Iran 'reaches key nuclear goal' A recent International Institute for Strategic Studies report said if Iran could operate 3,000 centrifuges smoothly, one bomb could be produced within nine to 11 months.
US and Iran spar ahead of Iraq report "The US is seriously concerned about Iranian support for violence in Iraq that has killed American soldiers, and as we get close to the date of the Petraeus report, the Iran factor looms...
India's appetite for arms draws world Russia is still India's principal arms supplier, and is in negotiations for some $10 billion in contracts, including a countrywide air defense system. "The Russians are going to get quite a...
Guinea-Bissau to shoot down drug traffickers The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, in its survey of the world's armed forces, says Guinea-Bissau has three MiG-17 fighter jets and three Alouette helicopters, plus two...
Teheran fury as US soldiers arrest Iranians Mark Fitzpatrick, an analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said there was now a serious prospect of American military action against Iran. He said: "There is a...
Uranium's reaction to a nuclear future Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the deal struck last month between the US and India to allow nuclear co-operation between the two was a...
Will Bush take military strikes at Iran? Mark Fitzpatrick, nuclear analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London said: "There is a real possibility that President Bush will feel compelled not to allow this...
Plan Released by Iran and U.N. Atomic Agency Although officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency have not commented since the plan was released, the agency’s deputy director, Olli Heinonen, praised it as “an important...
Iran should avoid more sanctions this year Non-proliferation analyst Mark Fitzpatrick said from London: "I think Iran has played this smart in a way that very well postpones any further Security Council action until the end of the...
India to fortify its air combat power The Military Balance published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) , London says that India has about 800 combat jets. Of these, except for about 60 Su 30 MKIs acquired in the...
Diplomats criticize Iran's deal with UN "Iran has wised up, realizing that stiffing the IAEA helped lead to unanimous UN sanctions resolutions. The work plan is designed to show cooperation in order to forestall more sanctions,"...
Malaysia's axis mysteriously shifting US officials who spoke with Asia Times would not comment on the investigations involving Malaysia on the grounds that they involve sensitive intelligence information. And so far there is no evidence...
Gas 'cartel' idea This falls short of setting up an international gas producers' alliance, but according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, the Doha meeting took the forum "a...
The world laughs not with us but at us Suddenly the foreign ministry in its infinite wisdom has decided to ask the PR in New York to attend the First Committee when he has not been dealing with the subject. That is not all. The foreign...
Opium growth in Afghanistan increasing Colonel CHRISTOPHER LANGTON (Retired, International Institute for Strategic Studies) : You could find a task force commander who wakes up to be told by an Afghan functionary, a mayor, that a village...
Blue on blue deaths raise tough questions Some are more avoidable than others. In the latest incident British soldiers engaged in intense fighting with the Taliban called for help. A US air force F-15 long-range strike aircraft came to their...
Not quite the pact that was Does the comparison hold? In narrow military terms, the ability to co-ordinate the movements of more than 6,000 troops, and a broad range of armour, across long distances was quite successfully...
Russia resumes long range bomber patrols Colonel Christopher Langton is a former Military and Defence attache in Russia now with the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He spoke to Stephanie Kennedy CHRISTOPHER LANGTON:...
United Nations Disarmament Conference In view of the growing threats to global and regional security arising from nuclear proliferation risks, the conference will address challenges facing the nuclear non-proliferation regime and...
Britain Shifts Focus to Afghanistan The Prime Minister has been at pains to emphasize his commitment to warm relations with the White House, but his popularity in Britain has been boosted by a widespread perception that he's shifted...