Books in the Adelphi series series

Provides an analysis of the trajectory of security cooperation in Asia. This book explains the rise of a complex array of security mechanisms in Asia and argues that their limited influence on Asian states' security policy derives from a combination of institutional and diplomatic shortcomings.

Explains why the industry requires further regulation, and what is wrong with the system. This book begins by defining the industry and explaining the need for more effective regulation, before analysing three types of regulation: domestic, international and informal (including self-regulation).

Analyses the economic and political vulnerability of resource-dependent countries, and assesses how resources influence the likelihood and course of conflicts. It also discusses initiatives to improve resource governance in the interest of peace.

In contrast to the common perception that the United Nations is, or should become, a system of collective security, this paper advances the proposition that the UN Security Council embodies a necessarily selective approach.

Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. This paper explains five typical strategies of terrorism and why Western thinkers fail to grasp them.

Charts the evolution of the security environment in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, assessing both the causes of insecurity and the responses to them. This paper offers suggestions on how to tackle Afghanistan's security crisis.

A paper that explains how Iran has developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability.

Examines the challenges that exist to abolishing nuclear weapons, and suggests what can be done to start overcoming them. This survey begins looks at the challenge of verifying the transition to zero. It examines how the civilian nuclear industry could be managed in a nuclear-weapon free world in such a way as to avoid rearmament.

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. The countries which will face increased risk are not necessarily the most fragile, nor those which will suffer the greatest physical effects of climate change.

Lucie Beraud-Sudreau is a Senior Researcher and Director of the Arms and Military Expenditure Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden; former IISS Research Fellow for Defence Economics and Procurement (2016-20)

In tribute to Sir Michael Howard (1922-2019) and in celebration of his life and work, this Adelphi book collects a selection of his remarks and writings for IISS publications over six decades.

Tensions over Taiwan threaten to grow into a strategic crisis, amid the background of a deteriorating relationship between China and the United States - Brendan Taylor's new Adelphi book explores the potential triggers for a conflict over Taiwan and calls for the development of robust crisis-management mechanisms to avoid escalation.

This Adelphi book addresses the consequences of Europe¿s multiple crises for its standing as a strategic actor, acknowledging its unique character and capabilities.

This collection of historical case studies examines what enabled close US-Soviet non-proliferation cooperation during the Cold War and how this earlier experience can be meaningfully applied to reviving US-Russia non-proliferation engagement today.

The book explores South Africa s complex and difficult relationship with Africa in the post-apartheid era where South Africa has struggled to translate its economic, military and diplomatic weight into tangible foreign policy successes and enduring influence on the ground.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate viable alternatives to the current US plan to modernise or replace its full triad of air-, land- and sea-based nuclear weapons.

This Paper argues that prevailing in the 'war' on terror entails containment, deterrence, out performance and engagement. Military power is secondary to intelligence, law enforcement, enlightened social policy and diplomacy. Diplomatic engagement with the Muslim world is paramount in denying al-Qaeda the 'clash of civilisations' it seeks.

This book analyses the tumultuous political, security and economic developments in Egypt from the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak to the 2015 consolidation of power by President Abdelfattah el-Sisi.