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.
Protecting Critical Infrastructures Against Cyber-Attack
1st Edition
By Stephen Lukasik
September 30, 2003
The threat that is posed by "cyber-warriors" is illustrated by recent incidents such as the Year 2000 "Millennium Bug". Strategies to reduce the risk that cyber-attack poses, at both individual and national level, are described and compared with the actions being taken by a number of Western ...
Strategic Implications of HIV/AIDS
1st Edition
By Stefan Elbe
August 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...
The Role of the G8 in International Peace and Security
1st Edition
By Risto Penttilä
July 30, 2003
This Adelphi Paper is the first concise yet comprehensive analysis of the role of the G8 in international peace and security. It argues that the G7/8 has a long and impressive history in the field of international security. The G7/8 has, for example, spearheaded the introduction of "low politics" ...
Iraq at the Crossroads: State and Society in the Shadow of Regime Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Toby Dodge
March 31, 2003
A war against Iraq will spur radical changes in the way the country is governed, how its people live, and its relationship to its neighbours and to the West. This book depicts the evolution of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and describes each side's battle plan and the war's likely aftermath....
Towards a Brave New Arms Industry?
1st Edition
By Richard Bitzinger
March 31, 2003
In the post-Cold War era, most countries have been forced to radically reduce their arms industries, and abandoned self-sufficiency in favour of a subordinate role in an increasingly globalized worldwide defence industry. This has significant implications for the future of armaments production, for...
European Crisis Management and Defence: The Search for Capabilities
1st Edition
By Hans-Christian Hagman
January 31, 2003
Assesses the EU and NATO's tools to prevent conflicts and manage international crises. It offers a unique insight into European security policy and questions the realism of the political goals. It argues for more coordination among European states, and an enhancement of the EU's strategic ...
Investing in Peace: Aid and Conditionality after Civil Wars
1st Edition
By James K. Boyce
November 30, 2002
This book analyzes the provision of aid to countries that have undergone negotiated settlements to civil wars, drawing on recent experiences in Bosnia, Cambodia, El Salvador, and Guatemala. It focuses on the potential for peace conditionality, linking aid to steps to implement accords and ...
Disintegrating Indonesia?: Implications for Regional Security
1st Edition
By Tim Huxley
September 30, 2002
Since the collapse of President Suharto's New Order regime in 1998 and the international intervention in East Timor in 1999, there has been much speculation in South-east Asia and the West over whether Indonesia - weakened by economic difficulties, social distresses and political instability - has ...
Intervention in Contemporary World Politics
1st Edition
By Neil Macfarlane
September 30, 2002
Examines multilateral interventions in civil conflicts and the evolution of the role of such interventions in world politics. It focuses primarily on the Cold War and post-Cold War eras and the differences between them. It contests the notion that there is an emerging norm of humanitarian ...
NATO's Balkan Interventions
1st Edition
By Dana H. Allin
August 31, 2002
Examines NATO's Balkan interventions over the entire decade starting with the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992. Focusing on the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, it traces the record of early transatlantic failures and later successes as once bitterly divided allies were able, finally, to unite around some ...
The Strategic Implications of China's Energy Needs
1st Edition
By Philip Andrews-Speed, Xuanli Liao, Roland Dannreuther
August 31, 2002
China is frequently described as a threat to regional and global stability and its rapidly rising demand for imported energy is seens as one cause of this threat. This book shows that domestic politics and foreign policy have both played a part in China's recent major energy policy decisions. ...
Saudi Arabia and the Illusion of Security
1st Edition
By J.E. Peterson
August 30, 2002
This paper examines Saudi Arabia's security from the Saudi point of view, concentrating on internal challenges to the country's security as well as external threats. It also surveys US-Saudi relations in the aftermath of the terrorist strikes of the 11th of September 2001....