Pakistan government must make amends to tribe Bugti's death, while unnecessary, could provide a "watershed" opportunity for Pakistan to mend fences with disgruntled Baluch opponents, said Patrick Cronin, an American expert on...
Tony Jones interviews Mark Fitzpatrick So, was this mysterious defector the genuine article? Or could he be as flawed as the Iraqi defector the CIA called 'Curveball'? Joining us now in London is the report's author, Mark Fitzpatrick....
Timeline: Iran Nuclear Crisis Sept., 2005: A study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies concludes that Iran is still several years away from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. Speaking before the U.N....
Iran faces sanction deadline "ElBaradei should report that the cumulative impact of this behaviour comes close to circumscribing the IAEA's ability to conduct even the routine inspections required under the NPT (nuclear...
King Abdullah Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat By Dr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security
RSAF may go for anti-missile shield Dr Tim Huxley, a defence analyst with London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: 'In the light of the proliferation of ballistic missiles in Asia, it seems logical for Singapore to...
Energy key to Japan's Central Asia ties "Japan has been a steady player in the region and has always had an interest in the SCO developing on its doorstep," said Col Christopher Langton of the International Institute of Strategic...
Negotiated nuclear settlement a possibility “I’m sure there will be high-level talks on whether there is some formula regarding sequencing of suspension, based on Iran’s hints that it could shelve enrichment as the upshot of...
Iran Declares Another Nuclear Advance An operational reactor would put Iran among fewer than a dozen countries with heavywater technology. Among the other countries are the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — the...
Towards Zero Nukes But in the 12 years since the Nitze article, few analysts or senior officials have joined the debate on whether precision conventional weapons could do the job alone. But as Dennis Gormley argues in...
Russia rules out U.N. sanctions against Iran Mark Fitzpatrick at the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia's stance seemed to contradict the intention of the Council resolution but most diplomatic players remained keen to...
Cancer hits bomb scientist Khan Patrick Cronin, from the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, said Dr Khan's condition would lead to renewed calls for access to the scientist that Pakistan would be unlikely to...
Iran's offer for talks 'falls short,' Mark Fitzpatrick, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation, noted that while the United States and its partners in dealing with Iran had been "pretty firm that the...
Iran calls the shots on nuclear tango with US Historically, Washington has considered - but abandoned - plans to eliminate emerging nuclear programmes from the onset, be it in the former Soviet Union during the 1950s, China in the 1960s or North...
Report Highlights Intelligence Gaps on Iran That the United States would benefit from greater intelligence on Iran's nuclear ambitions is beyond question, according to former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Non-proliferation Mark...
UN finalising Iran nuclear report "I think this is essentially a 'no' even though Iran will say that it found some positive elements in the incentive package," non-proliferation analyst Mark Fitzpatrick said from the London...
Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Programme By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation SurvivalVol 48 no 3, Autumn 2006 Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Programme The many indicators of military involvement in...
Iran reply may herald new confrontation Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow in non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said: "This won't drag on for years. There are two deadlines of sorts at the...
West Ponders Next Step in Nuclear Dispute Mark Fitzpatrick, a nuclear proliferation experts at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, says Iran's position as a leading oil producer is not the only reason that tough...
Time's Up For Iran Iran has signaled its intent to build a nuclear weapon, and soon. The International Institute for Strategic Studies last year estimated it might be "several years" before Iran got a bomb....