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MoneyWeek
March 31, 2018
According to Samantha Hoffman, a consultant with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London who is researching social credit, Beijing's core objective is to pre-empt instability that might threaten the party. “That's why social credit ideally requires both coercive aspects and nicer aspects, likeÃâà...
Polygraph.info
March 26, 2018
Michael Elleman, a senior fellow for missile defense at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), concurs. “Aegis Ashore in Japan (or Europe) is not capable of intercepting Russian or Chinese strategic missiles. It is not a threat,” he told Polygraph.info. Moreover, Russia is developing new nuclearÃâà...
Minnesota Public Radio News
March 23, 2018
Kori Schake, deputy director-general, International Institute for Strategic Studies. Frank Ledwidge argued, "No matter how you dress it up, when you conduct this kind of intervention you are fighting a war. And there's one thing the last 20 years have taught us. It's that you don't control war; it controls you.".
New York Times
March 20, 2018
The tanks labeled in the video as Abrams M1s, the most advanced American model, look more like the outdated Patton M60s. And Saudi Arabia does not have the ships needed to transport them to Iran, said Douglas Barrie, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
Kurdistan24
March 11, 2018
But investors need to see a map toward achieving that potential,” Alia Moubayed, Director for Geo-economics and Strategy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said. Moubayed, as a panelist in the forum, stated that there is a real need to promote competition in Iraq. “Iraq is located in a region which goesÃâà...
The Indian Express
March 4, 2018
As per the International Institute for Strategic Studies, China has the second biggest defence budget behind the US. 0. Shares. Share. Written by ZEESHAN SHAIKH | Beijing | Updated: March 4, 2018 11:08 am. Xi Jinping. Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening session of the Chinese People's Political ConsultativeÃâà...
Statesboro Herald
March 4, 2018
For now, all Americans can do is watch Putin share his message with the world, said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, according to BBC. “This isn't a war-fighting strategy, to have a video of attacking Florida,” he said. "This is a message. The symbolism is in the video itself. It's a rhetoricalÃâà...
Military Times
March 3, 2018
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster delivers a speech at the 2018 Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17, 2018, in Munich, Germany. The White House pushed back against a report that President Donald Trump is planning to imminently replace McMaster. (Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images).
NBCNews.com
March 2, 2018
When North Korea launched a series of increasingly potent missiles last year, analysts were left scratching their heads. How had the renegade regime's weapons program advanced so quickly? The answer may lie more than 4,000 miles away, in eastern Ukraine, according to one nuclear expert.
BBC News
March 2, 2018
... with a bullseye on the command and control centre of Washington DC. Mark Fitzpatrick, from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told the BBC: "This isn't a warfighting strategy, to have a video of attacking Florida. "This is a message. The symbolism is in the video itself. It's a rhetorical flourish."Ãâà...
New York Times
March 2, 2018
“The real surprise in among all of this is a nuclear-powered cruise missile,” said Douglas Barrie, a senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “It was talked about in the '60s, but it ran into a lot of obstacles. To the extent that the Russians are seriouslyÃâà...
CGTN America (blog)
March 1, 2018
Crime is on the rise in Rio de Janeiro and, with the Brazilian police unable to curb the violence, the federal government took the drastic measure of putting the army in charge of security. For some, it offers hope that crime and constant shootouts will be reduced. While others fear potential civil rights abuses.
Virginian-Pilot
February 28, 2018
"Although U.S. strategy is supposedly maximum pressure 'and engagement,' Joe Yun was the only one seriously trying engagement," said Mark Fitzpatrick at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank. "He is joining a large exodus of senior State Department officials who will be hard to replaceÃâà...
HuffPost UK
February 22, 2018
This has proven to be the case as last year the UK failed to reach its 2% spending target as reported in the “Military Balance” report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. This means; less care for the families of those who are returning from wars and could mean that the UK armed forces do notÃâà...
The Interpreter
February 18, 2018
The International Institute for Strategic Studies has launched the 2018 edition of The Military Balance, which tracks the development of military forces around the world. It contains a striking stat about China's naval development: OK, this is an isolated factoid, but it illustrates a deeper point about China'sÃâà...
Economic Times
February 16, 2018
We must show maturity because the future of more than a billion people who live in South Asia is at stake," Iqbal said, delivering a lecture at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London on Tuesday. "India's gesture of not coming to the SAARC summit was uncalled for - very undiplomaticÃâà...
Forces Network
February 14, 2018
The Government is under renewed pressure to boost the defence budget after a think tank claimed the UK was failing to meet its Nato spending target. Analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) suggested the UK fell just short of the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence.
Sputnik International
February 14, 2018
LONDON (Sputnik) - Europe became a global leader in terms of growth in real defense spending — spending adjusted for inflation — in 2017, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said Wednesday in its annual report that assesses the military capabilities of countries. "Europe wasÃâà...
BBC News
February 12, 2018
China's modernisation of its armed forces is proceeding faster than many analysts expected. Now, according to experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies - the IISS - in London, it is China and no longer Russia, that increasingly provides the benchmark against which Washington judges theÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
December 31, 1999
Ben Barry, senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank in London, said the government will be looking to use Carter's extensive operational experience, while also leaning on him to identify and implement the changes expected from the defense review. “DealingÃâà...
The Economist
December 31, 1999
Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies hopes that Mr Trump, having quit the deal, might cut the Europeans some slack and not enforce secondary sanctions. Ms Geranmayeh agrees that is possible but thinks it more likely that America's Treasury would allow only a grace period forÃâà...
The Conversation AU
December 31, 1999
... member of the Australian Member Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region (AU-CSCAP); non-residential fellow, Sea Power Centre Australia (Royal Australian Navy), member of Russia-NATO Experts Group; member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London;Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
The International Institute for Strategic Studies' annual report on military issues for 2017 says Saudi Arabia had the third-largest defense budget in the world behind only the United States and China. With their defense budget of almost $77 billion, the Saudis are by far the highest per capita military spendersÃâà...
St. Louis Jewish Light
December 31, 1999
He is a former director of the U.S. and Middle East offices of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Simon is the author or co-author of several books, including “The Age of Sacred Terror,” and “Our Separate Ways: The Struggle for the Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance.” His new book, “The LongÃâà...
