Siachen progress needed for peace process Pakistan Monday warned that lack of progress on resolving the Siachen and Sir Creek issue can cast a shadow on the ongoing dialogue process with India. The caution came from Pakistan Foreign Minister...
Help sought for peaceful nuclear technology Foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Monday asked the international community not to adopt a discriminatory approach toward Pakistan but to help it acquire nuclear energy for peaceful...
Pakistan anchor for peace, stability "It is a great pleasure and privilege to be at Europe’s premier Think Tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) at this gathering of scholars and experts of...
Afghans fighting for a future But the U.S.-led coalition angered warlords who gave up their guns by selectively rearming some groups in the south to help fight the Taliban, said Christopher Langton, chief defence analyst for the...
Iran hits back at U.N. nuclear referral Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow of non-proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said it was "the very best outcome that the United States and the Europeans could have...
Iran nuclear case to go to UN Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow of non-proliferation at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said it was a threat the world had to take seriously. "It's a real...
US and EU try to convince Russia Mark Fitzpatrick, a non-proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: "Iran is a master at providing just enough access and information to appear to be...
US, Europe push for action on Iran But Mark Fitzpatrick, a non-proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said Washington is likely to give ground as it needs wide support when the IAEA meets.The...
Bush and China Endorse Russia's Nuclear Plan The Bush administration has not allowed its stated opposition to Iran's uranium conversion at Isfahan to block the Russian offer. "This is dangerous, but it is minimally acceptable as long as...
NATO treads cautiously into Afghan quagmire "Europe's leaders recognise that success in Afghanistan is crucial for NATO," said Jean-Yves Haine, research fellow at the London-based International Institute for Strategic...
Outside View: Russia-Kazakh space plan Kazakhstan received several dozen MiG-31 Foxhound fighters after the Soviet Union's disintegration. The Military Balance estimates their total number at 43. There are plans to use these planes for...
US may overturn nuclear fuel reprocessing ban Mark Fitzpatrick, a former US Department of State expert now with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, UK, accepts US assertions that the plan may make plutonium less...
Iran: Tehran Shows New Interest Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow for nonproliferation issues at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, tells RFE/RL that Iran is trying to persuade Russia to resist efforts to...
Targeting Tehran No one thinks Iran has nuclear weapons, and estimates of when they could produce them range from five years to a decade. Even the conservative International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)...
Europe Doesn't Grasp Iranian Threat Michael Quinlan, senior consulting fellow on South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and guest lecturer for the Department of War Studies at Kings College London, ruled out...
How Close Is Iran to the Bomb? The head of Israel's Mossad spy agency argues that Iran is but six months away from "technical independence"--the know-how to make bombs without outside help--and about two years from...
Deterrence best policy for nuclear states Having served us so well in the past, why are we now so keen to believe those who claim that the principle of deterrence no longer applies? Let's just suppose that the scaremongers are right and Iran...
Iran: Origins of the nuclear dispute According to an estimate by London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies, it could take about five years for Iran to assemble a nuclear weapon. But if only the pilot plant was active,...
Differing views on Iran nuclear threat Sir Michael Quinlan, a consulting senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, went a step further, saying that even if Iran went nuclear, attacking it would not be the correct...
USS Ronald Reagan trains Ten nations lining the Eastern Pacific own 212 diesel submarines, including 132 that fall in the SSK, or "hunter-killer" category, according to "The Military Balance 2005-2006," a...