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Adelphi series

The Adelphi series is The International Institute for Strategic Studies' flagship contribution to policy-relevant, original academic research.

Eight 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.

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  1. Iraq – From War to a New Authoritarianism

    By Toby Dodge

    Series: Adelphi series

    Iraq recovered its full sovereignty at the end of 2011, with the departure of all US military forces. The 2003 invasion was undertaken to dismantle a regime that had long threatened its own population and regional peace, as well as to establish a stable, democratic state in the heart of the Middle...

    Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge

  2. The United States and European Security

    By Paul Gebhard

    Series: Adelphi series

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Asia’s Naval Expansion

    An Arms Race in the Making

    By Geoffrey Till

    Series: Adelphi series

    The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a question: are the region’s powers involved in a naval arms race? Naval development is and always has been a...

    Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace

    Economic Perspectives

    By Mats Berdal, Achim Wennmann

    Series: Adelphi series

    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...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Sanctions as Grand Strategy

    By Brendan Taylor

    Series: Adelphi series

    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...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Transforming Pakistan

    Ways Out of Instability

    By Hilary Synnott

    Series: Adelphi series

    This book argues that any strategy for dealing with Pakistan requires an understanding of the country’s complex and turbulent history and of the weaknesses of its political and other institutions. It describes how, in the absence of an inherent national identity, successive military and civilian...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Towards Nuclear Zero

    By Raimo Väyrynen, David Cortright

    Series: Adelphi series

    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...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Weary Policeman

    American Power in an Age of Austerity

    Edited by Dana Allin, Erik Jones

    Series: Adelphi series

    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...

    Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge

  9. Latin America and the Illusion of Peace

    By David R. Mares

    Series: Adelphi series

    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...

    Published May 6th 2012 by Routledge

  10. On Nuclear Deterrence

    The Correspondence of Sir Michael Quinlan

    By Tanya Ogilvie-White

    Series: Adelphi series

    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...

    Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Asia’s Power Dynamics: Military Change and its Geopolitical Effects
    By Desmond Ball, Raja Mohan, Tim Huxley, Adam Ward
    To Be Published March 29th 2013

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