European leaders face knife's edge in Mideast "This should be Europe's hour," said Jean-Yves Haine, security expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "Unfortunately, it will not be so."...
Kaiser Hugos Macht Von der These der Amerikaner, Caracas' Waffenkäufe destabilisierten den halben Kontinent, halten Experten wenig. Ein Vertreter des Internationalen Instituts für Strategische Studien IISS...
Iran may think twice before quitting treaty "Iran puts great emphasis on its claim to the legal right to nuclear energy as stated in the NPT. To withdraw would undermine the legitimacy Iran values so highly," said Mark Fitzpatrick of...
Mideast crisis renews U.S.-Europe tension "France is keen to restore a strong and sovereign Lebanon," said Jean-Yves Haine, a European security research fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London....
Hezbollah launches longer-range missiles "There's no force in Lebanon that can keep Hezbollah from throwing rockets into Israel," Mahmoun Fandy, a research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London,...
At SE Asian gathering, bid to engage N Korea China's influence as the North's dominant trading partner and only ally appears dubious. "China is not just going through the motions," says Mr. Fitzgerald, who served previously as deputy...
Lebanon Stabilization Force Mr. JEAN-YVES HAINE (Research Fellow for European Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies): I don't buy that. HARRIS: Jean-Yves Haine is a research fellow at London's...
Army, Air Force, Navy on the way Rumsfeld, speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference in Singapore in June, talked about China, North Korea and terrorism concerns that make the Pacific a greater focus...
South Ossetia Looks North Other analysts are divided on the significance of recent developments. “I don’t think the Georgians are ready to launch a military offensive,” says Oksana Antonenko, senior fellow...
Smoke and mirrors in the Shanghai spirit Speaking at a meeting of defense experts in Singapore in early June, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had criticized the SCO for inviting the Iranian president. “It strikes me as passing...
The west's moral erosion In a recent article for the International Institute for Strategic Studies journal, Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the School of Public Policy at Singapore University, analysed the precipitous...
Hague urges 'balance' on nuclear technology William Hague has warned the West it risks losing the "moral argument" over nuclear weapons if it fails to share the peaceful benefits of nuclear technology. In a keynote speech on...
Hague warning to nuclear powers Mr Hague will urge a ''workable balance'' between the need to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and the ''legitimate aspirations'' for economic and technological progress. In a speech to the...
Strength of Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah Following is a brief summary of the military strengths of Israel, Lebanon and the Hezbollah militia, according to experts' estimates, notably the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the...
Germans Debate Participation in Lebanon Christopher Langton, the head of defense analysis at the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies, said not only would it be difficult to find competent troops but also to get...
Lebanese army faces no-win situation At the same time, Israel’s demand that the army replace Hezbollah in the south ignores the relative weakness of the official military compared with what some Lebanese, along with Iran and...
Hezbollah's Skill More Military Than Militia Of greater concern to Israel, and the subject of much more speculation, is whether Hezbollah possesses the Iranian-made Zelzal 2 missile.The International Institute for Strategic Studies, a...
Many hurdles to deploying international force Christopher Langton, the head of defense analysis at the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies, said not only would it be difficult to find competent troops but also to get...
Hitting Lebanon army seen as risky strategy According to the "The Military Balance ", an annual report published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Lebanese army numbers 70,000 troops, including...
Hizbollah 'capable of sustained campaign' The chief element of the Lebanese-based militant group's campaign is the unsophisticated Katushya rocket, with a range of 25km-40km. Its inaccuracy only adds to its strong capacity to terrorise...