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.
Iran under Ahmadinejad: The Politics of Confrontation
1st Edition
By Ali M. Ansari
March 31, 2008
The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 2005 thrust Iran into the international limelight in a way that few would have predicted. Robust, confrontational and given to bombastic rhetoric, Ahmadinejad has drawn condemnation from the West ...
Repairing the Damage: Possibilities and Limits of Transatlantic Consensus
1st Edition
By Dana H. Allin, Gilles Andréani, Gary Samore, Philippe Errera
March 31, 2008
The damage that has been done to the transatlantic alliance will not be repaired through grand architectural redesigns or radical new agendas. Instead, the transatlantic partners need to restore their consensus and cooperation on key security challenges with a limited agenda that reflects the ...
The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
1st Edition
By Cyrus Hodes, Mark Sedra
March 31, 2008
By the middle of 2007, Afghans had become increasingly disillusioned with a state-building process that had failed to deliver the peace dividend that they were promised. For many Afghans, the most noticeable change in their lives since the fall of the Taliban has been an acute deterioration in ...
Military Reform and Democratisation: Turkish and Indonesian Experiences at the Turn of the Millennium
1st Edition
By Karabekir Akkoyunlu
November 15, 2007
There is no recipe for democratisation that can be readily applied to all countries. Every country presents unique factors that influence the fate of its democratic reforms, which must therefore be evaluated within their specific socio-political, cultural and historical context. Building on this ...
Contemporary Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: The Threat to International Security
1st Edition
By Martin N. Murphy
August 17, 2007
Do piracy and maritime terrorism, individually or together, present a threat to international security, and what relationship if any exists between them? Piracy may be a marginal problem in itself, but the connections between organised piracy and wider criminal networks and corruption on land make ...
Developing the Mekong: Regionalism and Regional Security in China–Southeast Asian Relations
1st Edition
By Evelyn Goh
August 09, 2007
In Southeast Asia, China’s growing economic and political strength has been accompanied by adept diplomacy and active promotion of regional cooperation, institutions and integration. Southeast Asian states and China engage in ‘strategic regionalism’: they seek regional membership for regime ...
Network Centric Warfare: Coalition Operations in the Age of US Military Primacy
1st Edition
By Paul T. Mitchell
March 14, 2007
Since its emergence in 1998, the concept of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) has become a central driver behind America’s military ‘transformation’ and seems to offer the possibility of true integration between multinational military formations. Even though NCW, or variations on its themes, has been ...
Nuclear Superiority: The 'New Triad' and the Evolution of American Nuclear Strategy
1st Edition
By David S. McDonough
March 14, 2007
In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a ‘new triad’ based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure. The new triad is designed for a new strategic threat environment, characterized not by a long-standing nuclear ...
Myanmar's Foreign Policy: Domestic Influences and International Implications
1st Edition
By Jurgen Haacke
August 18, 2006
Against the background of its problematic human-rights record and the military regime's continued extra-constitutional rule, Myanmar has faced mounting diplomatic pressure from the international community since the renewed detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in May 2003. This Adelphi Paper examines ...
Syria under Bashar al-Asad: Modernisation and the Limits of Change
1st Edition
By Volker Perthes
July 28, 2006
Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. ...
The Transformation of Strategic Affairs
1st Edition
By Lawrence Freedman
July 25, 2006
This book analyzes the strategic implications of the shift in focus for the US Armed Forces from regular to irregular war. Lawrence Freedman closely examines the difficulty the US Armed Forces face in shifting their focus from preparing for regular wars, in which combat is separated from civil ...
Libya and Nuclear Proliferation: Stepping Back from the Brink
1st Edition
By Wyn Q. Bowen
May 16, 2006
This Adelphi Paper examines the motives behind Libya’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, from Gadhafi’s rise to power in 1969 through to the end of 2003. It also assesses the proliferation pathways that the regime followed during this period, including early dependence on Soviet technology ...