International Institute for Strategic Studies
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) describes itself as 'the world's leading authority on political-military conflict.
Its website notes:
- 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.
Pushing the bombing of Iran
In April 2006 The Institute was involved in briefing the media in which the BBC reported that Iran was 'on course' to develop nuclear weapons in 'three years'. On being challenged the Institute backed down slightly.[1]
Notes
^ The BBC, Iran and the Bomb The Cat's Blog, Wednesday, April 12, 2006