Stategic Influence Handbook 2016

66 67 THALES GROUP INTERNAL THALES GROUP INTERNAL IISS (I nternational I nstitute for S trategic S tudies ) 13-15 Arundel Street WC2R 3DX London UNITED KINGDOM Phone: +44 (0) 20 7379 7676 https://www.iiss.org CYBER SECURITY, DEFENCE AND MILITARYANALYSIS, STRATEGY, GEO-ECONOMICS Founded in 1958, by Sir Michael HOWARD, Denis HEALEY (former Defence Secretary) and the journalist Alastair BUCHAN, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is an international relations think tank. Originally very influential during the Cold War and focusing on nuclear deterrence and arms control, the IISS concentrates today on global authority and security. Its mission is promoting the adoption of sound policies in favour of global peace and security and maintaining civilised international relations. The IISS is particularly renowned for its annual Military Balance assessment of countries’ armed forces and for its high-powered security summits, including the Shangri-La Dialogue. • The Institute claims 2,500 Individual Members and 450 Corporate and Institutional Members from more than 100 countries. • Non-proliferation and Nuclear Policy: chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missiles, radiologi- cal terrorism • Conflict, Security and Development: hybrid threats, insecurity and vulnerability • Regional focus: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and the Gulf, South Asia, US Foreign Policy and transatlantic affairs Broadcasting medias: • Survival: Global Politics and Strategy: journal published by the IISS analysing and debating on interna- tional and strategic affairs (Last: Aug-Sep 2019, Vol. 61, Ed No. 4) • Military balance: the annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics: annual assessment published by IISS focusing on the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 coun- tries (Last: 2019 Edition, Feb 2019) • The Adelphi Series: series of books on issues of international security is the Institute’s principal contri- bution to policy-relevant, original academic research (Last: “Europe’s Strategic Future: From Crisis to Coherence?”, June 2019, Ed. 468-469) • Strategic survey: the annual review of world affairs: annual analysis published by the IISS focusing on the year’s key events in international relations (Last: 2018 Edition, Sep 2018) • Strategic comments: is the Institute’s online analysis of international security and politico-military issues. 40 issues per year (Last: Hong Kong’s protests August 2019, Vol. 25, Comment 24) • Armed conflict survey: survey published by the IISS providing yearly data on refugees and internally displaced people for all major conflicts (Last: 2019 Edition, May 2019) Events: • IISS Shangri-La Dialogue: conference on Asia–Pacific security issues featuring heads of state, defense ministers and security experts from the region and around the world (in Singapore) • IISS Manama Dialogue: annual conference in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which sees global heads of state and high-ranking ministers discuss defense and political issues related to the Middle East. • The Bahrain Bay Forum • The NATO transformation seminar • Debates and panel discussions at its offices around the world • Revenues and expenses: unknown • Funding: majority from donations, sale of its publications, memberships, commercial activites • Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon International are donators/founders (in the £100,000 and over category) Executives • Director-General and CEO: John CHIPMAN. Special Adviser to the Chairman of Reliance Industries (Mumbai) • Head of Director-General’s Office : Sophie LLEWELYN Advisory Council • Chairman: Chung MIN LEE (Former South Korea’s Ambassador for National Security Affairs from 2013–2016, Professor of International Relations) Board of Trustees Chairman: Bill EMMOTT (Independent writer and consultant. He spent 26 years at The Economist) International offices • 3 international offices acting as branches: in the USA (ISS-USA), Singapore (IISS-Asia) and Bahrain (IISS-Middle East)2013–2016, Professor of International Relations) Resources Comments Governance Thales Ranking 17 th GGTTI Ranking 4 th Worldwide non US / 2 nd Def and Secu Shangri-La Dialogue conference on Asia–Pacific security • Research programmes and policy themes • Cyber, Space and Future Conflict: cyberspace, data protection, concerns about individual right to privacy, growing ITC market, cyber crime, cyber defence • Defence and Military Analysis: military and security capabilities, reform and modernization of armed forces, impact of new technologies, defence spending and procurement, defence-industrial base, etc • Geo-economics, Geo-politics and Strategy: relationships between new centres of growth, shifts in consumption, production and innovation patterns, new forms of capitalism, problems of debt and financing, scarcity and competition over resources, regionalism, etc. Structure & Activités STRATEGIC INFLUENCE HANDBOOK - EUROPE INDEX