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July 2005

  • Pour se protéger, le Royaume-Uni IISS in the press iconLe Temps: Comment jugez-vous, trois semaines après les attentats meurtriers du 7 juillet, la façon dont les forces de sécurité et les autorités ont réagi?Christophe...
  • U.S. Muslim Scholars Issue Decree Shangri-La ButtonDefense leaders have long emphasized that the war on terror is a war against violent extremism, not Islam, but that peace-loving Muslims must help contain it. "The struggle that is taking...
  • The IRA pledges a farewell to arms IISS in the press icon"There was an old terrorism analysts' phrase that the IRA wanted to have a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead," says Dana Allin, a security expert with the London-based...
  • Bahrain and UK sign MoU to combat terrorism Gulf dialogue iconBlair also welcomed Bahrain's decision to host the second annual Gulf Security Conference, organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The conference, to...
  • Bahrain and UK discuss developing investment Gulf dialogue iconBlair welcomed Bahrain’s decision to host the second ‘IISS Gulf Dialogue’ from December 2-4, organised by the London-based Inter-national Institute for Strategic Studies, given the...
  • Musharraf struggles to rein in madrasahs IISS in the press iconLahore-based political and defence analyst Hasan-Askari Rizvi and Dr Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, research fellow for South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic studies in London, agreed that Al...
  • Statement from King of Bahrain and Tony Blair Gulf dialogue icon27th July 2005 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and The Kingdom of Bahrain have a strong, warm and longstanding relationship, rooted in our friendship over the years and...
  • N. Korea nuclear talks set to resume IISS in the press icon''I don't see any basis for a compromise between Washington and Pyongyang," said Gary Samore, a nonproliferation specialist at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in...
  • String of bombings could set off others IISS in the press iconA number of analysts said that with the franchising of al-Qaida, some local, start-up jihadist groups might execute attacks to prove themselves to either the core leadership of al-Qaida or, more...
  • Copycat attacks IISS in the press iconChristopher Langton, head of defence analysis at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, said: "Was this another radical group in a copycat attack or a deliberate plan to keep the pot...
  • London Subway Shooting IISS in the press icon"If they have the devices intact, and if they capture the individuals, it will be incredibly valuable in providing information about other possible plans for attacks and other possible...
  • Support of U.S. spurs terror-attack fear IISS in the press iconThe relatively small size of Denmark's Muslim population, estimated at under 250,000, makes it much easier for police to monitor potential recruits, said Jonathan Stevenson, a senior fellow at the...
  • Britain moves to forestall violence IISS in the press icon"It's one thing to make some arrests or for the threat to lessen simply because an attack has just occurred, so there's one less bullet in the chamber, if you will," said Jonathan...
  • Iraq conflict claims 34 civilian lives a day IISS in the press iconAnother of the report's authors, Toby Dodge, a Middle East expert and lecturer in politics at Queen Mary, University of London, said: "Iraq is descending into anarchy and the US presence is not...
  • Rumsfeld Argues for Keeping China Embargo Shangri-La ButtonRumsfeld had previewed major conclusions of the report on China's military power when he spoke at an international conference in Singapore on June 4. He said then that it would conclude that China's...
  • China Seeks to Extend Military Reach Shangri-La ButtonRumsfeld previewed the new Pentagon report during a speech last month in Singapore and questioned the motives for China's military buildup."Since no nation threatens China, one must wonder: Why...
  • Pentagon: limits of China's military threat Shangri-La ButtonThe tone of the report echoes remarks by Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary, who when speaking to a June meeting of Asian defence ministers in Singapore questioned why China was dramatically...
  • The China-CAFTA connection Shangri-La ButtonCIA Director Porter Goss has warned Beijing is tilting the Asian balance of power against the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made the same case in congressional testimony and at a June 4...
  • China's stealth war on the U.S. Shangri-La ButtonThe Pentagon on Tuesday released a study of Chinese military capabilities. In a preview, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a Singapore audience last month that China's arms buildup was an...
  • Chinese Military Power Report Shangri-La Button"But as I see it," Rumsfeld said, "China is on a path where they are determined to increase their economy, the opportunities for their people and to enter the world community. They...