International Institute for Strategic Studies

International Institute for Strategic Studies
AbbreviationIISS
Formation1958 (1958)
TypeInternational relations think tank
HeadquartersLondon, England, United Kingdom
51°30′41″N 0°06′49″W / 51.511502°N 0.113550°W / 51.511502; -0.113550
Director-General and Chief Executive
Bastian Giegerich
Websitewww.iiss.org

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is an international research institute or think tank focusing on defence and security issues. Since 1997, its headquarters have been at Arundel House in London.[1] It has offices on four continents, producing data and research on questions of defence, security and global affairs, publishing publications and online analysis, and convening major security summits.[2] The Guardian newspaper has described the IISS as ‘one of the world’s leading security think tanks.’[3]

The current Director-General and Chief Executive is Bastian Giegerich while Sir John Chipman is the Executive Chairman.

The 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index ranked IISS as the tenth-best think tank worldwide and the second-best Defence and National Security think tank globally,[4] while Transparify ranked it third-largest UK think tank by expenditure, but gave it its lowest rating, "deceptive", on funding transparency.[5]

  1. ^ "Contact Us". IISS. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ "The IISS launches The Military Balance 2023, analysing Russia and Ukraine's military forces and China's military modernisation". IISS. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (7 September 2010). "Al-Qaida and Taliban threat is exaggerated, says security thinktank". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ McGann, James G. (31 January 2018). "2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  5. ^ Transparify (16 November 2018). "Pressure grows on UK think tanks that fail to disclose their funders". Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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