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February 2007

  • 'Land for Iraq' is the best hope for region Mamoun Fandy pictureDr Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security 
  • Going it alone because we have to MB07Cover smallThe 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 MB07Cover smallChina'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 Dr Toby DodgeBy Dr Toby Dodge, Consulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East
  • Basra betrayed AP372 smallToby 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 Raffaello Pantucci photographBy Raffaello Pantucci, Research Associate
  • Venezuela Rivals U.S. in Aid to Bolivia MB07Cover smallThe 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 AP372 smallBlair'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 AP372 smallBlair'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' AP372 smallBritish 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 AP372 small"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 Photograph of Patrick CroninBy 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...