voice in the world was "blinkered, fatalistic and wrong". Britain, he said, should embrace it, shape it and lead it. Otherwise, he said, Britain's influence in the world would wane.

26 Oct 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - David Miliband warns EU they need Blair and his motorcade

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:46:44 GMT

Mr Miliband, who will today give a major speech on Europe, had been touted as a possible candidate for the position of High Representative for Foreign Affairs, the other high-ranking job that the Lisbon Treaty has created.

26 Oct 2009 - - Guardian - Britain must take lead in developing EU foreign policy – Miliband

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:54:43 GMT

Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, Miliband attacked the Conservative opposition to the Lisbon treaty – which creates an EU foreign minister and diplomatic service – as a "deception". "It is very strongly in the British national interest for the EU to develop a strong foreign policy," he said.

26 Oct 2009 - - BBC News - Miliband: Britain needs strong EU

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:19 GMT

Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mr Miliband said: "It is very strongly in the British national interest for the European Union to develop a strong foreign policy.

26 Oct 2009 - - Reuters - Miliband attacks Tory policy on Europe

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:11:53 GMT

"In fact, a failed attempt to renegotiate aspects of the European Union that the Conservative Party does not like will lead inevitably to more calls for Britain to leave the European Union," he said in a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London thinktank.

26 Oct 2009 - - Bloomberg - Miliband Says Britain Must ‘Shape and Lead’ EU Foreign Policy

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:20:43 GMT

“A strong Britain in a strong Europe is the best way to preserve and advance our interests in the modern world,” Miliband said in a speech at the International Institute of Strategic Studies research organization in London. “To be frightened of European foreign policy is blinkered, fatalistic and wrong. Britain should embrace it, shape it and lead it.”

26 Oct 2009 - - Politics.co.uk - Miliband presses EU credentials

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:25:41 GMT

In a speech to the International Institute of Strategic Studies on the EU's role as a global actor and the benefits to the UK of a strong foreign policy, Mr Miliband avoided directly referring to Mr Blair but said the presidency offered an opportunity to provide "continuity and consistency" in EU policy.

26 Oct 2009 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Miliband warns EU over global role - backs Blair

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:29:24 GMT

In his speech to the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) earlier, Miliband outlined his vision of a "strong Europe" once the Lisbon Treaty has been ratified by all members. He said the EU faced a stark choice between becoming a major global player or a "paper tiger" preoccupied with bureaucracy. "The choice for Europe is simple - get our act together and make the European Union a leader on the world stage or become spectators in a G2 world shaped by the US and China," sa

26 Oct 2009 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Miliband: EU faces choice between progress or isolation

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:31:51 GMT

His warning came in a keynote address to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, entitled EU Foreign Policy After Lisbon. Miliband pleaded for a strategic long-term relationship between the EU and China and said relations with Russia over trade and energy supplies had to be put on a "mature and predictable" footing.

26 Oct 2009 - - Xinhua News - British foreign secretary calls for strong Britain in strong Europe

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:36:42 GMT

Miliband made a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), saying that to be frightened of European foreign policy is blinkered, fatalistic and wrong. Britain should embrace it, shape it and lead it. He said "I believe it is clearer than ever that the EU magnifies British influence in the world, rather than threatens it. In everything from trade negotiations to the training of the Afghan police to sanctions on Iran or the greening of our economies, the EU helps us achieve ou

26 Oct 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Britain must shape, lead EU foreign policy: Miliband

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:40:42 GMT

"My case today is simple," Miliband told the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "It is that it is very strongly in the British national interest for the EU to develop a strong foreign policy; that to be frightened of European foreign policy is blinkered, fatalistic and wrong (and) that Britain should embrace it, shape it and lead it." He also said the European Union as a whole faces a choice between becoming "a leader on the world stage or (becoming) spectators in a G2 world shaped by the

24 Sep 2009 - - Al Jazeera - Obama to host UN nuclear meeting

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:28:16 GMT

"All but three or four of the nations of the world have committed themselves to not pursuing nuclear weapons by signing the non-proliferation treaty," Mark Fitzpatrick, the director of the non-proliferation programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said.

24 Sep 2009 - - Orange County Register - Obama a cheerleader for government action

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:58 GMT

The president may have been reflecting a report last week from the widely respected London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, which argued that, after Iraq, Afghanistan, and the financial collapse, “the U.S. share of ‘global power,’ however measured, is in decline.” Whether that is true or not, or whether the president believes it, he talked as if he were the right person to define what the problems are.

23 Sep 2009 - - Financial Times - The nuclear options

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:32:35 GMT

"My personal view is that it will be impossible to find a solution that does not involve some degree of enrichment on Iranian soil," says Mark Fitzpatrick from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. In return, he says, Tehran would have to accept a more intrusive inspections regime by the IAEA.

23 Sep 2009 - - BBC World Service - UK to cut Trident subs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:12 GMT

Interview with Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

22 Sep 2009 - - Vatican Radio - Iran Makes New Model of Nuclear Centrifuges

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:02:01 GMT

Interview with Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation

21 Sep 2009 - - The News International - The lecture circuit

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:52:25 GMT

Currently we have one ex-president working the lucrative lecture circuit in the US, whilst the incumbent president is doing the rounds of a less lucrative but perhaps more important set of venues. His latest foray into public speaking was at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, where it is reported that his prepared and scripted speech went well but that the question and answer session was a little less than informative. Much has been made in recent days of the fact that our president

21 Sep 2009 - - Time - Afghanistan: Looking for the way ahead

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:20:30 GMT

The election has “raised a question in people's minds,” says Colonel Christopher Langton, senior fellow for Conflict and Defense Diplomacy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “Why should we be supporting such an individual and helping him to re-establish authority -- using British lives -- if he is so corrupt?”

21 Sep 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - EU: European army no closer as member states put own interests first

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:27:13 GMT

"The fundamental problem is that all this talk of European security and defence planning is a misnomer," explained Bastian Giegerich, research fellow for European security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "It is not a defence policy – it is all about crisis management. Whenever there is a crisis everybody looks after their own national interests.

21 Sep 2009 - - Reuters - Europe to resist larger Afghan troops commitment.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:32:27 GMT

"If it's more troops for combat, then there's not going to be much willingness," said Colonel Christopher Langton of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

20 Sep 2009 - - Daily News and Analysis - A small step

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:45:20 GMT

Pakistan's obligation to deal with Saeed and other terrorists remains. Pakistan leaders cannot hope to establish their anti-terror credentials by loud protestations. Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari has spoken on the issue on predictable lines in London on Friday -- and ironically 33 people were killed in a bomb attack in the northwest of Pakistan the same day -- but it would not mean much if no credible action follows. Action against Saeed is one way that Pakistan can prove its sincerity to India.

20 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Express - Iran Nuclear 'Nightmare' Months Away

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:10:08 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the West had entered a “new ball-game” and a “newly dangerous phase” with Tehran, because the regime now had enough low-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon and by February next year would have acquired enough material for two weapons.

20 Sep 2009 - - Associated Press of Pakistan - War against terrorism to get boost if India joins FoDP

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:06:12 GMT

Chidamabaram expressed satisfaction at the development in filing FIR against Hafiz Saeed and for him even a half step is a right step in this direction. He concluded that it was too early to comment and asked Indians to wait and watch how Pak proceeds in the matter. Whether they would interrogate him or investigate his role and that of others, would be tested in the days to come. President Zardari has earlier said in London that Pak would act certainly act against all those who were responsible for attack o

20 Sep 2009 - - Sunday Telegraph - Barack Obama changes American missile plans in Europe, causing fear among allies

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:49:10 GMT

Mr Obama calls this as an "era of engagement" while his neoconservative critics dismiss the strategy as dangerously naïve appeasement. John Chipman, head of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London think-tank, characterises the new Obama approach as "No we can't" go-it-alone any longer - a reference to his campaign slogan last year, "Yes we can".

20 Sep 2009 - - Times of India - Which way is Islamabad tipping?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:18:42 GMT

By Sir Hilary Synnott, Consulting Senior Fellow

19 Sep 2009 - - Asian News International - Action against 26/11 perpetrators focus of talks with Pak in New York: India

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:29:25 GMT

Zardari while addressing a gathering at International Institute of Strategic Studies in London called for greater dialogue with India to increase regional security. He expressed a willingness to revive a dialogue with India ruptured by last November's assault by Pakistan-based militants on Mumbai.

19 Sep 2009 - - India Today - Window on Pak Press: Try Musharraf & get tried too

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:47:56 GMT

On the other hand President Asif Ali Zardari while delivering a keynote lecture at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in London on 'Pakistan: strategic challenges and opportunities' on Friday warned that Pakistan's failure in the war against terrorism would have dire repercussions for the world, adding: "It would not be the failure of one country, but the entire freedom-loving world."

19 Sep 2009 - - Indo-Asian News Service - Zardari wants India in Friends of Democratic Pakistan group

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:26:25 GMT

“We want India to be the part of Friends of Democratic Pakistan and will encourage any Indian investment in this regard,” Zardari said while speaking Thursday at the think tank International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), the Nation newspaper reported on its site.

19 Sep 2009 - - Press Trust of India - Pak to prosecute people with ''aggressive'' minds: Zardari

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:35 GMT

President Asif Ali Zardari has said Pakistan was determined to prosecute anybody “who is inclined towards aggressive mindset” in the wake of mounting international pressure to take action against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

19 Sep 2009 - - Newsblaze - Chidambaram's Quiet Diplomacy Paid Off Pak Finally Acts Against Hafiz Saeed

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:26:55 GMT

19 Sep 2009 - - Independent - Stop passing the buck on terror, Pakistan tells UK

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:49:32 GMT

His words amplified the message contained in a speech by President Zardari yesterday. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, he reaffirmed his determination not to allow Pakistan to be used as a launch pad for attacks by Islamist terrorists, and called for more counter-terrorism aid from the West. Pakistan wants the US to arm it with unmanned drones and helicopters. "Let me assure you we have not come this far, at this price, to fail," he said.

19 Sep 2009 - - Independent - Progress in Pakistan

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:18:14 GMT

As if to counterpoint the Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari's plea in London yesterday for help in the fight against terror, a suicide bomber detonated an explosion that killed 33 and injured dozens of others near the garrison town of Kohat in the north-west of the country.

19 Sep 2009 - - Indo- Asian News Service - Zardari cites past 'mistakes' for militants' rise

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:55:56 GMT

In a speech delivered to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, Zardari said he was determined to overcome the 'great challenges' currently faced by the leadership in Pakistan.

18 Sep 2009 - - Bloomberg - Pakistan Needs Better Access to Western Markets, Zardari Says

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:59:53 GMT

“We need trade not aid,” said Zardari, 53, in a speech in London today to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a consultant on defense which advises Western governments. “We need to create economic opportunity to the teeming millions.”

18 Sep 2009 - - Times - Pakistan needs better schools to beat extremism, says President

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:02:16 GMT

President Zardari, speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, added that Benazir Bhutto, his late wife and twice prime minister, who was assassinated nearly two years ago as she campaigned for election, “would have done all this much better”.

18 Sep 2009 - - Times - Revised shield offers better protection for US from Iranian missiles, experts say

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:34:22 GMT

The revised shield, President Obama said, would deal with the changing nature of Iran’s missile programme.“If the reason is to protect against the Iranian threat, this move absolutely makes sense,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It would also, he noted, be less expensive.

18 Sep 2009 - - Reuters - Russia-NATO joint missile defense seen years away

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:44:35 GMT

Michael Elleman, a U.S.-based visiting senior fellow for missile defense at Britain's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), said work on missile cooperation would likely focus on early warning radar information exchange. "If you want to go beyond that, it gets really tricky," Elleman said. "I'm skeptical, but I remain open-minded."

18 Sep 2009 - - McClatchy Newspapers - Pakistan balks at pursuing anti-U.S. extremist groups

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:57:22 GMT

Experts on the Afghanistan war think that military progress and political stability won't be possible there unless the government roots out the havens the insurgents have established in western Pakistan. The International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based research center, concluded in its annual review this week that "Pakistan remained the biggest source of instability for Afghanistan."

18 Sep 2009 - - United Press International - Uruguay wants stronger, balanced Mercosur for Latin cohesion

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:41:46 GMT

The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said last week the Obama administration could capitalize on new signs of pragmatism among Latin American governments of different political shades after the "lost years" of the Bush presidency.

18 Sep 2009 - - Xinhua - Scrapping Missile Shield Sweeps Obstacles to Resetting Russian-US Ties

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:49:25 GMT

Antonenko said the strategic debate had already shifted to installing systems closer to Iran. "Israel, or possibly Turkey ... There are areas where missile systems with existing capabilities would make more sense," she said.

18 Sep 2009 - - The News International - Baitullah Mehsud mindset responsible for Benazir’s killing: Zardari

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:45:05 GMT

The President made this comment in his wide ranging address and discourse with British intelligentsia gathered at London’s International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) - a prestigious and one of the high profile Think Tanks, a day after he arrived in the British capital from Dubai.

18 Sep 2008 - Associated Press of Pakistan - Militants, extremists created deliberately: President Zardari

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:47:14 GMT

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the extremists and militants were created decades ago by a deliberate policy to employ religious fanaticism for the achievement of certain strategic objectives. The President made this comment in his wide ranging address and discourse with British intelligentsia gathered at London’s International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) - a prestigious and one of the high profile Think Tanks, a day after he arrived in the British capital from Dubai.

18 Sep 2008 - Deutsche Presse Agentur - Pakistan's Zardari cites ''mistakes'' of the past for militants' rise

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:56:38 GMT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday urged the international community to support his government's efforts to make democracy in his home country 'sustainable and irreversible.' In a speech delivered to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, Zardari said he was determined to overcome the 'great challenges' currently faced by the leadership in Pakistan.

18 Sep 2008 - Agence France Presse - Pakistan trying to stop terror plotters: Zardari

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:03:35 GMT

Zardari took issue with the accusation that many of the terror plots unleashed against the world originated in Pakistan, but acknowledged that many ‘passed through’ his country. ‘We are determined not to allow anyone to use our territory against a third country,’ he said in an address at the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

18 Sep 2008 - - Indian Express - Pak to prosecute people with 'aggresive' minds: Zardari

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:12:30 GMT

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said Pakistan was determined to prosecute anybody "who is inclined towards aggressive mindset" in the wake of mounting international pressure to take action against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

18 Sep 2009 - - Times Now- Zardari promises action against Saeed

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:10:01 GMT

Under pressure from the US, Pakistan today finally registered two FIRs against the alleged mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack - Hafiz Saeed and promised action against Saeed. "We'll take action against Hafiz Saeed," Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said in response to a question from TIMES NOW's Sr Editor Srinjoy Choudhury on the FIRs against Saeed.

18 Sep 2009 - - politics.co.uk - Protestors blight Zardari visit

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:12:48 GMT

Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari's first major policy international speech has been overshadowed by protests against his leadership in London.

18 Sep 2009 - - Stars and Stripes - U.S. scraps Bush-era plans for Iron Curtain missile defense

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:12:08 GMT

The initiative “was clearly counterproductive” in getting Russia to help pressure Iran over its nuclear ambitions, according to Dr. Dana Allin, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic affairs at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies.

18 Sep 2009 - - BBC News - Missile shift 'defends Iran's neighbours'

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMT

By Michael Elleman, Visting Senior Fellow for Missile Defence

HE President Asif Ali Zardari Address

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:08:01 GMT

On Friday 18 September 2009 H.E. President Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan deliveredd a Special Address on “Pakistan: Strategic Challenges & Opportunities”.

17 Sep 2009 - - Russia Profile - Quid Pro Quo?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:18:56 GMT

Secondly, regardless of costs and development, the strategic value of the project was always questionable. “It wouldn’t cover the whole territory of Europe, and even from the American point of view the location was not ideal,” said Oksana Antonenko of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. According to Antonenko, the strategic debate has already shifted to installing systems closer to Iran. “Israel, or possibly Turkey …there are areas where missile systems with existing capabilities would make m

17 Sep 2009 - - United Press International - Loss of leader seen to hit al-Qaida hard

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:25:22 GMT

Nigel Inkster of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, a former deputy director of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6, commented: "It's a lot harder for al-Qaida Central to continue to orchestrate a coherent suite of operations against Western targets."

17 Sep 2009 - - Jane's Defence Weekly - Coalition seeks accelerated Afghan training schedule

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:28:13 GMT

The ANA is currently timetabled to number 134,000 by the end of 2011. However, in early September UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, said that he wanted the deadline to be brought forward to November 2010 and for the number of cadets graduating each month to be doubled from 2,000 to 4,000.

17 Sep 2009 - - Washington Post - A New Deal for The CIA

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:41:27 GMT

The question is how to put the pieces back together -- how to restore public trust in intelligence. I heard powerful presentations on that subject last Saturday in Geneva by Gen. Michael Hayden, former CIA director, and Sir David Omand, former coordinator of British intelligence. They were speaking at a meeting of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.

17 Sep 2009 - - Evening Standard - Sending more troops to Afghanistan won't beat Taliban, say US experts

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:42:42 GMT

"Counter-insurgency in Afghanistan would probably fail," they warn in the article to be published in Survival, the journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. They say such an operation would need a reliable national government.

16 Sep 2009 - - Times - President Obama's top military adviser exposes Afghanistan rifts

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12:29 GMT

The argument was echoed in London by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which warned that the continued presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan could be more destabilising than withdrawal.

16 Sep 2009 - - Daily Times (Pakistan) - Pakistan blamed for Afghan insecurity

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:15:59 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Pakistan had become the “key battleground” for Al Qaeda-linked fighters who fled Afghanistan in 2001, AFP reported. “It is clear that Pakistan has become the key battleground in Al Qaeda’s efforts to establish a base area to replace the one lost in Afghanistan,” it said in its annual report.

16 Sep 2009 - - China Daily - US needs Afghan plan with regional players: Experts

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:19:56 GMT

United States needs a more cunning strategy on Afghanistan, with Russia, Iran, China and others brought into the policy debate if it is to achieve long-term success, a leading think-tank said yesterday.

16 Sep 2009 - - Gulf Daily News - US 'still a power to reckon with'

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:25:46 GMT

US was dealt a blow by the financial crisis but remains the world's main power and can maintain its influence if it works with allies to achieve its goals, a study said yesterday. A report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think-tank in London said that despite taking an economic hit, the downturn has highlighted how other states look to Washington for their lead.

16 Sep 2009 - - Guardian - US forced to seek regional alliances as its power wanes, says thinktank

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:45:47 GMT

The election of Barack Obama and America's declining economic power and authority are forcing the US to seek regional alliances to cope with world crises, a leading thinktank said today. The Obama administration has recognised this in Afghanistan, where it said Pakistan was the key, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said. But the US should engage regional powers elsewhere, including the Middle East, over the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, and in Afghanistan.

16 Sep 2009 - Asian News International - British troops far from defeating Taliban, says Brit Defence Secretary

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:09:06 GMT

A leading thinktank warned earlier that the presence of large numbers of foreign troops in Afghanistan made it harder to achieve a political settlement to the conflict. The International Institute for Strategic Studies said western forces in Afghanistan needed a “more cunning” strategy if they were to achieve their aims.

16 Sep 2009 - - Times - Israel will attack a nuclear Iran, International Institute for Strategic Studies says

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:45:53 GMT

If Iran gets nuclear weapons, Israel will make a military attack on it. That was the most dramatic pronouncement from the launch of the strategic survey from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), its annual stocktaking of the world’s problems.

13 Aug 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Myanmar antics pose new headache for frustrated neighbours

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:31:35 GMT

"The verdict is an embarrassment for ASEAN because it has been grappling with the issue of human rights and trying to establish acceptable norms among members," said Tim Huxley from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "If political confrontation was taken to its logical conclusion, Burma could be suspended or expelled but frankly that's not going to happen," he said.

13 Aug 2009 - - Wall St Journal - BAE's Global 'Homes' Weather Defense Cuts

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:08:29 GMT

Britain is squeezing defense spending amid economic woes and increasingly expensive operations in Afghanistan. "In the U.K. now, defense is perceived as being a bit of a waste of money," says Andrew Brookes, an aerospace analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a think tank in London.

13 Aug 2009 - - New York Times - Grim Expectations

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:48:00 GMT

By Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow (Russia and Eurasia)

12 Aug 2009 - - IISS News Advisory - IISS Announces 7th Global Strategic Review: The New Geopolitics

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:12:59 GMT

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is pleased to announce that the 7th Global Strategic Review (GSR) will take place from 11-13 September 2009 at the Intercontinental Hotel Geneva in Switzerland.

09 Aug 2009 - - El Mercurio de Valparaíso - Chile debe tener más liderazgo en la seguridad regional

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:44:03 GMT

Interview with Dr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS

07 Aug 2009 - Xinhua News - Estabilidad en AL es prioridad para Chile

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:50:32 GMT

El seminario contó la participación de John Chipman, director de International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) de Londres, y expertos chilenos y extranjeros. El seminario contó la participación de John Chipman, director de International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) de Londres, y expertos chilenos y extranjeros. El evento, que comenzó el lunes y termina mañana, miércoles, en Santiago, cuenta con la participación de expertos chilenos y extranjeros. El seminario es organizado por

06 Aug 2009 - - Associated Press - Chavez: Venezuela to buy more tanks over US threat

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:45:35 GMT

Venezuela's arms spending has generated concern in Bogota for years. Chavez's military already has nearly 200 tanks, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, while Colombia has no tank units.

06 Aug 2009 - - La Segunda - Transparencia de la capacidad militar y confianzas

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:56:37 GMT

El seminario «América Latina en la perspectiva estratégica», organizado por el Ejército de Chile con la participación del Instituto Internacional para Estudios Estratégicos, de Londres (IISS), y del Centro de Estudios Internacionales de la UC, incluyó un interesante panel que recogió la creciente preocupación por el gasto y las capacidades militares en la región y sus implicancias.

05 Aug 2009 - - Cooperativa - Lagos respaldó reacción de Cancillería y rechazó dichos de Evo Morales

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:06:14 GMT

Por su parte, el abanderado de la Concertación, Eduardo Frei, también apuntó a que nadie debe que meterse en temas internos de Chile, tras participar, junto a Lagos, en el seminario internacional "América Latina en la Perspectiva Estratégica", organizado por el Ejército.

05 Aug 2009 - - ORBE - Ministro Vidal: “Sin paz no es posible alcanzar la justicia social”

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:04:57 GMT

La iniciativa, que contó con la participación del Instituto Internacional de Estudios Estratégicos de Londres (IISS), fue inaugurado el pasado lunes por la Presidenta de la República, Michelle Bachelet, y contó con la asistencia de expertos chilenos y extranjeros, entre ellos el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Mariano Fernández; el director del IISS, doctor John Chipman; Vittorio Corbo, Gabriel Gaspar, Juan Emilio Cheyre, el senador Eduardo Frei y el ex presidente Ricardo Lagos, entre otros.

05 Aug 2009 - El Mercurio - Canciller y comandante en jefe del Ejército critican populismos en la región

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:06:55 GMT

A sólo seis días de que la Presidenta Bachelet viaje a Ecuador para participar en la cita de Unasur -donde se encontrará con los Mandatarios de la región- el canciller Mariano Fernández expresó fuertes críticas a la "debilidad democrática" de algunos países de América Latina. Al exponer ayer en el seminario "América Latina en la Perspectiva Estratégica", organizado por el Ejército, el ministro criticó indirectamente a Hugo Chávez al decir que la situación descrita "hace emerger liderazgos mesiánicos" y para

05 Aug 2009 - - La Tercera - Frei critica proyecto bolivariano de Chávez y advierte sobre riesgo de conflicto regional

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:22:46 GMT

proyecto bolivariano” del Presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez, realizó hoy el candidato presidencial de la Concertación, Eduardo Frei. En su intervención en el seminario “América Latina en la Perspectiva Estratégica”, organizado por el Ejército, el abanderado oficialista advirtió sobre los riesgos de conflictos diplomáticos, e incluso armados, que implica el estilo Chávez al intervenir en asuntos de otros Estados en la región.

05 Aug 2009 - EFE - Lagos dice que el uso político de los recursos naturales amenaza la seguridad

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:26:51 GMT

En la actualidad, los recursos naturales se han convertido en una herramienta de presión política y eso puede provocar situaciones de conflicto, aseguró Lagos al intervenir en Santiago en el seminario internacional "América Latina en la perspectiva estratégica", organizado por el Ejército de Chile.

04 Aug 2009 - EFE - Retroceso de democracia frena integración de A.Latina, dice canciller chileno

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:08:18 GMT

Los conceptos los formuló al intervenir en el seminario "América Latina en la perspectiva estratégica", que fue inaugurado la noche del lunes con una cena a la que asistió la presidenta chilena, Michelle Bachelet. El encuentro, que se celebra hasta este miércoles en Santiago, fue organizado por el Ejército chileno y cuenta con la participación del International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

04 Aug 2009 - EFE - Brasil deve liderar segurança na A.Latina, diz especialista

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:09:35 GMT

Brasil e Chile devem liderar uma agenda de segurança regional para a América Latina através do Conselho Sul-americano de Defesa, órgão criado pela União de Nações Sul-americanas (Unasul), disse hoje o diretor do Instituto Internacional para Estudos Estratégicos (IISS), John Chipman

04 Aug 2009 - - La Segunda - Canciller Fernández: Retroceso de la democracia frena integración de América Latina

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:11:32 GMT

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, Mariano Fernández, alertó hoy sobre el debilitamiento de los partidos políticos, que lleva al retroceso de la democracia en América Latina y pone freno a la integración regional. "Después de veinte años de expansión democrática se vislumbra un proceso de debilitamiento institucional o de incapacidad para consolidar las instituciones,” sostuvo el canciller de Chile, país que ostenta la presidencia temporal de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur).

04 Aug 2009 - ANSA - Unasur-Seguridad: ''Amenazas son Trasnacionales'', Chipman

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:42:58 GMT

John Chipman, director del Instituto Internacional para Estudios Estratégicos (IISS), con sede en Londres, afirmó hoy que "casi todas las amenazas a la seguridad en América Latina son trasnacionales".

04 Aug 2009 - EFE - Brasil y Chile deben liderar agenda de seguridad en Unasur, dice experto

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:44:55 GMT

Brasil y Chile deben liderar una agenda de seguridad regional para América Latina a través del Consejo Suramericano de Defensa creado por la Unasur, dijo hoy el director del Instituto Internacional de Estudios Estratégicos (IISS), John Chipman.

04 Aug 2009 - Xinhua News - Analizan perspectiva estratégica de AL en Chile

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:46:07 GMT

El seminario "América Latina en la Perspectiva Estratégica" fue inaugurado en Chile con el objetivo de analizar los temas vinculados a la política, la seguridad, la cooperación y la defensa en la región. El evento, que comenzó el lunes y termina mañana, miércoles, en Santiago, cuenta con la participación de expertos chilenos y extranjeros. El seminario es organizado por el Ejército chileno con la participación del International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

04 Aug 2009 - BBC News - MoD denies Merlin 'unsafe' claims

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:45:27 GMT

Independent aerospace analyst Andrew Brookes, from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said he could find no evidence of pilots or commanding officers expressing concern. "These helicopters are the same that have been flying in Iraq for some years - perfectly successfully, perfectly securely - in operational conditions." "For all of North Korea's neighbors," he wrote in a newly published report, "the collapse of the Kim regime could be best way out of a downward cycle - and the so

02 August 2009 - - Sunday Times - Britain to send 2,000 extra troops to help train Afghans

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:08:02 GMT

Last week Dannatt, in his final speech in the job, told the International Institute for Strategic Studies that “success in Afghanistan is not discretionary and we must do whatever is necessary to succeed. If this means an uplift in Afghanspecific capabilities, so be it”.

02 Aug 2009 - - El Mercurio - ''Chávez ha mejorado su cooperación con EE.UU. desde que llegó Obama''

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:42:09 GMT

Interview with Dr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS

01 Aug 2009 - Asia Times - Pyongyang purges for a new era

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:40:27 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, sees whatever is happening in North Korea as "surely connected with the succession question that suddenly became more acute" after Kim's stroke. "For all of North Korea's neighbors," he wrote in a newly published report, "the collapse of the Kim regime could be best way out of a downward cycle - and the sooner this happens, the better."

01 Aug 2009 - Sydney Morning Herald - Burma's nuclear secrets

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:37:26 GMT

To add to the confusion, there are doubts over the existence of the Russian reactor. "I'm sure the Russian reactor has not been built already," says Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a Burma watcher over most of the past decade. He will soon have a book published on nuclear plans across South-East Asia. "For all of North Korea's neighbors," he wrote in a newly published report, "the collapse of the Kim regime could be best way out of a downward cyc

31 Jul 2009 - - VOA News - Offensive against Taliban in Full Swing in Afghanistan's South

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:27:30 GMT

Christopher Langton served in the British Army for 32 years. He is now an analyst with the International Institute of Strategic Studies and says opium is complicating Britain's mission in Afghanistan. "Poppy produces finance for the insurgency, as well as for corrupt government officials, of course, and others in Afghanistan," Langton says. "And, ultimately it produces heroin on the streets of Britain. So it's always in peoples' minds. The question is what do you do about it?"

31 Jul 2009 - - Times - Britain needs 'war-like footing' to win, says general

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:40:41 GMT

We should be under no illusion, we are at war and if we want to succeed, which we must, we must get on to a war-like footing," General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Chief of the General Staff, said. "Not everyone in our nation realises that." Making his last public speech before he retires next month, General Dannatt said: "If that means an uplift of significant capabilities for Afghanistan, then so be it."

31 Jul 2009 - - Guardian - Ministers must assume war footing to defeat Taliban - army chief

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:22:03 GMT

General Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of the general staff, called yesterday for the government to be put on a "war-like footing" over Afghanistan. Success in the battle against the Taliban was "not discretionary", he said.

31 Jul 2009 - - Times - Ainsworth: we failed troops in Afghanistan and Iraq

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:26:33 GMT

The general, who has fought the Government for more resources in Afghanistan, pressed his case for the campaign to be adequately funded. Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, he said: “Success in Afghanistan is not discretionary. It will top the agenda for the future and we must do whatever we must do to succeed.

31 Jul 2009 - - Independent - Soaring casualty list forces Army to call on US medics

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:42:02 GMT

General Sir Richard Dannatt, the outgoing head of the Army, called on the whole of Government to be put on a "war-like footing" to deliver support for troops and security for Afghanistan. He said: "We should be under no illusion. We are at war and if we want to succeed, which we must, we must get on to a war-like footing. "Afghanistan is truly war among the people, about the people and for the people. We are succeeding in spite of the tragic losses that we have suffered. Our people have much to be proud

31 Jul 2009 - - Scotsman - 'Disclose full horror of our boys' injuries'

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:50:13 GMT

Gen Dannatt told the International Institute for Strategic Studies the review needed to be based on the future role the UK envisages playing on the global stage. He said: "We believe the result will be a force relevant to the evident and demanding challenges of the near term but with sufficient provision for the uncertainties of the long term. "Afghanistan is truly war among the people, about the people and for the people. We are succeeding in spite of the tragic losses that we have suffered. Our pe

31 Jul 2009 - - Guardian - British army surgeons call in US help as casualties rise

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:02:10 GMT

The figures were published as General Sir Richard Dannatt, the outgoing head of the army, warned that all of government had to be put on a "war-like footing" and that success in Afghanistan was "not discretionary". In a parting shot before retiring next month, he warned: "We must do whatever is necessary to succeed." He told the International Institute for Strategic Studies: "This must be demonstrated by a strengthened and enduring national, political, industrial, cross-Whitehall and departmental commitm

31 Jul 2009 - - Associated Press of Pakistan - British General speaks on Britain’s future Defence strategy

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:56:34 GMT

Top British general has called for a review of his country’s defence strategy including equipment procurement for the next decade during which he said Afghanistan and the tribal belt along Pakistan’s western border will remain a significant challenge. Delivering his last public speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Thursday before his retirement next month, General Sir Richard Dannat, Chief of the UK’s Army General Staff, speaking on the topic of ‘The Challenge for Defence in th

31 Jul 2009 - - Daily Mail - Our bloodiest month in war on the Taliban

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:08:39 GMT

The mounting death toll in Afghanistan could destroy public support for the war and lead to 'strategic disaster', the outgoing head of the Army has warned. General Sir Richard Dannatt, who yesterday gave his final public speech before retiring, called for urgent investment in surveillance systems to pinpoint Taliban booby-traps.

31 Jul 2009 - - Daily Express - Military Doctors Call in US Help as Casualties Soar

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:15:59 GMT

In one week alone, 157 wounded people were brought to Camp Bastion for treatment, including British, American and Estonian troops, as well as Afghan soldiers and civilians, and even enemy forces. Outgoing Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt insisted yesterday that the military campaign was succeeding despite the casualties. But in his last public speech before retiring next month, the Chief of the General Staff said ultimate success would depend on cross-Whitehall commitment from the Government includ

31 Jul 2009 - - Daily Mirror - The Toll of Honour

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:38:55 GMT

"Very serious" means injuries were life-threatening. But Army chief Gen Sir Richard Dannatt insisted: "We are succeeding in spite of the tragic losses that we have suffered." But in his last public speech before retiring next month, the Chief of the General Staff said ultimate success would depend on cross-Whitehall commitment from the Government includ

31 Jul 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - General Dannatt is right – Justice for wounded: we failed Armed Forces, Defence Secretary Bob

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:09 GMT

His comments came as Gen Sir Richard Dannatt, the retiring Army chief, gave warning that the defence budget was “under huge pressure”. In his last speech as Chief of the General Staff, Sir Richard accused ministers of short-term thinking on defence.

31 Jul 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - General Dannatt is right – Britain is at war

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:38:55 GMT

There is much to commend in General Sir Richard Dannatt’s address on Thursday to The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), his last speech before stepping down as Chief of the General Staff of the British Army. General Dannatt, who has been an outspoken critic of defence cuts and the Labour government’s chronic underfunding of overseas military operations, delivered one of the most important speeches on British strategic thinking in the post 9/11 era.

30 Jul 2009 - - Reuters - Taliban threaten Afghan poll, deadly month nears end

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:07:58 GMT

"We must ensure that we succeed in the current campaign. Success in Afghanistan is not discretionary and will set the agenda for the future," British army chief General Richard Dannatt told London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.

30 Jul 2009 - - The National - Debates push boundaries in Doha

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Mamoun Fandy, the director of the Middle East programme at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, was invited to participate in two debates but was refused entry to the country by Qatari authorities on both occasions. “The myth that the whole thing has free editorial control is just that – a myth,” Mr Fandy said.

General Sir Richard Dannatt Address

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:11:50 GMT

On 30th July, General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff spoke on “The Challenge for Defence in the Next Decade”.

30 Jul 2009 - - Reuters - Britain can't afford to lose in Afghanistan - general

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:34:10 GMT

General Richard Dannatt, who steps down as army chief next month after three years in the post, described Afghanistan as a complex and difficult war that the nation was only just beginning to acknowledge, and which it could not afford to lose. "We must ensure that we succeed in the current campaign. Success in Afghanistan is not discretionary and will set the agenda for the future," he told defence experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

29 July 2009 - - United Press International - Latin America arms race looms amid rising tensions

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:57:46 GMT

Military analysts said recent purchases would likely revise last year's estimates of defense spending in Latin America and the Caribbean, which grew by 91 percent from 2003-08. London's International Institute for Strategic Studies said defense spending in the region during the 2003-08 period rose from $4.7 billion to $47.2 billion.

28 Jul 2009 - - Guardian - David Miliband: give the Taliban fighters alternatives

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:12:11 GMT

Christopher Langton, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said there was tension between the Afghan approach, which was to seek to reintegrate insurgents individually, and western troop contributors like Britain, who would rather deal with whole groups.

Survival Volume 51, No 4

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:44:12 GMT

Volume 51, Number 4 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

27 Jul 2009 - - Reuters - Lack of Afghan troops hamstrings NATO efforts

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:26:53 GMT

"The security forces of Afghanistan still lack some critical capacity, especially the police," Colonel Christopher Langton, a military expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, told Reuters. "Once we have cleared and hold the ground, the aim must be that international forces can move on and allow Afghan national security forces to continue to hold while building is done. The Afghan army's capacity at the moment is not sufficient for that."

27 Jul 2009 - - Christian Science Monitor - Short-lived cease-fire with Taliban dims prospects for broader deals

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:41:50 GMT

Badghis is "a fairly natural target for negotiation because of its separation from the Pashtun heartlands of southern Afghanistan where the Afghan Taliban have most of their hardcore support," says Col. (ret.) Christopher Langton, an Afghanistan expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

01 June 2009 - - Korea Times - Tightening Noose Around N. Korea

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:37:49 GMT

Speaking at a security summit in Singapore and talking to Reuters later for an interview, Ali said the military operation in Swat had “met almost complete success”, with only 5 percent to 10 percent of the job remaining. Resistance: “Hopefully within the next two to three days these pockets of resistance will be cleared,” Ali told the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual meeting of defence ministers, officials and experts.

01 June 2009 - - Daily Star (Bangladesh) - Dipu Moni seeks records from UK

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:47:48 GMT

The foreign minister went to Singapore on Friday to attend a security summit, Shangri-La Dialogue, and met several world leaders. She also met US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates who assured her of providing co-operation in defence sector. 'The security dimension is as important to business as business is to security," he told the Shangri-La Dialogue meeting in Singapore.

01 June 2009 - - New Nation - Trial of war criminals: Documentary support from UK sought

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:53:20 GMT

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has sought documentary support from Britain to make the war crimes trial more transparent. She left for Singapore on Friday to attend a security summit, Shangri-La Dialogue, and met several world leaders including British minister of international defence and security Baroness Ann Taylor Bolton, the foreign ministry said in a press statement on Sunday. She also met US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates who assured her of providing co-operation in defence sector. '

01 June 2009 - - New York Times - North Korea May Test Another Missile

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:07:27 GMT

Mr. Gates stopped in the Philippines en route to Alaska from Singapore, where he had spent three days at a regional defense conference that was dominated by North Korea’s test last week of a nuclear device and its subsequent firing of six short-range missiles, all in defiance of international sanctions.

01 June 2009 - - Straits Times - Australia extends SAF deal

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:22 GMT

SINGAPORE and Australia signed a deal on Sunday that will allow Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) troops to train in Queensland for another 10 years, to 2019. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean and his Australian defence counterpart Joel Fitzgibbon signed the Shoalwater Bay Training Area agreement on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue.

01 June 2009 - - Daily Times - Swat operation to end in 2-3 days

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:50:08 GMT

01 June 2009 - - Indian Express - Can Antony boost India's defence diplomacy?

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:16:10 GMT

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's categorisation of India as a 'responsible power' has found an echo in the just-concluded Shangri La dialogue - the impressive annual conclave on Asian security at Singapore run by the London-headquartered International Institute of Strategic Studies.

01 June 2009 - - Financial Times - NK moves missile towards launch site

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:33:45 GMT

US officials attending the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore at the weekend said Washington had new ideas for dealing with North Korea, but declined to provide details. The US is also pushing the United Nations Security Council to impose tough new sanctions on Pyongyang.

01 June 2009 - - Sydney Morning Herald - Regional forum gains ground

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:40:45 GMT

The Indonesian Minister of Defence, Juwono Sudarsono, said he supported a broad dialogue that would encompass most of Asia and extend beyond security and defence discussions to include business and education. 'The security dimension is as important to business as business is to security," he told the Shangri-La Dialogue meeting in Singapore.

01 June 2009 - - The Hindu - India an important partner, says Rohitha Bogollagama

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:46:55 GMT

Addressing the Asian Security Summit, held here under the auspices of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mr. Bogollagama said Sri Lanka’s triumph over the LTTE would be “a classic textbook example” of an anti-terror campaign in a democratic society. With the LTTE’s international network remaining “largely intact” even after this, he called for a global crackdown on such remnants. 'The security dimension is as important to business as business is to security," he told the Shan

01 June 2009 - - Straits Times - Transparency in security

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:00:31 GMT

Speaking on the last day of the security forum, DPM Teo noted that such practices have helped foster a culture of dialogue and cooperation in the region as well as the acceptance of international mechanisms to resolve disputes peacefully.

01 June 2009 - - Washington Times - N. Korea could duck sanctions

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:04:01 GMT

Mr. Cohen is among current and former officials from 28 countries attending the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual conference organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He said the most important aspect of the Security Council's response to the May 25 test should be a "unified approach," even if China and Russia are reluctant to go as far as the other council members in terms of tough sanctions.

01 June 2009 - - Sydney Morning Herald - N Korea reported preparing missile

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:13:27 GMT

At a regional defence meeting in Singapore, the US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, said on Saturday that Washington and many of North Korea's neighbours are getting fed up. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in Asia - or on us," he said.

01 June 2009 - - The Hindu - Pakistan too seeks role in Afghanistan

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:24:13 GMT

Pakistan on Sunday offered to play a constructive role in Afghanistan. The international community should “allow” Islamabad to do so, said Pakistan’s Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali at the Asian Security Summit here. Speaking at a plenary session, under the auspices of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Lt. Gen. (Retired) Ali said: “I think India is making good progress in Afghanistan; and they are helping rebuild Afghanistan. 'The security dimension is as important to busi

01 June 2009 - - The Irrawaddy - Burma Locked Out of Region’s Prosperity, Says Gates

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:57:54 GMT

Burma is “one of the isolated, desolate exceptions to the growing prosperity and freedom of the region,” according to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Gates made his comment at a security conference in Singapore, where Burma’s deputy defense minister, Maj-Gen Aye Myint, tried to deflect criticism of his government and its latest action against opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

01 June 2009 - - ABS-CBN News - Analysis: Defense heads push for transparency

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:04:17 GMT

Transparency among generals? That seems unlikely as the armed forces are among the most secretive public institutions. But that’s exactly what some of them, led by Singapore’s defense minister, Teo Chee Hean, openly advocated—and in a place where transparency is not a buzz word. Surprises like this do happen at The Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual summit on Asian security.

01 June 2009 - - ABS-CBN News - Gates: US support for anti-terror fight to continue

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:07:51 GMT

In a speech last Saturday at a security forum in Singapore on America's security role in the Asia-Pacific region, Gates said US ties with the Philippines have deepened with bilateral cooperation on various fronts. "Our alliance with the Philippines has deepened as we tackle challenges ranging from terrorism to disaster relief to defense reform," he said at the 8th International Institute for Strategic Studies Asian Security Summit.

01 June 2009 - - Reuters - Allies consider how to punish North Korea

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:11:00 GMT

THE US and its Asian allies could consider tougher responses if diplomacy failed to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme, officials said at a security conference at the weekend. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told his counterparts from South Korea and Japan on Saturday that while diplomacy was preferred, other steps may be considered

01 June 2009 - - Philippines Daily Inquirer - US ‘no position’ on Spratlys row—Gates

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:17:35 GMT

A media advisory from the Department of National Defense said Gates had just attended the Shangri-La Dialogue, an international forum of defense and military officials in Singapore.

01 June 2009 - - VOV News - Vietnam joins regional security summit in Singapore

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:21:28 GMT

A high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation led by Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh attended the 8th unofficial Asia Security Summit, known as the Shangri-la Dialogue, in Singapore from May 29-31

01 June 2009 - - Chosun Ilbo - S.Korea, U.S., Japan to Stand Firm Against N.Korea

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:23:39 GMT

Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee met with his U.S. counterpart Robert Gates and then with both Gates and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada to discuss the issue in Singapore, where the eighth Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue after the hotel where it takes place, is being held. It is the first time the defense ministers of the three countries met together.

01 June 2009 - - Today (Singapore) - Victory is near’

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:27:52 GMT

Pakistan’s Secretary of Defence Syed Athar Ali told delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that three northwest districts were almost clear of Taliban rebels. .

01 June 2009 - - Today (Singapore) - Myanmar defends trial

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:29:28 GMT

Pakistan’s Secretary of Defence Syed Athar Ali told delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that three northwest districts were almost clear of Taliban rebels.

01 June 2009 - - Today (Singapore) - A new look at military transparency

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:36:42 GMT

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue yesterday, Mr Teo — who is also Defence Minister — illustrated his point when he said: “North Korea can tell all of us, ‘Yes, I am going to conduct a nuclear test next week. I am going to fire a long-range missile. It is completely transparent,’ ... But does it make you happy, does it make you more secure? Neither.”

31 May 2009 - - New York Times - Pakistan Marches On in Bastion of Taliban

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:16:36 GMT

Defense Secretary Syed Athar Ali, who was speaking at a conference in Singapore, was quoted by Reuters as saying that “only 5 to 10 percent of the job is remaining” and that the pockets of resistance would be cleared in two to three days. Mr. Gates also told reporters that six-party talks between the United States, North Korea and other countries in the region had not worked so far.

IISS VIP Interviews - Rohitha Bogollagama

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:28:58 GMT

Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka talks with Tim Huxley, Executive Director, IISS-Asia; Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security; Editor, Adelphi Papers; Corresponding Director for Military Information and Analysis.

31 May 2009 - - Xinhua News - Peace, cooperation issues dominate Asia Security Summit

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:43:19 GMT

The eighth Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri- La Dialogue, concluded here Sunday with de-fense ministers and senior officials from 27 countries calling for peaceful and cooperative solutions toward security challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. Teo spoke at the 8th Asia Security Summit (Shangri- La Dialogue) that military transparency "is not an end in itself but a means to peace and stability," and it needs to operate at three levels, namely disclosure armaments and arsenals, stateme

31 May 2009 - - Sunday Business Post - Obama’s nuclear headache over Kim Jong-il tactics

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:37:21 GMT

A more overt, diplomatic effort is already under way. US defence secretary Robert Gates and a coterie of top advisers are scheduled to travel to Singapore this weekend for the so-called ‘Shangri-La Dialogue’, a regional security conference, at which North Korea will be central to the agenda. But it has also emerged that deputy secretary of state James Steinberg will lead a US delegation to the capitals of China, South Korea and Russia in the immediate aftermath of the conference. Defense officials and ex

31 May 2009 - - Jane's Defence Weekly - US 'will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state', says Secretary of Defense

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:17:30 GMT

The United States Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, has warned that the US "will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state" amid reports that Pyongyang is preparing to fire another long-range missile hard on the heels of its second nuclear weapon test on 25 May. Gates told the Shangri-La Dialogue, an Asian defence and security summit held in Singapore, that the US would "not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in Asia - or on us".

31 May 2009 - - Sky News - US Warns N Korea Over Nuclear-Armed Weapons

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:48:57 GMT

The threat from North Korea, which this week detonated a nuclear device and launched a series of missiles, could start an arms race in Asia, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in a speech to the Asia Security Conference in Singapore. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region or on us," he said.

31 May 2009 - - VOA News - Sri Lanka Defends Offensive Against Tamil Rebels

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:01:49 GMT

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama told a gathering of security officials and experts in Singapore on Sunday that Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of human rights violations itself. Bogollagama said Sri Lanka is a sovereign nation with rule of law and an independent judiciary Gates was speaking in Singapore at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual meeting of Asian defense ministers and experts on the region. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak

31 May 2009 - - VOA News - Burma, Other Asian Nations Defend Security Actions

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:06:51 GMT

Burma has defended its prosecution of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an Asian security summit in Singapore. Delegates to the summit have urged her release along with 2,000 other political prisoners in the military-ruled country. Sri Lanka and Pakistan also defended their own internal security measures at the summit. Aye Myint was speaking to Asian security officials and experts at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

31 May 2009 - - New York Times - Gates Looks to Tougher Approach on North Korea

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:49 GMT

Mr. Gates, who warned North Korea in a speech here early Saturday that the United States would not tolerate it becoming a nuclear-armed nation, met throughout the day at the conference, called the Shangri-La Dialogue, with defense officials from China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian nations to begin pulling together a consensus on how to proceed. James B. Steinberg, the deputy secretary of State, attended a number of meetings, as did Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence.

31 May 2009 - - New York Times - Gates Grounded in Singapore

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:59:42 GMT

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was grounded by his own plane on Sunday when the specially fitted 747 he uses for travel broke down because of a series of mechanical problems. Mr. Gates, who was due to travel to Manila on Sunday, instead spent another night in Singapore, where he has been since Friday for a regional security conference.

31 May 2009 - Associated Press - Junta Defends Trial of Opposition Leader Suu Kyi

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:00:19 GMT

The comments marked the first time a top official from the reclusive regime has publicly defended its actions, which have drawn widespread international condemnation, including from its closest neighbors in Southeast Asia. “If offenders are not (prosecuted), anarchy will prevail, and there will be breach of peace and security," Burmese Deputy Defense Minister Maj-Gen Aye Myint told a security conference.

31 May 2009 - Observer - Nuclear-armed North Korea is 'not acceptable', warns US

Sun, 31 May 2009 02:18:45 GMT

Washington does not fear a direct attack by North Korea, but is concerned that the country will export its nuclear technology to other rogue states or terrorist networks. The country, crippled by sanctions and its own disastrous economy, has already acquired billions of dollars by secretly exporting missile technology to the Middle East and Pakistan. In his speech in Singapore, Gates warned that America would hold Pyongyang "fully accountable" for the proliferation of any nuclear material or technology. "Th

31 May 2009 - New York Times - Gates Issues Warning to North Korea

Sun, 31 May 2009 02:28:37 GMT

Throughout the day at the annual conference in Singapore, called the Shangri-La Dialogue, Mr. Gates met with defense officials from China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian nations to try to begin pulling together an international consensus on how to proceed. James B. Steinberg, the deputy Secretary of State, attended a number of the meetings, as did Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence

31 May 2009 - - Washington Post - N. Korea Seen Moving Missile to Launchpad

Sun, 31 May 2009 12:32:49 GMT

Gates told defense officials at the meeting that the U.S. government understands and disdains the game of brinkmanship North Korea is playing. "They create a crisis, and the rest of us pay the price to return to the status quo ante," he said. "As the expression goes in the U.S., I'm tired of buying the same horse twice.

31 May 2009 - - Independent on Sunday - North Korea seen preparing to test long-range missile

Sun, 31 May 2009 12:45:39 GMT

China, which ignored the previous sanctions, has been unusually outspoken in its criticism of Monday's blast. "As a close neighbour of North Korea, China has expressed a firm opposition and grave concern about the nuclear test," Lt-Gen Ma Xiaotian said at the Singapore defence meeting. North Korea says it conducted the nuclear test in self-defence. Its main Rodong Sinmun newspaper warned yesterday that it "will deal decisive and merciless blows at the enemies who desperately run amok to dare pre-empt an att

31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - New Asean-centric set-up?

Sun, 31 May 2009 12:57:40 GMT

There is clearly a consensus that Asean has to be at the centre of any new Asia-Pacific security architecture that emerges to grapple with security challenges such as piracy, terrorism and natural disasters. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, also the Defence Minister, was speaking to reporters after hosting lunch for his defence counterparts yesterday, on the second day of the Shangri-La Dialogue.

31 May 2009 - - Straits Times - N.Korea stumps world

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:01:34 GMT

'North Korea in the past has a track record of external transfers of missile technology to many countries and of nuclear cooperation with at least two - Syria and Libya,' said Mr Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for non-proliferation, at the London-based think-tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which hosts the Shangri-La Dialogue.

31 May 2009 - - Korea Times - US to Reaffirm Nuke Umbrella for S. Korea

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:09:02 GMT

n a meeting with South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee on the sidelines of an international security conference in Singapore Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the security of South Korea.

31 May 2009 - - Reuters - Asians talk of peace, haggle over arms

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:19:13 GMT

Asia's defense policymakers spoke of peace in the region's top security conference in Singapore, but have been also huddling in the corridors of a luxury hotel haggling over deals with arms suppliers. The annual Asia Security Conference, a forum for discussion, brought together some of the world's main arms-makers with military chiefs nervously eyeing their neighbors' moves and looking to upgrade defenses in a region full of long-running insurgencies, potential maritime disputes and growing wealth.

31 May 2009 - - Reuters - Britain hopeful on U.N. action over North Korea

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:21:14 GMT

Britain said on Sunday it was hopeful the United Nations Security Council will deliver a resolution against North Korea that includes tougher financial sanctions, after the isolated state's nuclear test last week. "There is a genuine world concern, and hopefully a consensus will come from that," Ann Taylor, British Minister for International Defense and Security, told Reuters in an interview on Sunday on the sidelines of a regional defense conference.

31 May 2009 - - Reuters - Pakistan battles Taliban; Swat offensive ''near end''

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:24:22 GMT

"Only five to 10 percent of the job is remaining and hopefully within two to three days, the pockets of resistance will be cleared," Syed Athar Ali, secretary of defense for Pakistan, said at a regional defense meeting in Singapore.

31 May 2009 - - Reuters - U.S., allies prepare for tougher response to N.Korea

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:27:08 GMT

The United States and its Asian allies could look at tougher responses should diplomacy fail to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, officials at a security conference said at the weekend.

31 May 2009 - - Reuters - Myanmar says Suu Kyi trial an internal affair

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:37:09 GMT

Myanmar said on Sunday that the trial of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was in line with its laws and was a domestic issue other countries should not interfere with. "The legal action against Aung San Suu Kyi is merely the internal affairs of Myanmar, taking action through its legal system in accordance with domestic law," said Major General Aye Myint, Myanmar's Deputy Minister of Defense, at the Asia Security Conference in Singapore.

28 May 2009 - - Associated Press - US wants more backing for tough response to N Korea

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:20:43 GMT

As Jones spoke, Defense Secretary Robert Gates took on the delicate task of reassuring Asian allies of U.S. support without further provoking the communist government. Gates flew to Singapore on Wednesday for meetings with foreign ministers aimed at firming up a unified response to the North Korean atomic test.

28 May 2009 - - Associated Press - Gates to press for Far East unity on N Korea threat

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:23:48 GMT

Gates flew to Singapore for meetings with foreign ministers aimed at a cohesive response to the North Korean atomic test. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued stern statements underscoring the firmness of U.S. treaty commitments to defend South Korea and Japan, U.S. allies in easy range of the North's missiles. Gates' trip to meet with leaders from South Korea, Japan and other Far East nations had already been planned, but U.S. officials said North Korea's bomb and missile tests an

28 May 2009 - Asia Pulse - Aust PM to Speak at Singapore Defence, Security Meet

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:50:10 GMT

Mr Rudd will address the eighth Shangri-La Dialogue, which he described as the "pre-eminent defence and security gathering in the Asia Pacific". "This year's event will be an opportunity for regional policy makers to discuss strategic challenges facing the Asia Pacific and the need for countries to work together to strengthen economic, political and security cooperation," Mr Rudd said in a statement.

IISS Perspectives - Mark Fitzpatrick and Sanjaya Baru on the Second Plenary Session

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:36:44 GMT

Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation and Dr Sanjaya Baru, Consulting Senior Fellow discuss the Second Plenary Session - The Major Powers and Asian Security: Cooperation or Conflict?

27 May 2009 - - Le Figaro - Nucléaire : la Corée du Nord persiste et signe

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:28:22 GMT

Le dossier sera évidemment sur la table lors des entretiens trilatéraux que le secrétaire américain, Robert Gates, aura avec ses homologues japonais et sud-coréens, samedi à Singapour. Les options, pourant, ne sont pas légion.

27 May 2009 - - VOA News - Gates to Discuss North Korea's 'Potential Game Changer' at Singapore Conference

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:30:49 GMT

U.S. officials say North Korea's recent moves will be a key topic for Defense Secretary Robert Gates as he heads to Singapore late Wednesday, arriving Friday morning, to attend an annual regional defense conference.

27 May 2009 - - Associated Press - US looking for Russians, Chinese to lead

Wed, 27 May 2009 11:48:42 GMT

North Korea's nuclear test forced the Pentagon to scrap much of its planning for a Saturday meeting in Singapore with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts. "Undoubtedly, the developments in North Korea over the weekend will be a focus of that conversation," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters. Morrell said it was believed that the meeting would be the first discussion among the three nations' defense chiefs.

27 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Gates heads to Asia amid crisis with North Korea

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:22:52 GMT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to Asia Wednesday to sound out regional leaders over tensions raised by a North Korean nuclear test and its threat to attack South Korea, a US ally. Gates will stop Friday and Saturday in Singapore to attend an annual security conference expected to be dominated by North Korea's belligerent stance. "This is clearly the most urgent issue in the region right now," said a senior US defense official.

27 May 2009 - - American Forces Press Service - Gates Leaves for Asia Security Talks

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:41:15 GMT

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates leaves today for two days of security talks with defense counterparts and other senior officials from across Asia. The Asia Security Summit, known as the “Shangri-La Dialogue” for the Singapore hotel at which it’s held annually, is sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It opens May 30, and comes on the heels of a week of provocative acts by North Korea, including reported nuclear and missile tests and rumors of threats to attack U.S. and South K

27 May 2009 - - United Press International - Gates travels to Asia

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:46:48 GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates's Asia trip comes amid growing global concerns about North Korea's nuclear and missile testing, U.S. official say. Gates left for Asia Wednesday for the two-day Asian Security Summit in Singapore where he will meet with defense ministers and senior defense officials from the continent, the American Forces Press Service re-ported. The meeting, opening Saturday, is sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

27 May 2009 - - Xinhua News - Gates leaves for Asia for security talks

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:52:36 GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates left on Wednesday for Singapore to attend a two-day security talks with the regional defense and other senior officials. According to the Pentagon, the defense chief would attend the Asia Security Summit, or the "Shangri-La Dialogue," which is sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

27 May 2009 - - Jiji Press - Japan, U.S., S. Korea Defense Chiefs to Hold Talks on N. Korea

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:51 GMT

.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will hold a meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore this week to discuss how the international community should act on North Korea's recent nuclear test, Defense Department officials said Tuesday. The meeting among Gates, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and South Korean National De-fense Minister Lee Sang Hee is seen to take place on Saturday on the sidelines of an annual Asian security meeting, the officials said.

Survival Volume 51, No 3

Fri, 22 May 2009 16:50:09 GMT

Volume 51, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

27 May 2009 - - Chicago Tribune - Missiles escalate tensions between North and South Korea

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:13:56 GMT

U.S. officials said Defense Secretary Robert Gates would meet with Japanese and South Korean defense ministers in Singapore on Saturday to discuss the North Korean nuclear test.

27 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - Obama reassures allies

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:31:57 GMT

Analysts expect North Korea's nuclear test to prompt closer US cooperation with its East Asian allies. South Korea said it would join US-led proliferation drills after long hesitation due to fear of riling Pyongyang. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will huddle with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on Saturday at a conference in Singapore, the Pentagon said.

27 May 2009 - - ABC News (Australia) - North Korea told it will pay for nuclear test

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:47:09 GMT

KIM LANDERS: Meanwhile the US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will meet his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore this weekend to discuss North Korea's nuclear test and recent missile launches.

27 May 2009 - - Bloomberg - Obama N. Korea Options May Be Limited by Regime Shift

Wed, 27 May 2009 11:12:44 GMT

In Washington, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said yesterday that the U.S. wants North Korea to “pay a price” for its “reckless behavior.” The U.S. is working within the UN Security Council to toughen sanctions on Kim’s regime. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, due in Singapore later in the week for a regional conference, will confer with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the North Korean threat.

27 May 2009 - - RTT News - U.S., Allies To Meet On N. Korea

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:17:59 GMT

S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will meet with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore Saturday as part of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue--a meeting of largely Pacific-region defense ministers--to discuss North Korea's recent nuclear tests and missile firings, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

27 May 2009 - - Business Times - Trilateral meeting on N Korea in S'pore

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:37:53 GMT

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will meet on Saturday with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore to discuss North Korea's recent nuclear tests and missile launches, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The trilateral meeting between Mr Gates, Japan's Yasukazu Hamada and South Korea's Lee Sang-Hee, will be the first between the defence ministers.

27 May 2009 - - Stars and Stripes - Gates plans meeting with Asian allies

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:46:21 GMT

Gates first will give a speech on Saturday on security issues in the region. Later, he will meet privately with the defense ministers of South Korea, Lee Sang-hee, and Japan, Yasukazu Hamada. The trilateral meeting between Mr Gates, Japan's Yasukazu Hamada and South Korea's Lee Sang-Hee, will be the first between the defence ministers.

27 May 2009 - - Agence France Presse - US still open to diplomacy with NKorea: report

Wed, 27 May 2009 22:44:25 GMT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is due to meet his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singa-pore Saturday to discuss North Korea.

27 May 2009 - - CanWest News Service - Halt tests or pay price, North Korea warned

Wed, 27 May 2009 22:51:22 GMT

The Pentagon said Tuesday Defence Secretary Robert Gates would discuss the recent weapons tests in a meeting Saturday in Singapore with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts.

27 May 2009 - - The Age - Indonesia rejects Rudd's Asia plan

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:22:30 GMT

INDONESIAN Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono has dismissed Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's push for an all-encompassing "Asia-Pacific community" to tackle regional security threats, suggesting the idea is too broad to have a realistic chance of success. Mr Rudd is expected to again raise his proposal - aimed at strengthening ties to combat common security, economic and political problems - at a meeting of regional defence ministers in Singapore this week.