April 2007

Pakistan to tighten control over exports Pakistan is expected to be further implicated in previous cases of nuclear proliferation in a report by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, scheduled for publication later this week. The document titled 'Nuclear black markets: Pakistan, AQ Khan and the rise of proliferation networks: A new assessment?' is expected to provide more evidence linking the Pakistani scientist with colleagues in Iran's nuclear programme.
US welcomes Saudi terror arrests Mamoun Fandy is from the International Institute of Strategic Studies: MAMOUN FANDY: Well, the sweep is part of actually King Abdullah's new strategic direction of prevention that he's taken since he assumed the throne in 2005. But also why now it's very important, shows that the Saudis are certainly cooperating with other intelligence agencies.
Dr Khan case still open The case of Pakistan is not yet closed, declares a dossier entitled Nuclear Blackmarkets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks A Net Assessment scheduled to be released on Wednesday.Prepared by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), a leading UK-based think tank, the dossier, according to an IISS announcement on Friday, has explored the question whether A.Q. Khan sold North Korea and Iran the weapons designs that he had sold to Libya and...
New dossier on Khan nuclear network Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is set to attract world attention again next week as a fresh dossier on his nuclear black market network is being made available to the international media in London that might unleash a new storm for Pakistan.The fresh dossier might put Iran under more pressure than Pakistan, as it is said to focus on the activities of Khans nuclear network and its links with Iran to prove it helped Tehran facilitate its own nuclear facilities.
New dossier on Dr AQ Khan's N-network From May 2 onwards Pakistan would be once again at the centre of the storm over the nefarious nuclear proliferation activities by its much defamed nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan, currently under "home arrest". The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is set to release a new dossier titled "Nuclear black markets: Pakistan, AQ Khan and the rise of proliferation networks: A new assessment" on the said date.
Fresh dossier on Khan to cause more trouble Disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan's illegal nuclear proliferation activities are once again set to attract world attention as a fresh dossier with some startling revelations on his network has been prepared by a leading UK-based think tank that will "unleash a new storm" for Islamabad. The International Institute for Strategic Studies' (IISS) document titled "Nuclear black markets: Pakistan, AQ Khan and the rise of proliferation networks: A new assessment" says the...
Putin treaty threat raises Cold War spectre Christopher Langton, a defence analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, told AFP the collapse of the CFE treaty could prompt a US military build up in response to eastern European security fears.Europe would risk revisiting "a situation which everybody thought had been left behind in the 1990s."
Forum to tackle terrorism held in Bahrain The forum will take place two weeks before the Manama Dialogue, the regional security summit organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, is held in the Bahraini capital.
Antony to represent India at Shangri-La Never mind, if the 10th round of border talks between India and China at Coonoor failed to make any real headway. That will hardly prevent the two Asian giants from coming together and analysing their roles in "building international stability" during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from June 1 to June 3.Defence Minister AK Antony is expected to represent India at the sixth edition of the Dialogue, convened by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)....
Burma to participate in Asian security summit In addition to strong regional representation, participating countries in the three-day summit constitute some the most influential members of the international community, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, India, Japan, China and Australia. There are expected to be 26 delegations in all, comprised of Defense Ministers and other senior level officials. This year's meeting will include, among others, topics relating to nuclear proliferation, international stability and...
Nations Prepare For Key Asian Security Summit Defense Ministers from 26 Asian Pacific nations will meet for a key security summit in Singapore in July according to a press release by international think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The summit - to be known as the 2007 Shangri-La Dialogue - will bring together nations to discuss regional security and how to co-ordinate dialog with outside powers on major subjects such as terrorism.
Antony likely to visit Singapore in May "New areas of defence cooperation, including joint training facilities are emerging and supplementing existing cooperation between India and Singapore in the naval, maritime and counter-terrorism spheres," Pranab Mukherjee, the then Indian defence minister, had said while addressing the annual security conference of Singapore's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) last year.
Nations Prepare for 6th Asia Security Summit The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will bring together 26 official government delegations led by defence ministers and other senior officials from the Asia Pacific region and wider security community to participate in the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, to be held from 1-3 June 2007 in Singapore. The countries represented are: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan,...
Basra - Bloody storm before the calm Such incidents were reported to be part of a more aggressive strategy by British forces towards Shia militias, ahead of the anticipated handover of security control in Basra within months. Colonel Christopher Langton, senior fellow for conflict at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, said: "British forces don't want to leave a vacuum in their wake. They are consciously changing tactics, and going on the offensive rather than sitting in their bases. "To make an...
A Small Player Making a Difference Over the next month or so, the Royal New Zealand Naval Frigate Te Mana and tanker Endeavour will visit Port Blair and the Indian National Defence College will visit New Zealand. We interact at the annual Shangri La Defence Conference in Singapore. The ASEAN Regional Forum defence dialogue process and UN peacekeeping operations also provide opportunities for our armed forces to work together.
UN confirms Iran is producing nuclear fuel The International Institute for Strategic Studies reported in January that it is likely to take about a year for Iran to be able to manage to run 3,000 centrifuges in linked cascades. "If and when Iran does have 3,000 centrifuges operating smoothly, the IISS estimates it would take an additional nine to 11 months to produce 25kg of highly enriched uranium, enough for one implosion-type weapon. That day is still two to three years away at the earliest," the IISS said in its annual...
Fighter jet crashes on TV station in Guinea As of last year, Guinea had eight combat capable aircraft, four MiG-21s and four MiG-17Fsm, according to the 2006 edition of the authoritative Military Balance, published by the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London.
With Eye on Iran, Rivals Also Want Power Asked if the Iranian announcement signaled a major developmental step, International Institute for Strategic Studies non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick told ISN Security Watch: "No, It was a political announcement, devoid of any supporting evidence. Iran is not at the industrial-scale of enrichment, and will not be for some time." Asked to explain the diplomatic implications of Monday's announcement, he said, "It showed that Iran has no intention of honoring the UN mandate...
Tehran's nuclear boast may open way for talks Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted by Iranian media as saying Tehran had built 3,000 centrifuges, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Moscow he believed the new centrifuges were not in full operation. Mark Fitzpatrick, an expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said Ahmadinejad's speech was strikingly imprecise, disclosing neither how many centrifuges were working nor whether uranium hexafluoride gas had been...
Iran's big bluff - playing the nuclear game Asked if the Iranian announcement signaled a major developmental step, International Institute for Strategic Studies non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick told ISN Security Watch: "No, It was a political announcement, devoid of any supporting evidence. Iran is not at the industrial-scale of enrichment, and will not be for some time."Asked to explain the diplomatic implications of Monday's announcement, he said, "It showed that Iran has no intention of honoring the UN mandate...