June 2008

30 Jun 2008 - - Channel News Asia - Defence Minister Teo says army training should be realistic but safe He said Singapore would continue to play a key role in creating a security architecture within the Asia-Pacific, and the recently-held Shangri-La Dialogue was a good example where top defence experts and leaders from more than 20 countries come together to exchange views of immediate concern like disaster relief.
30 Jun 2008 - - Greenwire - Soaring prices spur worries about piracy, marine terror "Oil is the obvious focus for such policy, and tankers are a vital component of the U.S. oil industry's critical infrastructure," Martin Murphy says in an analysis of the interconnections between piracy and terrorism he drafted for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
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27 Jun 2008 - - Scotsman - US nuclear weapons 'leave British soil at last' after half a century of controversy Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told The Scotsman: "On the assumption this report is true, it reflects both a realisation that the tactical nuclear weapons serve little military purpose and that the arrangements for ensuring their safe storage have been under review. "But there is a broader political context to the United States' nuclear weapons sited in Europe. If they are withdrawing from the UK, it...
26 Jun 2008 - - Le Figaro - Le Royaume-Uni sommé de choisir entre l'Afghanistan et l'Irak Il y a quelques mois, le plus haut gradé de l'armée de terre, sir Richard Dannatt, avait lui aussi regretté le manque de moyens pour mener deux conflits de front. Les militaires ne le formulent pas explicitement mais leur message est clair, d'après le colonel Christopher Langton, analyste à l'Institut international d'études stratégiques (IISS) de Londres. « C'est un appel adressé aux hommes politiques, qui affichent des ambitions importantes sur deux fronts, mais ne donnent aux armées les...
26 Jun 2008 - - Baltimore Sun - Chuck Hagel: Unite, don't polarize Moving on to North Korea's nuclear weapons production, Hagel said the United States should pay close attention to relationships with China, India and Russia. "According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in the last two years, over a dozen Middle East countries have announced intentions to establish nuclear power programs and build nuclear reactors," he said. "The world must build a new twenty-first century nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament...

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