Topic: International Institute For Strategic Studies

U.S. pulls back from lead role in conflicts: IISS

LONDON (Reuters) - A war-weary United States will increasingly look for regional solutions to regional problems, playing a secondary "enabling" role in conflicts similar to the one it played in Libya, an influential think-tank said on Tuesday.The International Institute for Strategic Studies ...

Files from Colombia's FARC rebels show ties to Chavez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian leftist guerrillas may have tried to assassinate rivals of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and trained his supporters in urban warfare, an analysis of thousands of seized rebel documents showed on Tuesday.The study of the files seized during ...

Chinese military 'growing fast': think tank

China is building its military capability at a rapid pace but it remains a "regional power with regional concerns", the think tank IISS said in its annual report on the world's armies on Tuesday.The respected International Institute for Strategic Studies ...

East-West military gap rapidly shrinking: report

LONDON (Reuters) - Western cuts and swiftly rising defense spending in emerging economies are redrawing the global strategic map, a leading think-tank said on Tuesday, with the danger of conflicts between states also rising.In its annual Global Military Balance report, the London-based ...

Iran could make nuclear weapon in 1-2 years: IISS

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran may be able to make a nuclear weapon in as little as one or two years if it chose to do so, an influential think-tank said on Thursday.The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in a report ...

Experts question U.S. finding on Gulf tanker incident

MANAMA (Reuters) - Some military experts in the Gulf are skeptical about a U.S. statement that militants staged a mystery attack on a Japanese tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in July and are seeking more information about the incident.The strike ...

Minister warns of cyber threat

A warning from the head of the UK's electronic spying agency that the UK faces a "real and credible" threat of cyber attack has been echoed by Home Office security minister Baroness Neville-Jones.. Mr Lobban told the International Institute for Strategic ...

Neville-Jones warns of cyber threat

A warning from the head of the UK's electronic spying agency that the UK faces a "real and credible" threat of cyber attack has been echoed by Home Office security minister Baroness Neville-Jones.. Mr Lobban told the International Institute for Strategic ...

Cyber threat 'real and credible': GCHQ

Critical infrastructure could be damaged by cyber attacks from hostile states and criminals, the head of intelligence agency GCHQ warned Wednesday.In a rare public speech, Iain Lobban said the nation's infrastructure -- such as power grids and emergency services -- was at ...
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are expected to dominate an Asia-Pacific security forum in Singapore this weekend to be addressed by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak.US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young and other top officials will ...