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.
Weary Policeman: American Power in an Age of Austerity
1st Edition
By The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
October 11, 2012
As another presidential election looms, the America’s role in global affairs and security has emerged as one of the campaign’s great battle lines. The struggle not just to define but also to preserve American power is no modern phenomenon: questions of intervention and projection have dominated the...
Latin America and the Illusion of Peace
1st Edition
By David R. Mares
August 16, 2012
This book explores interstate conflict and its dynamics in the context of Latin America’s contemporary conflict management experience. The myth of Latin America as a region of peace means that each time the use of force rises to the level of global attention (e.g., Ecuador-Peru 1995 or ...
Drugs, Insecurity and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition
1st Edition
By Nigel Inkster, Virginia Comolli
June 21, 2012
The world’s wealthiest nations have expended vast blood and treasure in tracking and capturing traffickers, dealers and consumers of narcotics, as well as destroying crops and confiscating shipments. Yet the global trade in illicit drugs is thriving, with no apparent change in the level of ...
Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement: Principles vs Pragmatism
1st Edition
By William Potter, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova
April 03, 2012
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is the largest and most diverse political grouping of states engaged on issues related to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. Drawing on the authors’ first-hand experiences as members of NAM observer-state delegations in NPT and IAEA negotiations, as well as ...
Afghanistan: to 2015 and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Toby Dodge, Nicholas Redman
February 13, 2012
As the international security forces prepare to depart from Afghanistan, this Adelphi turns attention to the ability of a ravaged country to tackle its myriad security problems, overcome crippling poverty and corruption and somehow revive its devastated economy. The government faces daunting ...
Cyberspace and the State: Towards a Strategy for Cyber-Power
1st Edition
By David J. Betz, Tim Stevens
January 26, 2012
The major aim of Cyberspace and the State is to provide conceptual orientation on the new strategic environment of the Information Age. It seeks to restore the equilibrium of policy-makers which has been disturbed by recent cyber scares, as well as to bring clarity to academic debate on the subject...
On Nuclear Deterrence: The Correspondence of Sir Michael Quinlan
1st Edition
By Tanya Ogilvie-White
October 20, 2011
This timely book, published in the lead up to the 2012-14 decision on Trident renewal, makes available for the first time the late Sir Michael Quinlan’s private correspondence on nuclear deterrence. It shows why Sir Michael, as Policy Director and then Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence...
Yemen and the Politics of Permanent Crisis
1st Edition
By Sarah Phillips
July 06, 2011
The Middle East is in the midst of considerable and unpredictable changes, but deeply patrimonial political systems do not change overnight – and neither do the international and regional structures that have helped them to endure for so long. The informal rules that guide Yemeni society and its ...
No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security
1st Edition
By Jonathan D. Pollack
May 17, 2011
This book chronicles the political-military development of the Korean Peninsula since 1945, with particular attention to North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear technology and nuclear weapons, and how it has shaped Northeast Asian security and non-proliferation policy and influenced the strategic choices ...
Deterrence During Disarmament: Deep Nuclear Reductions and International Security
1st Edition
By James Acton
April 13, 2011
There is a broad sense in both Russia and the United States that deep nuclear reductions—a goal endorsed by both governments—would constitute a risky step into the unknown and could undermine international security. However, until now, the reasons behind these concerns—and whether they are ...
Europe and Global Security
1st Edition
By Bastian Giegerich
April 07, 2011
In the twenty-first century, the European Union is confronted by myriad security problems that demand concerted action and cooperation. As a negotiating power, it seeks to persuade Iran to forswear a nuclear weapons programme. As a crisis manager it seeks to contribute to global peace and stability...
Trapped Giant: China's Military Rise
1st Edition
By Jonathan Holslag
April 07, 2011
Emboldened by economic strength and growing military power, China is emerging as a challenger to US dominance in the Pacific. But its promised peaceful rise has done little to convince regional powers that it will not use force to press longstanding territorial claims or attempt sea-denial ...