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1. Asia’s Power Dynamics

   Military Change and its Geopolitical Effects

   By Desmond Ball, Raja Mohan, Tim Huxley, Adam Ward

   Series: Adelphi series

   This Adelphi examines defence procurement in Asia against a backdrop of the region’s fragmented security infrastructure. The overlapping alliances, multilateral bodies and regional dialogues are ill-equipped to respond to the changing balance of power, since there is no unified forum through which...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
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. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. Drugs, Insecurity and Failed States

    The Problems of Prohibition

    By Nigel Inkster, Virginia Comolli

    Series: Adelphi series

    The world’s wealthiest nations have expended vast blood and treasure in tracking and capturing traffickers, dealers and consumers of narcotics, as well as destroying crops and confiscating shipments. Yet the global trade in illicit drugs is thriving, with no apparent change in the level of...

    Published April 1st 2012 by Routledge