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The International Institute for Strategic Studies The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a world-leading authority on global security, po

The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict.

What would disappear most critically with US withdrawal from or non-participation in NATO is not mass but integration | ...
18/06/2026

What would disappear most critically with US withdrawal from or non-participation in NATO is not mass but integration | Ruben Stewart on a European way of war without the United States.

FREE TO READ | https://go.iiss.org/3QhWLqZ

Failure to address the Myanmar conflict will undermine regional security, as transnational threats intensify and spread ...
17/06/2026

Failure to address the Myanmar conflict will undermine regional security, as transnational threats intensify and spread from the country's ungoverned and conflict-affected areas.

This chapter examines the opportunities and challenges of an enhanced role for Thailand – under ASEAN's existing Five-Point Consensus – in resolving the post-coup conflict.

Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2026 | Analysis by Morgan Michaels, Research Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, IISS

Find out more: https://go.iiss.org/4uE6tms

Read the June–July 2026 issue of the IISS’s bimonthly journal – Survival – covering strategic issues of the moment. Avai...
16/06/2026

Read the June–July 2026 issue of the IISS’s bimonthly journal – Survival – covering strategic issues of the moment.

Available here: https://go.iiss.org/44iiIJD

What did this year’s IISS Shangri-La Dialogue reveal about the Indo-Pacific’s changing security landscape? Meia Nouwens ...
16/06/2026

What did this year’s IISS Shangri-La Dialogue reveal about the Indo-Pacific’s changing security landscape?

Meia Nouwens and IISS experts Veerle Nouwens, Darshana M. Baruah, Morgan Michaels and Dr Daniel Salisbury reflect on the major speeches, themes and debates from the Dialogue, from US–China dynamics and maritime security to Myanmar, strategic stability and regional resilience.

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Sounds Strategic: https://go.iiss.org/43oLtnL

What role does Germany play in Europe’s nuclear security order? Following our recent post on the new ARTE documentary ex...
14/06/2026

What role does Germany play in Europe’s nuclear security order?

Following our recent post on the new ARTE documentary exploring Europe’s changing security landscape and the future of transatlantic security guarantees, we are highlighting a related episode of The Arms Control Primer: Better know a non-nuke: Germany.

In this episode, host Dr Alexander Bollfrass is joined by Prof Marina Henke and Prof Andreas Lutsch to discuss Germany’s post-war nuclear trajectory, from early ambitions and NATO’s nuclear-sharing arrangements to accession to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and today’s renewed debate over deterrence in Europe amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

🎧 Listen now: link in bio

India, Indonesia and Japan are modernising their land forces in markedly different ways. This chapter examines what's dr...
13/06/2026

India, Indonesia and Japan are modernising their land forces in markedly different ways. This chapter examines what's driving – and constraining – each approach, and what it means for Asia-Pacific security.

Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2026 | Analysis by Henry Boyd, Senior Fellow for Military Capability and Data Assessment, IISS

Find out more: https://go.iiss.org/3Q97UtY

Indonesia has signed 87 bilateral defence and security commitments with 36 countries worldwide in the last 25 years. Thi...
12/06/2026

Indonesia has signed 87 bilateral defence and security commitments with 36 countries worldwide in the last 25 years. This plethora of non-binding commitments, however, has not had far-reaching effects for Indonesia’s military effectiveness or defence readiness.

Read the full analysis from Evan A. Laksmana: https://go.iiss.org/3Q37jKg

IISS Shangri-La Dialogue | | go.iiss.org/SLD26

The risk of nuclear conflict is rising, with the world on the cusp of a nuclear-arms race centred on the Asia-Pacific. C...
12/06/2026

The risk of nuclear conflict is rising, with the world on the cusp of a nuclear-arms race centred on the Asia-Pacific. China's expanding military capabilities and North Korea's growing arsenal are driving the assertive force postures and procurement decisions of regional states and the US.

Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2026 | Analysis by Dr Daniel Salisbury, Senior Fellow for Nuclear Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, IISS

Find out more: https://go.iiss.org/3S5ephY

Delivery drones have the potential to significantly benefit force sustainment and operational design, with commercial de...
11/06/2026

Delivery drones have the potential to significantly benefit force sustainment and operational design, with commercial delivery networks providing an important industrial base for military resupply missions.

➡️Read the latest analysis from Rex Fox O'Loughlin: https://go.iiss.org/4v1mh2U

Gulf investment in artificial intelligence has brought with it key jurisdictional, technological and security-related de...
11/06/2026

Gulf investment in artificial intelligence has brought with it key jurisdictional, technological and security-related dependencies on the United States.

Current Gulf strategies reflect an effort to manage these dependencies, but key factors such as changes in export conditions, hardware developments and the direction of sovereign capital will determine if these dependencies deepen or are resolved in the medium term.

Read the latest analysis: https://go.iiss.org/4vuGVYM

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