Iran bank hit hard by sanctions Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said the failure of Bank Sepah's European branches could strengthen the hand of those in Washington pushing for...
NATO, Officials and Experts prepare for GSR The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will bring together over three hundred senior government officials, leading researchers, and many of the Institute’s influential...
Smoke signals from South Block The Defence Minister then sounded a clear warning to the public sector Ordnance Factories (OFs) at their General Managers’ Conference in May this year: reform or risk oblivion. Mr Antony became...
Confession Time in Iran But modest UN sanctions, combined with a U.S. campaign to deter investment in Iran, are believed to be having an impact. A new move by U.S. pension funds (WSJ) could affect billions of dollars in...
Joined at the hip Two-thirds of Americans think the war in Iraq was a mistake and not worth the loss of more US lives. Mr Brown knows that the quicker he can get the troops out of Basra the happier the British public...
Brown aide sounded out US on withdrawal The Sunday Times also carried an interview with US army Colonel HR McMaster, one of the architects of Bush's controversial "surge" of 30,000 more troops to stem the bloody tide of sectarian...
Leaving now not the way out of Iraq One of the key strategists behind America’s last-ditch 'surge' in Iraq, Colonel HR McMaster explains his thinking to Marie Colvin, our award-winning correspondent, who has spent decades...
Three British soldiers dead in a week But others question whether sending in more troops will deal with one of the worst problems in Afghanistan – the mounting toll among civilians caught up in military operations, which the...
Britain's bloodiest campaign Christopher Langton, senior fellow for conflict at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, said that the Kajaki project was "a very good example of how the international...
France-Libya deal poses no proliferation risk Non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) added: "I dont think there is any proliferation risk, given the fact that Libya...
France Overlooks Tripoli's Past Rogue Status Analyst Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies sees no imminent danger in such cooperation. He describes Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's decision to...
Tape revives speculation on bin Laden's fate His top aide Ayman al-Zawahri has made many statements stating al Qaeda policy on regional issues while bin Laden has been silent. "The fact that Zawahri took over the show suggests that...
Ups and Downs of America’s Asian Relations Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ speech at an Asian security meeting in June, sponsored by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, brought the US dilemma into sharper...
Putin calls for response to US ‘threat’ Oksana Antonenko, a senior fellow at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, said: “Some people will think he is acting to boost his domestic popularity before [the...
Keys to Tehran: A guide to the major players By Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation
U.S. seen in Iraq until at least '09 To develop the plan, General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker assembled a Joint Strategic Assessment Team, which sought to define the conflict and outline the elements of a new strategy. It included...
Patient bargaining v sabre-rattling Patrick Cronin, the director of studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, argues that because the North Korean horse has bolted, the locks on the Iranian stable door are...
Democracy key to Pakistan’s progress: Benazir Chairperson, Pakistan People’s Party, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto said on Friday that democracy was the key to the progress and development of her country. Delivering a talk on “The...
Bhutto hails Pakistan judge ruling Bhutto, who was twice Pakistan's leader in the 1990s, said she hopes to go back to the country but gave no details, merely stating that key conditions were fair elections and a proper balance of...
Moscow in push for super-power status "We can understand that Russia is claiming its former position of superpower," he said earlier in a speech at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. "However,...