Inernational Institute for Strategic Studies
Website Description: he International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict.
The
IISS, based in London, is both a limited company in UK law and a
registered charity. It has offices in the US and in Singapore with
charitable status in each jurisdiction.
The
IISS was founded in 1958 in the UK by a number of individuals
interested in how to maintain civilised international relations in the
nuclear age. Much of the Institute’s early work focused on nuclear
deterrence and arms control and was hugely influential in setting the
intellectual structures for managing the Cold War.
The
Institute grew dramatically during the 1980s and 1990s, expanding both
because of the nature of its work and its geographical scope. Its
mandate became to look at the problems of conflict, however caused,
that might have an important military content. This gave fresh impetus
to the Institute as it began to cover more comprehensively political
and military issues in all continents. As this mandate developed, the
Institute worked hard both to provide the best information and analysis
on strategic trends, and to facilitate contacts between government
leaders, business people and analysts that would lead to the
development of better public policy in the fields of international
relations and international security.
The
IISS is the primary source of accurate, objective information on
international strategic issues for politicians and diplomats, foreign
affairs analysts, international business, economists, the military,
defence commentators, journalists, academics and the informed public.
The Institute owes no allegiance to any government, or to any political
or other organisation.
The
Institute’s high-profile publications are both timely and
authoritative. They are universally regarded as providing the best
independent, internationally sourced information and commentary on the
main strategic events touching on national, regional and global
security.
The
Institute's conference activities are considered to be at the forefront
of public policy development, especially given that its convening power
is such that it can often bring government officials and others
together in formats and circumstances that they could not easily manage
for themselves.
The
Institute’s staff and governing boards are international and its
network of some 2,500 Individual Members and 450 Corporate and
Institutional Members is drawn from more than 100 countries. The IISS,
through its various activities, seeks to provide excellent information
and analysis that can improve wider public understanding of
international security problems and through its network, influence the
development of sounder public policy.
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