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January 2010

  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Agence France Presse - Asia bolsters defences as West feels pinch: IISS Military Balance 2010Asian states led by China and India are surging ahead with military spending as they recover strongly from the global slowdown, while Europe and the US feel the military pinch, a study said Wednesday. The US military remains "under severe strain" due to ongoing Iraq operations and its 30,000-strong surge in Afghanistan, said the respected annual "Military Balance" reby the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - China, India boost defence as crisis takes toll on West Military Balance 2010China and India sharply raised defence spending in 2009 despite the economic crisis but most European NATO members face a squeeze on defence budgets as they rein in gaping deficits, a report said on Wednesday. The impact of the global financial crisis on defence and security spending varied across regions and countries, the International Institute for Strategic Studies thinktank said in its annual report "The Military Balance".
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - The Age - US changes battle plan as challenges rise Military Balance 2010The reappraisal coincides with the publication of the respected annual Military Balance report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies which found that: ''Both Obama and Gates have signalled that fiscal realities will necessitate a dramatic re-prioritisation within defence spending The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said the total amount of money spent on world defense budgets rose from $1.3 trillion (euro930 billion) to $1.55 trillion between 2006 and 2008, and l
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Defence analysts warn Taliban reintegration plan could be 'complex' Military Balance 2010The strategy to reach a "negotiated peace" in Afghanistan by wooing moderate elements in the Taliban insurgency are welcome, but could turn out to be more complex than expected, defence analysts in London warned Wednesday. "The Afghan insurgency is complex," the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in its Military Balance 2010 - the group's annual assessment of global military capabilities.
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Indo-Asian News Service - 'Pakistan pussyfooting on Taliban' Military Balance 2010Pakistan's refusal to crack down on the Afghan Taliban in a bid to achieve "strategic depth" against India will weaken global efforts to negotiate a peace in Afghanistan, a senior British expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Wednesday.
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Radio Free Europe - Global Military Spending Unaffected By Recession Military Balance 2010The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a leading British think tank, says the total amount of money spent on world defense budgets rose to $1.55 trillion in 2008, and likely continued to climb further last year.
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Press Trust of India - 'India's scepticism about Taliban complicates picture' Military Balance 2010India's scepticism about the wisdom to distinguish between bad and reconcilable Taliban in Afghanistan is complicating the picture in the war-torn country, a leading London-based think tank said today. Integration of Taliban who accept the current political dispensation in Afghanistan is a necessary goal, John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive of the International institute for Strategic Studies said.
  • 03 Feb 2010 - - Reuters - Iran says launches satellite rocket Military Balance 2010Mark Fitzpatrick at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the launch was one of a series and "not particularly more significant than the last one or the next one." "They contribute to Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, but do not foretell an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) capability or anything else capable of threatening Western Europe or the U.S. homeland," Fitzpatrick said. The impact of the global financial crisis on defence and security spending varied ac
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