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August 2009

  • 30 Aug 2009 - - Sudan Tribune - Eritrea worlds second biggest militarized state -report Military Balance 2009 The Military Balance 2009 annual assessment report has placed Eritrea as the worlds second most militarized country. The Military Balance report by the International Institute for Strategic studies (IISS) for 2009 was released in terms of numbers of soldiers per million of population. It has released the five most heavily defended states of the world.
  • 28 Aug 2009 - - Reuters - West wants Russia, China to back tough Iran steps IISS LogoThe agency said Iran had agreed to let the IAEA expand its monitoring at Iran's enrichment plant at Natanz. But Mark Fitzpatrick of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies did not see that as a significant step. "While acknowledging Iran's last-minute cooperation in allowing the IAEA to better verify current nuclear activities, the report underscores that Iran continues to stonewall on answering the series of critical questions about suspicious past activities," Fitzpatrick said.
  • 28 Aug 2009 - - Reuters - Iran Slows Nuclear Pace But Bomb Suspicions Grow IISS LogoMark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the report showed Tehran was continuing to stonewall questions about suspicious past activities despite "last-minute" cooperation. "The number of newly installed centrifuges is also disturbing. Iran has been eager to install as many as possible, so that if it goes into negotiations that require a freeze on the number, it will start off from a much higher position."
  • 26 Aug 2009 - - VOA News - Ukrainians Disillusioned with 'Orange Revolution' IISS LogoOksana Antonenko, with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), says the "Orange Revolution" had a dramatic effect on Ukrainian politics. "That is Ukraine now has a pluralist society where different points of view are represented within the political elite - and where there is a genuine choice for the electorate of what kind of ideas and what kind of ideology they support when they go to the polls. And I think one should not diminish the importance of that achievement, given th
  • 25 Aug 2009 - - Reuters - No Iran atom expansion since May IISS LogoIran may be slowing enrichment growth believing its uranium fuel stockpile is "perilously close to crossing an Israeli red line," said Mark Fitzpatrick, senior non-proliferation fellow at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.
  • 25 Aug 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - The Army is too small to fight all of the battles facing Britain William Hague speaks on "The Future of British Foreign Policy with a Conservative Government”. But how might the Tory vision differ? In a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in July, the shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, warned of "strategic shrinkage". Britain stands to lose significant ability to shape world affairs unless we take remedial action, he argued; a Tory SDR "must be focused not on whether Britain should be able to project military force elsewhere in the world but how it will do so".
  • 20 Aug 2009 - - Economist - Splashing, and clashing, in murky waters IISS LogoBut some naval types say tackling barefoot Somalis with bazookas is not the best use of large warships. They feel that tackling a skiff is an odd thing to do with a ship costing hundreds of millions, says Jason Alderwick, an analyst with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Nor are warships always ideal for the job. A naval craft may take 20 minutes to send a helicopter to a nearby merchant vessel in danger. That is easily enough time for pirates to seize a ship; once that happe
  • 19 Aug 2009 - - IISS Press Release - Senior Government Officials and International Experts Prepare for 7th IISS Global Strategic Global Strategic Review 2009The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will bring together over three hundred and fifty senior government officials, leading researchers, and many of the Institutes influential members from around the world to discuss and address some of the worlds most critical issues at the 7th IISS Global Strategic Review (GSR), to be held in Geneva from 11 to 13 September 2009.
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