Bøger i Adelphi series serien

This Paper asks how and why border management in South-east Europe is developing as it is, and what this might mean for the future of Europe, by drawing on recent experience in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia and Albania.

Despite calls to moderate the US overseas military presence, Washington's strategic priorities and need to resurrect and bolster America's reputation among allies and adversaries appear to allow only marginal reductions.

Examines the key drivers of Russian foreign policy - domestic politics and economic, military and security considerations - and concludes with recommendations for Western policymakers on how to deal with Russia's return to the international arena as an assertive actor after its long period of introspection and preoccupation with domestic troubles.

Argues that opportunities for improving further security cooperation between Russia and the United States exist but are limited; near-term results in the areas of formal arms control or ballistic missile defences are unlikely; and the two governments should focus on improving their joint threat reduction and nonproliferation programmes.

Presenting an analysis of the risk of nuclear terrorism, this book defines it as the detonation by terrorists of a device with a true nuclear yield. It also aims to show that nuclear terrorism is not a significant threat, and that, among terrorists, Muslim extremists are not the most likely to use nuclear weapons.

Analyses the decision to give up the quest for nuclear weapons, focusing on the main factors that influenced the Gadhafi regime's calculations. This work explores the process of dismantling the nuclear programme and the question of whether Libya constitutes a 'model' for addressing the challenges posed by other proliferators.

This book draws on multiple disciplines - including economics, political economy, foreign policy and security policy - and interviews with key policymakers to examine Japan's geo-economic power in the context of great-power competition between the US and China.

Asia faces a prolonged period of strategic contestation, heightening the risk of open conflict and the need for effective mechanisms to maintain peace and stability.

Germany¿s current strategic culture endangers its European allies, the Western order and Germany itself.

Suggests ten propositions for transatlantic consensus. This book proposes 10 security challenges for which the allies should be able to agree. These run the gamut from an effective strategy to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability to transatlantic leadership for international cooperation against global warming.

"First published January 2017 by Routledge ... for The International Institute for Strategic Studies."