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  • 21 Mar 2010 - - Associated Press - US-Russian Deal On Nukes Nearly Completed IISS Logo"It's important to show the Prague speech was not just rhetoric," Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, told The Associated Press.
  • 16 Mar 2010 - - Associated Press - Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count IISS Logo"Al-Maliki is not in control of the situation and the tighter the race, the more coalition building he will have to do once he likely comes out first," said analyst Toby Dodge with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
  • 16 Mar 2010 - - Foreign Policy - Get Yer Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield Here Military Balance 2010According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies report Military Balance 2010, Saudi Arabia's defense budget grew from $24.9 billion in 2001 to $41.2 billion in 2009, a 65 percent increase. The budget of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) grew a whopping 700 percent, from $1.9 billion to $15.47 billion, in the same time period. Kuwait and Bahrain also dramatically expanded the dollars devoted to security over the last decade; their defense budgets increased 35 percent and 80 percent, respectively.
  • 15 Mar 2010 - - Financial Times - Arms purchases by China's neighbours fuel fears of clashes IISS LogoSingapore's concern is over the impact of the shift in the balance of power in the region, said Tim Huxley of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore. "The real problem is the huge discrepancy in power between China and the south-east Asian nations." "This is not the first time that the rules of a U.S. competition have been rewritten to suit the American competitor. No doubt it won't be the last."
  • 15 Mar 2010 - - BBC News - Meet USCybercom: Why the US is fielding a cyber army IISS LogoWe saw a military mobilisation by Moscow into South Ossetia accompanied by clearly orchestrated cyber attacks against the Georgian government's communication systems and the banking system," says Nigel Inkster, director of transnational threats and political risk at London think tank The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). "This is not the first time that the rules of a U.S. competition have been rewritten to suit the American competitor. No doubt it won't be the last."
  • 15 Mar 2010 - - Reuters - ANALYSTS' VIEW-Early results from Iraq's election IISS Logo"It now appears to be all about the coalition. If Maliki is strong enough to build the group that can keep him in power and if so, on what ideological basis; sectarianism or some form on nationalism? "Given his behaviour during the campaign, I would bet on sectarianism and some form of alliance with all or elements of the Iraqi National Alliance (INA)."
  • 13 Mar 2010 - - Associated Press - Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt IISS LogoAmong the meetings being scheduled with rivals is one with the INA, according to an al-Maliki adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the talks. "Al-Maliki basically has two big choices — does he reach out to INA, which I think is easier, and it looks as though they are weaker. Or does he go to Allawi?" said Toby Dodge from the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
  • 11 Mar 2010 - - Wall St Journal - Trans-Atlantic Defense Deals Falter IISS Logo"There's no doubt that this outcome will reinforce the long-held understanding in Europe that the U.S. defense market is highly protected," said Alex Nicholl, a specialist on European defense companies at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. "This is not the first time that the rules of a U.S. competition have been rewritten to suit the American competitor. No doubt it won't be the last."
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