Publishing Institution:
International Security Information Service
[Archived]
The International Security Information Service (ISIS) was founded in 1989 in London to provide factual information and analysis on issues of international defence and security to parliamentarians and other interested parties. Its primary purpose has been to improve the level of understanding of these complex issues, enhance the quality of parliamentary debate in particular, and hence to help to hold the British Government to account for its foreign and defence policies. In August 1995, ISIS expanded its operation to Brussels where it established a parallel organisation, ISIS Europe, to provide a similar service to a wider European audience. ISIS Europe aim to improve the quality and range of defence and security issues discussed within and between the institutions with competencies in foreign affairs and security policy in Brussels and, increasingly, in other western and eastern European national parliaments. One of the principal means which ISIS adopts to inform and influence parliamentarians is the publication of briefing papers. These briefings and reports are prepared by experts from material collected from public sources. They are freely and openly available to politicians, civil servants, journalists and others interested in this area of public affairs. Since it was established in September 1995, ISIS Europe has published eighteen such briefings and eleven shorter briefings on developments in the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) negotiations to amend the Maastricht Treaty. ISIS Europe's specialist reports are customised for, and targeted at, key individuals and committees within the UK and many European parliaments. In order to maximise the impact of its analysis, ISIS employs methods that ensure the material is read by the right person at the most appropriate time. This requires good analytical judgement, personal contact and a trusted relationship with its clientele, and a thorough knowledge of legislative procedures and agendas. Over the past year ISIS Europe has sought to develop its contacts in central and eastern European parliaments. It is on the basis of this experience that ISIS Europe is now engaged in a research project which examines the role of the parliaments of Central and Eastern European states in influencing and scrutinising foreign and defence policy. ISIS Europe also engages actively in the work of the European Parliament, acting as a consultancy service to many of its Members and co-ordinating inter-party support for specific initiatives in the field of defence and security. For example it co-ordinates fortnightly inter-party meetings to discuss current legislative initiatives and monthly meetings of the Parliament's Arms Transfers Working Group. This group aims to influence the process of developing stricter European arms export controls and explores ways in which the EU can address the issues of surplus light weapons, illicit trafficking in conventional arms, and the furtherance 'of security first' development assistance policies. *NOTE FROM CIAO: This institution is no longer active.*
Resources:
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June 05, 2006
Developing EU Civil Military Co-ordination: The Role of the New Civilian Military Cell
By:
Giovanni Gasparini, Gerrard Quille, Stephen Pullinger (ed), Nicoletta Pirozzi, Roberto Menotti
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May 05, 2005
An Action Plan for European Defence. Implementing the Security Strategy
By:
Tomas Valasek, Giovanni Gasparini, Annalisa Monaco, Roberto Menotti, Gerard Quille, Alyson J. K. Bailes
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April 05, 2004
Tactical nuclear weapons: Europe's redundant weapons of mass destruction
By:
Hugh Beach
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March 05, 2004
Feasibility Study on the European Civil Peace Corps
By:
Catriona Gourlay
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November 05, 2003
Reducing Threats at the Source: A European Perspective on Cooperative Threat Reduction
By:
Ian Anthony
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November 05, 2003
The European Union: Tackline the threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction
By:
Gerrard Quille, Stephen Pullinger
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July 05, 2003
Making multilateralism matter: the EU Security Strategy
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Catriona Mace, Gerrard Quille
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June 05, 2003
Building an Integrated and Accountable European Security and Defence Policy
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Catriona Mace
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June 05, 2003
Combating Small Arms Light Weapons Proliferation: Scope for Action by the EU
By:
Holger Anders
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May 05, 2003
Building bridges? What role for the EU in post-war Iraq?
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Catriona Mace, Jocelyn Mawdsley
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March 05, 2003
Conflict Commodities: Addressing the Role of Natural Resources in Conflict
By:
Natalie Pauwels
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February 05, 2003
The EU Reunited? Implications of the Iraq Crisis for CFSP
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Catriona Mace, Gerrard Quille, Malin Tappert
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December 05, 2002
The European Convention and Defence
By:
Marta Martinelli, Gerrard Quille, Claire Piana, Jamie Woodbridge
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November 05, 2002
Building Conflict Prevention into the Future of Europe
By:
Claire Piana
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September 05, 2002
The Greek Presidency's Programme for the military aspects of ESDP
By:
Claire Piana, Jamie Woodbridge, Dermot Doyle
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July 05, 2002
Putting ESDP to the test: The first crisis management exercise
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Jamie Woodbridge
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May 05, 2002
The EU's progress in mainstreaming conflict prevention
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Jamie Woodbridge, Lorraine Mullally
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March 05, 2002
Putting ESDP to the test: The EU's Police Mission to Bosnia Herzegovina
By:
Jamie Woodbridge, Lorraine Mullally, Sibylle Bauer
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January 05, 2002
The Spanish Presidency's agenda for conflict prevention and civilian crisis management
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Jamie Woodbridge, Lorraine Mullally
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December 05, 2001
The Rapid Reaction Force: The EU takes stock
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Jamie Woodbridge, Lorraine Mullally, Annalisa Monaco, Natalie Pauwels
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October 05, 2001
The EU takes on Terrorism
By:
Marta Martinelli, Catriona Gourlay, Lorraine Mullally, Sibylle Bauer, Natalie Pauwels
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September 05, 2001
Towards a Coherent EU Conflict Prevention Policy in Africa: Challenges for the Belgian Presidency
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July 05, 2001
Europe Moves Forward on its Own Missile Proliferation Agenda
By:
Simon Taylor, Sibylle Bauer, Jens Mosegaard, Sharon Riggle, Thomas Sköld, Philippe Manigart
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June 05, 2001
Conflict Prevention Takes Centre Stage
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Natalie Pauwels
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May 05, 2001
Cluster Bombs: the Case for New Controls
By:
Hugh Beach
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May 05, 2001
Reinvigorating Multilateral Arms Control
By:
Herbert Wulf, Michael Brzoska
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April 05, 2001
The Fuss About Turkey
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Natalie Pauwels, Sharon Riggle, Thomas Sköld
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March 05, 2001
Developing a Proactive Approach to EU Conflict Prevention: The first steps
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Sibylle Bauer, Jens Mosegaard, Sharon Riggle, Kelly Baumgartner, Otfried Nassauer
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December 05, 2000
EU Finalises Military Tasks: Much Left To Do
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Sibylle Bauer, Sharon Riggle, Thomas Sköld, Jensen Frederik
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December 05, 2000
Enhancing the EU's Response to Violent Conflict: Moving Beyond Reaction to Preventive Action
By:
Philip Wilkinson, Stefan Lehne, Catriona Gourlay
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October 05, 2000
Military secrecy in the EU Council provokes legal challenges
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Sibylle Bauer, Jensen Frederik
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July 05, 2000
The EU Rapid Reaction Facility: A quick fix or fudge?
By:
Catriona Gourlay, Sibylle Bauer, Christopher Bollinghaus, Hiroko Kosaka, Russell Pickard
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September 05, 1998
The Future of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy
By:
Rebecca Johnson, Fraser Cameron, Alberto Navarro, Thierry Tardy, Sophia Clement, Glenys Kinnock, Tom Spencer, John Palmer, Joao de Deus Pinheiro, Christian Kudlich, Paolo Foresti, Hubert Heiss, Peter Ricketts, Elie Marcuse, Johannes Swoboda, Patricia Chilton, Maj Theorin, Stelios Stavrides, Thomas Eckert, Karen Smith, Krister Bringeus, Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine, Ognyan Minchev, Janos Vandor, Eric Remacle, Pauline Neville-Jones, Vasilij Likhachev, Peter Truscott, Jannis Sakellariou, Jesus Nunez, Claire Spencer, Birchara Khader, Alain Gresh, Lotte Leicht, Tim Hancock, David Nyheim, Francisco Rey, Bronwyn Brady, Geraldine O'Callaghan, Peter Saveiys, Brian Wood, Kiflemariam Gebrewold, Bernd Hemingway, Alyson J. K. Bailes