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Press Coverage 2007
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
Counting the guns – and the cost of war
Powerful yet weak - a US dilemma
Iran 2 to 3 years away from building weapon
Sabre-rattling and Iran
Deciphering wall writing
Iran Continues To Defy U.N. Sanctions
Iran denies blocking UN nuclear inspectors
IISS: Ankara, Tehran together fight PKK
Iran still stuck in nuke weapons project
China: the next global superpower
As US power fades, it can't find friends
Chirac hurries to retract after gaffe on Iran
Iranian Boast Is Put to Test
Officers With PhDs Advising War Effort
Military attack on Iran would be disastrous
Try again for a first step
The site where Iran is building its arsenal
Iran proceeds to lay foundation
Grassroots worries growing over Iran
Iran strike 'would be disastrous'
Chirac’s Iran Gaffe Reveals a Strategy
My strategic plan for the battle
Blair urges Iran to change its ways
Iran has assembled 2 uranium-enriching units
Iran to test new uranium enrichment plant
Web video niches constantly evolving
Attacking Iran would be disaster, report says
Insurgents may have anti-aircraft missle
Blair urged to avert military action
British Groups Say Not to Attack Iran
Attack on Iran would be a disaster
Land of the damned
Iran defies UN at nuclear site, say diplomats
Chirac's Iran blunder provides glimpse
Iran has begun assembling centrifuges
UK defence budget up over 50 percent
Iranians block UN inspectors
No Iran nuclear threat yet - IISS
'Psychological Warfare' Advice to US
Iran 'sets up atomic centrifuges'
Pentagon sets its sights on Africa
UN nuclear agency plans to cancel aid to Iran
European diplomats looking to defuse crisis
Israel on guard
Arab nuclear ambitions stir arms race jitters
North Korea nuclear deal not model for Iran
A countdown to confrontation
Iranian negotiator to meet UN agency chief
In Iran, a chorus of dissent rises
Why Iran must make the next move
Israel spends 200 times more than Iran
Afghanistan: Winning or losing?
In the 21st century a venerable brains trust
Afghanistan: Symposium looks at security
Russia seeks new order by threatening treaty
N.Korea pact may show Iran bargaining power
Closing Remarks at Asian Security Conference
We must still be ready to intervene
Nuclear uncertainties linger
Iran readies gas for enriching uranium
China’s Missile Targets More than a Satellite
US defence companies court India
Iranian nuclear negotiator to meet IAEA chief
From tanks to work of art
Russia's arms protests raise cold war echoes
Rice calls Iraq coalition 'intact'
Iran defies deadline to halt atom work - U.N.
Iran: Nuclear Crisis Enters Next Stage
Failing in Baghdad - The British Did It First
Basra betrayed
Most U.S. tips fingering Iran false -- envoys
Nimrod fleet grounded in safety alert
A Brown Iraq may herald problems
Can we join the Star Wars club?
Venezuela Rivals U.S. in Aid to Bolivia
As US surges, British start exiting Iraq
Iraq: On the ground: Mission 60% accomplished
Afghanistan, Iran, Blair's legacy
'Land for Iraq' is the best hope for region
Cheney visit turns up heat on Pakistan
Going it alone because we have to
China brushes off Japan lawmaker's concerns
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'Land for Iraq' is the best hope for region
Dr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security
Going it alone because we have to
The primary culprit is declining defense spending among U.S. allies. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, defense budgets among NATO members, excluding the U.S., have...
China brushes off Japan lawmaker's concerns
China's defense white paper issued at the end of last year said the country's military spending in 2006 will be 283.8 billion yuan ($36.6 billion). The figure from the year before was 247.5 billion...
Cheney visit turns up heat on Pakistan
"There is only so far that he is prepared to go," said Rahul Roy-Chaudhury of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a leading British think tank on security matters. "Some...
Failing in Baghdad - The British Did It First
By Dr Toby Dodge, Consulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East
Basra betrayed
Toby Dodge, an Iraq expert at London's Institute of Strategic Studies, had little time for such claims. Britain, he said, was being "criminally irresponsible" in abandoning the people of...
Most U.S. tips fingering Iran false -- envoys
"The Americans are worried about enriched uranium, and the Arabs are worried about enriched Shiism," said Mamoun Fandy, senior fellow for gulf security at the London-based International...
Can we join the Star Wars club?
"The beginnings of a capability are there, but there is scope for improvement as the technology matures," an official said. Andrew Brookes, an aerospace expert and the International...
Nimrod fleet grounded in safety alert
Andrew Brookes, a defence analyst with the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a former RAF pilot, said the grounding of planes could temporarily impact on campaigns in Afghanistan and...
A Brown Iraq may herald problems
By Raffaello Pantucci, Research Associate
Venezuela Rivals U.S. in Aid to Bolivia
The International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British research group, said in a recent report that Venezuela, which is undertaking a rapid armaments buildup, could be providing Bolivia with...
As US surges, British start exiting Iraq
Blair's move isn't likely to help the Bush administration. Fewer British troops in Basra will leave Iran in a stronger position and puts at risk US military supply lines in Iraq, say analysts, at a...
Iraq: On the ground: Mission 60% accomplished
Blair's move isn't likely to help the Bush administration. Fewer British troops in Basra will leave Iran in a stronger position and puts at risk US military supply lines in Iraq, say analysts, at a...
Rice calls Iraq coalition 'intact'
British military analysts said the decision to reduce troops in Basra was not warranted by conditions on the ground. Rather, they cited domestic politics, an overstretched military and fears of being...
Iran defies deadline to halt atom work - U.N.
Analysts say Iran has struggled to operate its two cascades in the pilot plant for longer periods of time without breakdown. Given quality-control problems and inexperience, Iran probably...
Iran: Nuclear Crisis Enters Next Stage
Mark Fitzpatrick, a senior nonproliferation expert at the London-based International Institute For Strategic Studies, says that Iran is now exposed to having broader sanctions made against...
Afghanistan, Iran, Blair's legacy
"The British Army is hugely over-stretched, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it is an either/or situation," Toby Dodge, from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told...
China’s Missile Targets More than a Satellite
By Dr Patrick Cronin, Director of Studies
US defence companies court India
The fighter-jet tender is seen to be a political bargaining chip. “It’s between the US and Russia,” said Andrew Brookes, aerospace analyst for the International Institute for...
Iranian nuclear negotiator to meet IAEA chief
Iran moved the uranium gas (uranium hexafluoride, UF6) early this month from a conversion facility at Isfahan into the underground Natanz plant in central Iran where it last month started installing...