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| | International Institute for Strategic Studies - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), according to the organization's web site, "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." |
 | | It further states: "Because of its network, international reach, and high-level contacts with governments throughout the world, the IISS, more than any other institute of its kind, has tremendous 'convening power', and regularly brings together ministers and government officials from different countries in order to discuss problems that divide or unite them. |
 | | Its current roster of around 200 Corporate and Institutional Members includes some 55 research centres and institutes, 25 media organisations, 35 government ministries and agencies and 40 commercial organisations along with numerous military staff colleges and university departments. |
| www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies (356 words) |
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