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.
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....
Globalisation and Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century: NATO and the Management of Risk
1st Edition
By Christopher Coker
July 30, 2002
Discusses the impact of globalisation on security in the West and in particular the way it has changed the nature of NATO as well as its security agenda....
Security Sector Reform: Issues, Challenges and Prospects
1st Edition
By Jane Chanaa
July 30, 2002
Over the last decade, the failure of countries to emerge from conflict and the rise of 'failed states' has focused attention on state security sectors. External actors involved in 'protectorates' such as Kosovo and East Timor and peace agreements such as Cambodia, El Salvador or Bosnia have come ...
From Congo to Kosovo: Civilian Police in Peace Operations
1st Edition
By Annika S Hansen
June 30, 2002
An examination of the role of civilian police in peace operations, which has expanded greatly since the early 1990s and has culminated in international policemen assuming responsibility for law and order in Kosovo and East Timor. It looks at the way civilian police play a critical role in reforming...
Wither Iran?: Reform, Domestic Politics and National Security
1st Edition
By Shahram Chubin
April 30, 2002
Terrorism and the Middle East are often connected. The fear that these will be a future source of threat with weapons of mass destruction, notably nuclear or biological weapons, has grown in recent years. This book looks at the politics of one important state in the region - Iran&...
Ballistic-Missile Defence and Strategic Stability
1st Edition
By Dean A. Wilkening
February 28, 2002
Should the US deploy ballistic-missile defences? The arguments for and against are becoming increasingly polarised. This paper offers what is currently lacking in the debate: a quantitative analysis of how well defences would have to work to meet specific security objectives, and what level of ...
A New Trusteeship?: The International Administration of War-torn Territories
1st Edition
By Richard Caplan
August 31, 2001
This paper analyses and assesses the effectiveness of international administrations of war-torn territories and discusses the key issues - strategic, political, and economic - that arise in the context of these experiences. It reflects on the policy implications of these experiences and ...
Continuity and Change in Israeli Security Policy
1st Edition
By Mark A. Heller
July 30, 2000
How should Israel respond to the changing external threats that confront it? This paper argues that the country's traditional security concept is obsolete and must be reformulated. How this is achieved depends on developments within the Middle East and on the outcome of current shifts in Israel's ...