Liberian president hopes to inspire Sirleaf, elected Africa's first female president in November after years of war and dictatorship, called for reviving old leadership traits in a speech to the International Institute for Strategic...
Liberian president on Britain investment tour The president is expected to use this week's visit to encourage British companies to invest in Liberia. Over the three days, she is to hold talks with International Development Minister Hilary...
Goff to Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia After the APEC meeting, Mr Goff will don his Defence hat to attend the International Institute of Strategic Studies Asia Security Conference in Singapore and a meeting of Five Power Defence...
Italy, S Korea latest to abandon coalition Increased instability, violence and radical Islamism in Iraq could require "a larger role for overt, coordinated, multilateral intervention, involving the key regional powers, to stabilize the...
Birth of a military giant in modern China According to the Pentagon, several aspects of China's military development have "surprised" US analysts, including the speed and scope of improvements to its strategic nuclear missiles....
Liberia's president arrives in Britain Also Wednesday, she would give a public lecture to the London-based defense think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Defense Spending in Latin America Some of the top spenders on defense in Latin America last year: _ Brazil: $13.2 billion, regular defense budget. _ Colombia: $6.3 billion, includes regular defense budget, other military spending,...
Tehran Working On Advanced Nuclear Fusion Another nuclear expert, Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, says the motive behind Sadat-Hosseini's statement is Iran's desire to display technical...
Venezuela spending billions on defense Defense economist Mark Stoker says the deals so far don't appear to be a significant buildup; Venezuela is not spending as much as Brazil and Colombia. "My interpretation is that Venezuela...
Defence diplomacy redefined If last year saw Mukherjee unveil a bold new defence framework with the US, Mukherjee’s travels to Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore now highlight India’s emerging role in Asian security...
Al-Qaeda Recruitment Efforts Hard To Root Out Christopher Langton of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London says the majority of insurgents in Iraq do not come from Europe, but from the Middle East and South Asia. He...
London think tank: Iran nukes inevitable Iran's claim to have joined the nuclear club is "surely exaggerated," according to Dr. John Chipman, the director-general of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)....
Aegean incident As the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies warned this week of the "dangerous triptych of Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran" and defence experts spoke of deteriorating...
Who's Got the Biggest Army? The annual world military study of the International Institute for Strategic Studies was released this week, with the London-based organization noting that: - While Iran has been...
Military to undergo 15-year revamp Mr Liu defended China's military policy at a briefing yesterday, saying Beijing had the right to increase spending.He also denied accusations made in a report by the London-based International...
Neighbours' falling-out worries Asia China's military spending might be about 1.7 times higher than officially stated and will continue to rise sharply, an international think tank said on Wednesday. The International Institute for...
34 countries involved in WMD exercise Analysts say the exercise will not only help increase preparedness for stopping illegal shipments that Iran could use in a weapons programme, but the show of multinational forces co-operating in...
China's Rising Defense Spending Dangerous The true level of China's total defense expenditure — suggested as being two or three times higher than the official budget — is worrying news for both the United States and regional...
N-deal or not, ties with US will be intact "But the fact is that the Indo-US Nuclear agreement deals with an issue which is very sensitive in nature and attracts a great deal of attention and therefore, whether it goes through or not,...
EU struggling to agree on immigrantion policy "For many migrants, it is the question of security," said Jean-Yves Haine, EU expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "Development aid can go some way....