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The stunning results from Iran's 14 June election showed the desire for change. Among other frustrations, Iranians are fed up with their faltering economy, with the international sanctions that are increasingly choking off trade and with a leadership that has proven incapable of relie...
As an upbeat and peaceful uprising quickly and brutally descended into a zero-sum civil war, Syria crumbled from a regional player into an arena in which a multitude of local and foreign actors compete. The volatile regional fault lines that run through Syria have ruptured during this...
By Jenny Nielsen , Research Analyst, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Programme Egypt has walked out of talks on the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) this week, over the slow progress on the establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East (MEWMDFZ). The u...
Despite predictions in policy circles and mainstream media about the impending fall of the Assad government in Syria, his regime has proven resilient throughout the civil war and little analysis has so far been given to the tactics and structures that have protected it. Having examine...
Deciphering the chemical and biological weapons capabilities of any country is a challenge. Chemical weapons (CW) programmes are difficult to trace because many of the facilities potentially involved in military activities are dual-use, with legitimate peaceful purposes, and are relat...
This is the fourth and final event of the IISS Arctic Forum, which aims to bolster debate on issues relevant to the strategic framework in the region through a series of workshops, discussion meetings and publications focusing on geoeconomics, geopolitics, and military and security co...
Cyber security has evolved into a highly complex competition between states, involving both their national security prerogatives and sovereign interests. Given the global design of information infrastructure and diverging national capabilities in developing and using ICTs, however, go...
Based on the missiles and mobile launchers provided by Egypt, Pyongyang embarked on a national programme in the early 1980s to build an indigenous version of the Scud-B missile, thought to be designated the Hwasong-5 (Mars-5). Logic dictates that Pyongyang must have built new faciliti...
