Strategic Survey 2003/4 reviews the key strategic, political, economic and foreign-policy developments of 2003 and the first quarter of 2004. Through factual accounts, analysis and background data, it examines the significant issues of the year in their political contexts and identifies the trends in international security.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs. Since 1997 its headquarters have been Arundel House in London, England.
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, while Transparify ranked it third-largest UK think tank by expenditure, but gave it its lowest rating, 'deceptive', on funding transparency.