Yemen is frontline for GCC in war on terror Minister of Interior Rashad Al-Alimi said in a statement yesterday that Yemen stands in the frontline for Gulf Cooperation Council countries in the war on terror.Al-Alimi, who will be participating...
Struggle for influence in Central Asia Ensuring stability is important to Russia, too, according to Oksana Antonenko, a senior fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies. "Russia wants to deal with these threats...
Up in the air Even American bombing on behalf of an improved, well-trained Iraqi Army would not necessarily be any more successful against the insurgency. “It’s not going to work,” said Andrew...
So what have they got to hide? ‘The decision was political, not military,' said Toby Dodge of Queen Mary College, London University, who went to Downing Street with other Iraq experts before the war to warn Mr Blair of the...
Political will needed for disarmament Sir Michael Quinlan, Consulting Senior Fellow for South Asia at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) , on Saturday said the abolition of armouries, particularly nuclear...
Enrichment new redline in Nuclear showdown "The United States and Europe have clearly moved away from uranium conversion to set enrichment as the new red line but it's not clear if Russia, the key diplomatic player at this point, buys...
EU diplomacy fails to dent Iran "You look at the cards you can play," said Dana Allin, a senior fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. "China and Russia can't be taken for granted in...
Iran's Nuclear Capability "If you have one instance of a failure to report, that's an error. If you have two, maybe you'd give them some benefit of the doubt but when you have 18 instances of a failure to report, it's a...
Prospects Not So Rosy “We have, indeed, seen serious improvement in the issues of corruption, economic transparency, pensions and salaries,” agreed Oksana Antonenko of London’s International Institute...
Gulf Region: Security Organisations Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My Lords, the Government support a number of initiatives in the region, such as the International Institute of Strategic Studies' regional Gulf dialogue. A Cabinet-level...
Iran’s Nuclear Balancing Act Iran has not embarked on a crash nuclear weapons program. Even if Iran removed all political constraints and went for a bomb as quickly as possible, the International Institute for Strategic Studies...
Biased Indo-US nuclear accord detrimental De-linking Pakistan from the proposed grant of exceptions to India for transfer of nuclear technology by the US and the Nuclear Suppliers Group would be "detrimental to strategic stability in...
Iran: Lawmakers Prepare Bill To Stop IAEA Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow for nonproliferation with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies told RFE/RL last week that despite "Iran's non- compromising...
Arms market has been left out of EU rules Mr. ALEXANDER NICOLL (International Institute for Strategic Studies): European countries feel that they spend quite a lot on defense, but they're not getting full value for money--from that money....
nuclear proliferation a serious issue General Ehsan-Ul-Haq, Chairman Joint chief of Staff Committee has termed nuclear proliferation as a serious issue. Addressing as chief Guest at a joint Seminar on New Security Perspective by...
Key defence forum to turn spotlight on terror THE fight against terrorism in the region will top the agenda of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' (IISS) second Gulf Dialogue next month. The three-day strategic defence conference...
Quitting: as Bad as Invading By Toby Dodge, Senior Consulting Fellow for the Middle East
Survey Finds Deep Discontent In an analysis, Pew said the Iraq war "has had a profound impact" on the way opinion leaders and the public, "view America's global role, looming international threats, and the Bush...
Tehran Reportedly To Start New Round Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow for nonproliferation with the London-based International Institute For Strategic Studies, say it is still not clear whether Iran has resumed uranium...
Chinese build a high-tech army within an army The US response to China has shifted as well in the past half year. This spring, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in Singapore that China's military rise was illegitimate because China faced no...