China Rising In his address to the Shangri-La conference, which was arranged by the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London and named for the hotel in which it is held, Mr. Rumsfeld raised the...
Is Iraq worth its price tag? "It is a serious problem and a security challenge for the United States and international community that Iraq has become a magnet for anti-Western, anti-American beliefs. That has to be...
War’s fertile grounds for soldiers of fortune Given the cost of defence today, this trend is likely to continue. There just aren’t enough troops available to do everything,” said Christopher Langton, editor of the International...
Admirals sink Navy In its Military Balance report published this week, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in London, said that it was difficult to make a case any longer for a...
Diplomacy on Iran's nuclear program But "the key to what happens in Vienna (where the UN nuclear watchdog is to decide in November whether to send the Iranian file to the Security Council) is Russia's position and this still does...
Iraq Update: " No peace without victory" Declining public support for the U.S. project in Iraq was also compounded this week by a report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The British think-tank indicated a significant...
US to retain force in Iraq after Bush goes The US will likely have to retain a sizeable military force in Iraq even after President George W. Bush has left the White House, a leading London-based defence think-tank said on Tuesday. On...
US faces long haul in Iraq American and British attempts to combat insurgency in Iraq have failed and US troops will be forced to stay there in large numbers well into the next presidency, a leading international think-tank...
Many more years of bloodshed Substantial numbers of American troops will have to stay in Iraq well beyond the end of the Bush presidency, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies predicted...
For rebels, targets are often Iraqis In its annual report on global military might, the London-based think tank said strategists had hoped new technology would let them target enemies accurately from ships and planes, avoiding...
Diggers 'suited to fighting insurgents' Australia's soldiers are better placed to combat the tactics of insurgents in Iraq than the US Army, a leading strategic thinktank believes. In its annual report on global military forces, the...
Australian Army can deal with insurgents A leading international research body says Australia's military is better designed than the US Army to deal with extremist groups such as Al Qaeda. Western countries have been planning for the...
Charter ratified amid Iraq rifts International Institute for Strategic Studies director John Chipman observed that Iraq remains "very unstable" and violent unrest looks set to grow, even if political talks remain the best...
Talks must follow cheers for Iraqi charter International Institute for Strategic Studies director John Chipman observed that Iraq remains "very unstable" and violent unrest looks set to grow, even if political talks remain the best...
China defence spend more than double Chinese military spending is more than double the level the country admits to publicly and is growing rapidly, a defence think-tank said on Tuesday. In its yearly assessment of global military...
A question of power: West wins wars Smith's argument found an echo in a report on Tuesday by the International Institute of Strategic Studies, which said Western powers were being forced to rethink strategy because the Iraq conflict...
New constitution adopted "U.S. plans to shift the burden of fighting the insurgency from their own forces to the newly trained Iraqi army have not, to date, borne dividends," John Chipman, director of the...
A Far From Satisfactory Step Forward 'The conflict environment of the early 21st- century certainly does represent a new era in warfare,' said the International Institute for Strategic Studies yesterday, adding: 'but not the era that...
China's military spending The modernization and reform of China's armed forces, challenging the United States and its allies, is one of the main defense and security issues in east and northeast Asia, the International...
Western military rethink - report Western military powers are being forced to rethink strategy because conflict in Iraq has shown the limits of their conventional armies, the International Institute of Strategic Studies said on...