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Adelphi series

About the Book Series

The Adelphi series is The International Institute for Strategic Studies' flagship contribution to policy-relevant, original academic research.

Six books are published each year. They provide rigorous analysis of contemporary strategic and defence topics that is useful to politicians and diplomats, as well as academic researchers, foreign-affairs analysts, defence commentators and journalists.

160 Series Titles


European Security after the Cold War Part II

European Security after the Cold War: Part II

1st Edition

Edited By Various
April 15, 2005

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....

Border Security in the Balkans Europe Gatekeepers

Border Security in the Balkans: Europe Gatekeepers

1st Edition

By Alice Hills
March 09, 2005

Borders dominate the security agenda in South-east Europe. Political and ethnic discontents focus on disputed borders, while traffickers in migrants and drugs ignore them.The EU argues that the Balkan countries should develop models of border management using its policing standards, but the region ...

Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Order

Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Order

1st Edition

By William Walker
March 08, 2005

First Published in 2005. How should the 'problem of order' associated with weapons of mass destrcution be understood and addressed today?  Have the problem and its solution been misconceived and misrepresented, as manifested by the problematic aftermath of Iraq War?  Has 9/11 rendered ...

The Strategic Implications of European Integration

The Strategic Implications of European Integration

1st Edition

By Jopp Matthias
February 15, 2005

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....

Understanding Contemporary International Arms Transfers

Understanding Contemporary International Arms Transfers

1st Edition

By David Mussington
February 15, 2005

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....

The United States and European Security

The United States and European Security

1st Edition

By Paul Gebhard
February 14, 2005

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....

Counter-terrorism Containment and Beyond

Counter-terrorism: Containment and Beyond

1st Edition

By Jonathan Stevenson
January 01, 2005

The 9/11 attacks revealed that the transnational terrorist threat facing the US and its partners was far more dangerous than most had previously discerned. It was now clear that al-Qaeda intended to, and could threaten the West’s – particularly the US’ – political and military leverage, with the ...

Reshaping Defence Diplomacy New Roles for Military Cooperation and Assistance

Reshaping Defence Diplomacy: New Roles for Military Cooperation and Assistance

1st Edition

By Andrew Cottey
June 30, 2004

Analyses changing patterns of international military cooperation and assistance and shows that Western defence diplomacy is increasingly being directed towards new goals. The new defence diplomacy runs alongside the old and there are tensions between the two, in particular between the new goal of ...

Human Rights and Counter-terrorism in America's Asia Policy

Human Rights and Counter-terrorism in America's Asia Policy

1st Edition

By Rosemary Foot
March 31, 2004

This book examines the effects of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of 11 September 2001 on America's human rights and counter-terrorism policies towards a number of countries in Asia. Five countries have been chosen for examination, divided into two front-lines states (Pakistan and ...

Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism

Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism

1st Edition

By Ken Menkhaus
March 31, 2004

This work explores Somalia's state collapse and the security threats posed by Somalia's prolonged crisis. Communities are reduced to lawlessness, and the interests of commercial elites have shifted towards rule of law, but not a revived central state. Terrorists have found Somalia ...

Defence Reform in Croatia and Serbia--Montenegro

Defence Reform in Croatia and Serbia--Montenegro

1st Edition

By Timothy Edmunds
January 31, 2004

This book examines defence reform in Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro since 2000, focussing particularly on the institution and consolidation of democratic and civilian control of the armed forces, the reform of conflict-era forces structures, and the influence of the West including defence assistance...

Political Islam in Southeast Asia Moderates, Radical and Terrorists

Political Islam in Southeast Asia: Moderates, Radical and Terrorists

1st Edition

By Angel Rabasa
September 30, 2003

Provides an overview of the evolution of political Islam in South-east Asia.  Analyses the sources of relgious radicalism and assesses the regional terrorist and radical networks. Describes how secular democratic institutions can be strengthened, and how moderate and tolerant tendencies can be...

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