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.
Yemen and the Politics of Permanent Crisis
1st Edition
By Sarah Phillips
July 05, 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
March 18, 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
November 24, 2010
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
December 23, 2010
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 ...
North Korean Reform: Politics, Economics and Security
1st Edition
By Robert L. Carlin, Joel Wit
July 11, 2006
In the past, foreign policy and security concerns have trumped any efforts to reform the North Korean economy. Today, the linkage between security and economic policies is being reconsidered as part of a larger debate in the North Korean leadership that has already transformed the country in ...
Regulating the Private Security Industry
1st Edition
By Sarah Percy
January 05, 2007
The under-regulation of the private security industry has increasingly become a topic of media and academic interest. This Adelphi Paper enters the debate by explaining why the industry requires further regulation, and what is wrong with the current system. It begins by briefly defining the ...
Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace: Economic Perspectives
1st Edition
By Mats Berdal, Achim Wennmann
September 01, 2010
The transition from war to peace is fraught with tension and the risk of a return to bloodshed. With so much at stake, it is crucial that the international community and local stakeholders make sense of the complex mosaic of challenges, to support a lasting, inclusive and prosperous peace. Recent ...
Sanctions as Grand Strategy
1st Edition
By Brendan Taylor
May 06, 2010
Economic sanctions are becoming increasingly central to shaping strategic outcomes in the twenty-first century. They afford great powers a means by which to seek to influence the behaviour of states, to demonstrate international leadership and to express common values for the benefit of the ...
Towards Nuclear Zero
1st Edition
By Raimo Väyrynen, David Cortright
April 28, 2010
Rarely in the atomic age have hopes been raised as high as they are now for genuine progress toward disarmament. The new receptivity reflected in the policy declarations of many governments was sparked by a wave of private initiatives led by former senior policy leaders in many countries. This ...
Climate Conflict: How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do about It
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Mazo
March 22, 2010
Climate change has been a key factor in the rise and fall of societies and states from prehistory to the recent fighting in the Sudanese state of Darfur. It drives instability, conflict and collapse, but also expansion and reorganisation. The ways cultures have met the climate challenge provide ...
Building Asia’s Security
1st Edition
By Nick Bisley
January 07, 2010
This book provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trajectory of security cooperation in the world’s most economically dynamic and strategically uncertain region. It explains the rapid rise of a complex array of security mechanisms in Asia and argues that their limited ...