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Press Coverage 2007
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
Drafting a better future
Nepal Army : Contributions To UN Peacekeeping
Waiting for the general (and a miracle)
Regional cooperation vital
Langfristiges Afghanistan-Engagement
NATO Wants Good Russian Relationship
NATO head urges closer ties with Russia
NATO chief calls on Russia to clarify
NATO chief urges Kabul to do more
NATO head calls for closer ties with Russia
NATO head calls for closer ties with Russia
WTO head Lamy says trade deal within reach
WTO chief seeks political spasm for talks
Gaza split is an 'opportunity' for peace
Mideast conference 'disaster' without goals
Israeli, Palestinian Leaders to Meet
'ME conference unlikely to succeed'
Dahlan calls for Palestinian referendum
Deterrence had failed after Sept. 11
Fatah sees little hope of peace deal
Proche-Orient: vibrant appel à Genève
L'Iran est le grand vainqueur de la guerre
Forum de l'IISS à Genève La Suisse a son rôle
Forum de l'IISS à Genève
Sicherheits-Forum in Genf Fast 300 Experten
Der Rückzug der Löwen von Basra
Der umstrittene Rückzug
Mideast peace conference will fail
Lost in the land of no return
Pakistan awaits Sharif's return
US surge has failed - Iraqi poll
Iran 'reaches key nuclear goal'
Recent terror plots show al-Qaeda resilience
Al-Qaida will take decades to eradicate
Annual study offers a bleak vision
Global warming impact like "nuclear war"
Al Qaeda can still 'plan and coordinate'
Al-Qaeda can still plan 'spectacular' attacks
2007 marked by profound loss in US authority
NATO Wants Good Russian Relationship
NATO chief says wants trustful relationship
Al-Qa'eda 'as strong today as it was on 9/11'
Al-Qaida has revived, spread and is capable
Six years after 9/11 al-Qaeda still remains
New report's prognosis for the world
Gunmen seize armored truck carrying cash
Stark warning from leading think tank
Al-Qaida and its allies: a worldwide threat
US sufffers decline in prestige, survey says
Climate change seen as threat to security
Al-Qaida Retains Ability To Strike At West
Al Qaida still strong, report warns
Extremism, climate, main security threats
Al Qaeda 'can still stage big attacks'
Resurgent al-Qaeda capable of major attacks
Austria Arrests Three in Latest Terror Plot
US loses diplomatic clout: experts
Extremism, climate top global security agenda
A grim picture
Think tank says Iraq damages global security
Report: Terror Threat is 'High as Ever'
Sheikh's Killing a Blow to Bush
Al-Qa'eda prepares to rise again
'Al Qaida ideology stronger than ever'
Al-Qaeda has grown stronger, says study
Irak: publication du rapport
Après le Forum de l'IISS à Genève
Nations ink deal to provide safer atom power
Iran a key issue at UN nuclear conference
Burkina Faso: Innovation and Education Needed
Cooling The Clash With Iran
Al Qaeda talk sustains extremist fears
US military likely to be in Iraq for years
The Osama Disconnect
Proxy war could soon turn to direct conflict
Mass malaise is what breeds terrorism
How close to millennium development goals?
«У меня нет оптимизма по поводу Ирана»
Distrust mounting over Kosovo question
Another attempt to malign Pakistan?
Jihadist narrative still casts shadow on west
NATO's door open for French return
Naval coalition ensures maritime security
Three Cultures, Three Views of Terror
Iran 'war' warning overshadows UN talks
Pulling Out
EU Takes Swipe at Russia
UN nuclear chief faces new US criticism
Terrorism: Al-Zawahiri calls for 'cleansing'
Planning for defeat: How should we withdraw?
We must weigh the moral cost of withdrawal
Iraq: Be careful what you wish for
Army chief's concern over public
Gen Sir Richard Dannatt's speech
General warns of army-nation gulf
Army chief wants respect for troops
Army chief calls for 'appreciation'
Army chief: Iraq war 'unpopular'
Our soldiers ‘deserve US-style parades’
Embrace returning troops, pleads army chief
No sympathy for Army, says chief
Honour troops with parades, says Gen Dannatt
A lesson in patriotism from Smalltown
British troops dread coming home to barracks
British Commander Defends Basra Pullout
دحلان يحذر من فشل مؤتمر السلام وفياض يطالب بإ
Honour troops with 'welcome home parades'
General's attack on home front
IISS Sees Increasing Terrorist Threats
The year of unmitigated gloom
America's grand plan was waylaid in Iraq
Operation Groundhog Day: the final assault
Troops to get better housing and tax breaks
Troops to get council tax rebate
Al-Qaeda as powerful as ever, agree experts
Al-Quaeda posing greater threat: Lloyd's
Countries call for restraint
Troops win council tax rebate
International confab on Terrorism
NI soldiers to get rates rebate
Defence Secretary to promise troops a rebate
Al Qaeda 'ready to stage another 9/11'
Anbar made safer but critics query the cost
Giving Tommy his due
Treatment of our soldiers is a disgrace
Parade snub for Britain's returning soldiers
We don't treat our troops well enough
No new MoD budget for army housing
Housing and tax boost for forces ranks
Protests in Myanmar
Military spending to worsen security in Asia
Few welcome parades planned for soldiers
Burmese leaders warn protesters
Grenadier Guards Return Home
Britain - General warns of gap between army a
Lack of appreciation for soldiers 'sapping'
Fears over army rift with public
Unpopular wars undermine the army
Councils shamed into welcoming troops home
How will Burma's junta respond?
BB crosses the line on AQ Khan?
The World Can Live With a Nuclear Iran
This silence on the Army speaks volumes
U.N. envoy lands in Myanmar for talks
Talking truth to power
SCO could enlarge to include Pakistan
Experts Examine Challenges to Nuclear Regime
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Seven Questions: Is the Surge Working in Iraq
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Royal College of Defence Studies
On Friday 3 October 2008, IISS-Asia hosted a group of Royal College of Defence Studies visitors in our Meeting Room.
U.N. envoy lands in Myanmar for talks
Internet connections remained cut off, constricting the flow of photographs and video that had helped galvanize world opinion against the junta."The strategy is to neutralize the demonstrators, and they seem to have done that very effectively," said Tim Huxley, executive director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia.
Talking truth to power
On Thursday afternoon, I had to make a brief presentation on challenges and constraints to achieving the MDGs, along with Olga Tellis, resident editor of the Indian newspaper The Asian Age. I emphasised the importance of relations between India and Pakistan and how these generally irrational and often vicious relations impact upon the overall state of development in the region. While flying from Karachi to Mumbai, I had seen this report in a newspaper by the International Institute for...
Seven Questions: Is the Surge Working in Iraq
Toby Dodge, one of the world's foremost experts on modern-day Iraq, has been visiting the country regularly since 2003. FP recently sat down with a deeply pessimistic Dodge to get his take on U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, the surge, and the Biden-Gelb plan for partitioning Iraq.
This silence on the Army speaks volumes
General Sir Richard Dannatt must seem an increasingly turbulent priest. Warning of a growing gulf between the nation and its Army, and calling for an outward and visible sign of public esteem in homecoming parades, he risks the sword. But he does so through hard-headed professionalism. Recall what he said when he became Chief of the General Staff: "I want an Army in five years' time."
Iran's Revolutionary Guards
The Revolutionary Guards' primary role is internal security, but experts say the force assists Iran's regular army, which has about 350,000 soldiers, with external defenses. Border skirmishes during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s helped transform the guard into a conventional fighting force organized in a command authority similar to Western armies; some analysts compare it to the “old Bolshevik Red Army.” According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies,...
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