Auto-generated from v5 Category List TemplateVolume 15, Issue 8 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, Signs of Myanmar's emergence from diplomatic isolation, is free to all readers, while the remaining four - Obama's new missile-defence strategy, Long wait for EU reform ends, The Iranian nuclear crisis and China's military might on display - are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-8/Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:21:16 GMTThu, 22 Oct 2009 15:27:02 GMTMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:21:11 GMT32126Mats Berdal The widespread practice of intervention by outside actors aimed at building 'sustainable peace' within societies ravaged by war has been a striking feature of the post-Cold War era. But, at a time when more peacekeepers are deployed around the world than at any other point in history, is the international will to intervene beginning to wane? And how capable are the systems that exist for planning and deploying 'peacebuilding' missions of fulfilling the increasingly complex tasks set for them?http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2009/building-peace-after-war/Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:47 GMTFri, 02 Oct 2009 14:43:09 GMTMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:43 GMT31576  Southeast Asia is on the cusp of joining the nuclear renaissance. Three countries in this region have announced plans for nuclear power, two others are deciding on the option and two more recently expressed an interest in this form of energy for the first time. Meanwhile, Myanmar plans to build a small research reactor and is the focus of rumours about clandestine nuclear cooperation with North Korea. Myanmar’s unclear intentions give rise to proliferation worries, while elsewhere in the region the majohttp://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-dossiers/preventing-nuclear-dangers-in-southeast-asia-and-australasia/Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:17:45 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:25 GMTWed, 04 Nov 2009 11:17:42 GMT30224Volume 51, Number 5 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2009/year-2009-issue-5/Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:15:50 GMTTue, 22 Sep 2009 12:48:23 GMTTue, 29 Sep 2009 11:15:47 GMT31053Volume 15, Issue 7 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, A new approach to Afghanistan, is free to all readers, while the remaining four - Operation Overt, Japan's regime change, Europe's rapid-reponse forces and Australia's new defence strategy - are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-7/Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:36:00 GMTFri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:39 GMTWed, 30 Sep 2009 14:49:38 GMT31190Hilary Synnott Can Pakistan find a way out of violent instability? How severe are the problems of this strategically crucial country, and how much of a threat do they pose beyond Pakistan’s borders? Has Pakistan become an ungovernable failed state? Hilary Synnott draws on his experience of Pakistan to argue that any strategy for addressing the country’s problems requires a nuanced understanding of its turbulent history, the failings of successive governments and the weaknesses of core institutions. Hhttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2009/transforming-pakistan-ways-out-of-instability/Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:08:25 GMTThu, 27 Aug 2009 14:43:54 GMTMon, 16 Nov 2009 13:08:22 GMT30013Volume 51, Number 4 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2009/-year-2009-issue-4/Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:44:12 GMTTue, 28 Jul 2009 15:04:26 GMTWed, 29 Jul 2009 11:44:09 GMT29081Volume 15, Issue 6 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, Deadlock on climate change, is free to all readers, while the remaining four - Ethnic strife in Xinjiang, New impetus for test ban treaty, South Africa under Zuma and Election crisis in Moldova - are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-6/Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:17:00 GMTThu, 09 Jul 2009 10:33:46 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2009 16:36:33 GMT28638View the Summer 2009 IISS Newsletter http://www.iiss.org/publications/iiss-newsletters/iiss-newsletters-2009/iiss-newsletter-summer-2009/Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:52:12 GMTMon, 06 Jul 2009 17:54:23 GMTThu, 16 Jul 2009 14:52:08 GMT28565Volume 15, Issue 5 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, North Korea's dangerous game, is free to all readers, while the remaining four - What now for Obama's Iran policy?, Obama tackles Mideast peace, Chechnya's war hangover and Shock win in India - are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-5/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 11:44:18 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 17:51:08 GMT28172Volume 51, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2009/year-2009-issue-3/Fri, 22 May 2009 16:50:09 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 15:12:42 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 16:50:06 GMT26972Sarah Raine China’s relations with African nations have changed dramatically over the past decade. African oil now accounts for more than 30% of China’s oil imports, and China is Africa’s second-largest single-country trading partner, as well as a leading lender and infrastructure investor on the continent. Yet these developments are bringing challenges, not only for Africa and the West, but for China as well. This book examines these challenges, considering Africa as a testing ground, both for Chineshttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2009/chinas-african-challenges/Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:41:42 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 17:14:28 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2009 15:41:38 GMT26129Volume 15, Issue 4 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, The drones of war, is free to all readers, while the remaining four - Power-sharing in Zimbabwe, Kenya's political stalemate, UK rethink on counter-terrorism and Economic stress continues - are accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-4/Thu, 14 May 2009 12:26:51 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 17:50:04 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 12:26:48 GMT26538Christopher W. Hughes Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi? In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civil–military relations, domestic and international military–industrial complexes, Japan’s procurement of regional and global power-projection capabilities, the expansion of US–Japan cooperation, and attitudes towards nuclear whttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2009/japans-remilitarisation/Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:58:00 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 17:03:39 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2009 15:42:38 GMT26126View the October 2009 IISS Newsletter http://www.iiss.org/publications/iiss-newsletters/iiss-newsletters-2009/iiss-newsletter-october-2009/Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:33:35 GMTTue, 06 Oct 2009 15:29:04 GMTTue, 06 Oct 2009 15:33:31 GMT31701View the Spring 2009 IISS Newsletter http://www.iiss.org/publications/iiss-newsletters/iiss-newsletters-2009/april-2009/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:58:02 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 12:23:58 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 12:58:00 GMT26084Volume 15, Issue 3 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, Islamic extremism in India, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Chavez's awkward tenth anniversary, Russia and the financial crisis, Flickers of hope in DRC and Balkan ambitions stall - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5 http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-3/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:20:50 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:13:32 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 14:20:47 GMT25144Volume 51, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2009/year-2009-issue-2/Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:53:55 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2009 15:57:25 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 14:53:52 GMT25000The 5th IISS Regional Security Summit, The Manama Dialogue http://www.iiss.org/publications/conference-proceedings/manama-dialogue-report-2008/Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:38:44 GMTMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:56:26 GMTMon, 23 Mar 2009 15:38:40 GMT25072Volume 15, Issue 2 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, NATO at 60, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Iraq's provincial elections, The Tamil Tigers' last stand, Thailand in turmoil, and Lisbon Treaty put to a revote - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-2/Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:11:53 GMTWed, 04 Mar 2009 16:48:13 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:11:50 GMT24608Volume 15, Issue 1 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, Iran's missile development, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Combating piracy off Somalia, The Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute, India arms for the future and The emerging terrorist threat - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-1/Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:57 GMTMon, 02 Feb 2009 13:00:08 GMTWed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:56 GMT23673Ahmed S. Hashim From 2003 to 2008, the Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq posed a key challenge to political stability in the country and to Coalition objectives there. This paper explains the onset, composition and evolution of this insurgency. It begins by addressing both its immediate and deeper sociopolitical origins, and goes on to examine the multiple ideological strands within the insurgency and their often conflicting methods and goals. Despite organisational incoherence due to the existence of a larghttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2009/iraqs-sunni-insurgency/Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:34:15 GMTWed, 11 Feb 2009 16:22:52 GMTSun, 13 Sep 2009 16:34:11 GMT23996Volume 51, Number 1 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2009/year-2009-issue-1/Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:01:42 GMTThu, 29 Jan 2009 15:37:02 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 14:01:39 GMT23561The Military Balance is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries worldwide, produced annually by the IISS since 1959. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, analysis and research.http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/new-iiss-publications/the-military-balance-2009/Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:59:26 GMTTue, 27 Jan 2009 14:54:40 GMTTue, 27 Jan 2009 14:59:26 GMT23403Speeches and Papers from the 50th Anniversary Year of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Edited by Tim Huxley and Alexander Nicoll Like most years in the 50-year history of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2008 saw events that could have significant consequences for international relations and global balances of power. These included the election of Barack Obama as US president; the brief war in Georgia, which caused the West to look at Russia with more watchful eyehttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/perspectives-on-international-security/Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMTThu, 18 Dec 2008 13:03:41 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 13:17:37 GMT22699Jihadist Recruitment in Europe Peter R. Neumann In Britain alone, several thousand young Muslims are thought to be part of violent extremist networks. How did they become involved? What are the mechanisms and dynamics through which European Muslims join al-Qaeda and groups inspired by al-Qaeda? This paper explains the processes whereby European Muslims are recruited into the Islamist militant movement. It reveals that although overt recruitment has been driven underground, prisons and other ‘places of vulhttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/joining-al-qaeda/Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMTThu, 18 Dec 2008 12:11:51 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:00:50 GMT22691Volume 14, Issue 10 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, has just been published. The first article, Terror in Mumbai, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Withdrawal from Iraq, Can Obama re-engage Iran, Southeast Asia's disputed waters and North Korea digs in - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-14-2008/volume-14-issue-10/Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTFri, 05 Dec 2008 11:20:12 GMTTue, 10 Feb 2009 17:21:18 GMT22068  Volume 50, Number 6 of  Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2008/year-2008-issue-6/Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:17 GMTWed, 03 Dec 2008 10:48:14 GMTTue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:09 GMT21974Avoiding worst-case outcomes Mark Fitzpatrick This paper explains how Iran 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. Key questions are addressed: will the world have to accept an Iranian uranium-enrichment programme, and does having a weapons capability mean having the Bomb? For nearly two decades, Western strategy on the Iran nuclear issue emphasishttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/the-iranian-nuclear-crisis/Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:35:03 GMTMon, 01 Dec 2008 11:38:19 GMTSun, 13 Sep 2009 16:35:00 GMT21859Volume 14, Issue 9 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article, Pakistan on the brink, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Serbia's surprise embrace of Europe, The simmering food crisis, Seeking peace in the South Caucasus and Forward march on European defence - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-14-2008/volume-14-issue-9/Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTSun, 16 Nov 2008 13:38:21 GMTFri, 12 Dec 2008 12:55:48 GMT21336Connecting ambition and reality Bastian Giegerich International demand for military crisis-management missions continues to grow and demand for troops continues to outstrip supply. Like other Western democracies, European Union member states, because of their wealth, relative military competence and commitment to human rights, bear a particular responsibility to expand the international community’s capacity for action. But while the EU has succeeded in defining a complex military-technical and political-shttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/european-military-crisis-management/Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMTFri, 24 Oct 2008 12:22:40 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:05:35 GMT20853Volume 14, Issue 8 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article, the West's financial crisis, is free to all readers, with the remaining four - Climate change and the US election; Spiralling drug violence in Mexico; The normalisation of Indonesia; and Uganda's elusive peace deal - accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5. http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-14-2008/volume-14-issue-8/Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:42 GMTTue, 07 Oct 2008 15:30:13 GMTWed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:42 GMT20436  Volume 50, Number 5 of  Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2008/year-2008-issue-5/Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:45:13 GMTFri, 10 Oct 2008 15:44:33 GMTWed, 03 Dec 2008 13:45:13 GMT20546Strategic Survey 2008 was launched on 18 September 2008 at 10:30am. Dr John Chipman, Director-General of the IISS, presented the highlights and some of the main arguments of the book and commented on recent events. Dr Chipman, Alex Nicoll, Editor of Strategic Survey, and other senior IISS staff members then took questions. http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-survey/strategic-survey-2008/strategic-survey-2008-launch/Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:10:25 GMTMon, 04 Aug 2008 15:41:50 GMTFri, 05 Dec 2008 12:10:25 GMT19027  Volume 50, Number 4 of  Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2008/year-2008-issue-4/Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:26:23 GMTMon, 04 Aug 2008 10:11:29 GMTWed, 03 Dec 2008 13:26:23 GMT18985George Perkovich and James M. Acton Nuclear disarmament is firmly back on the international agenda. But almost all current thinking on the subject is focused on the process of reducing the number of weapons from thousands to hundreds. This rigorous analysis examines the challenges that exist to abolishing nuclear weapons completely, and suggests what can be done now to start overcoming them. The paper argues that the difficulties of ‘getting to zero’ must not preclude many steps being taken in that direchttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/abolishing-nuclear-weapons/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:07:08 GMTFri, 01 Aug 2008 12:35:21 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:07:05 GMT18945  European Military Capabilities: Building Armed Forces for Modern Operations     The role of the armed forces of European countries has changed since the Cold War. They have increasingly taken part in international operations to address the world’s crises. But at the same time, military budgets have been cut. The need to do more with less has put governments under pressure to identify the capabilities that they require for modern missions and to carry out reforms. This IISS Strategic...http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-dossiers/european-military-capabilities/Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:03:56 GMTMon, 21 Apr 2008 16:13:31 GMTTue, 02 Dec 2008 15:03:56 GMT15771Volume 50, Number 3 of  Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2008/year-2008-issue-3/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:07:51 GMTWed, 28 May 2008 11:29:18 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:07:51 GMT16972War and the United Nations Security Council since 1945 Adam Roberts and Dominik Zaum 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. Analysis of its record since 1945 suggests that the Council cannot address all security threats effectively. The reasons for this include not only the veto power of the five permanent members, but also http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/selective-security/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:10:28 GMTMon, 07 Jul 2008 09:57:35 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:10:25 GMT18269Volume 14, Issue 5 of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal has just been published. The first article Rehabilitating the jihadists is free to all readers, with the remaining four articles: Syria's secret reactor, Rice on the Middle East, Sparring over Abkhazia and Lebanon's stop-gap peace accessible to IISS members or Strategic Comments subscribers. A pay-per-view facility is also available. The charge for each article is £5.http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/past-issues/volume-14-2008/volume-14-issue-5/Wed, 13 May 2009 13:19:32 GMTMon, 30 Jun 2008 16:45:27 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 13:19:29 GMT18119  Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East:  In the shadow of Iran   At least thirteen countries throughout the greater Middle East have recently announced new or revived plans to explore civilian nuclear energy. They spoke of the need for energy diversification to meet growing electricity demand and the economic and environmental benefits of nuclear power. This surge of interest is consistent with a worldwide trend likened to a ‘nuclear renaissance’. Yet political factors also motivate...http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-dossiers/nuclear-programmes-in-the-middle-east-in-the-shadow-of-iran/Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:53 GMTMon, 21 Apr 2008 11:39:58 GMTSun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:49 GMT15705Lessons for defeating al-Qaeda Audrey Kurth Cronin Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. Terrorist groups end according to recognisable patterns that have persisted for centuries, and they reflect, among other factors, the counter-terrorist policies taken against them. It makes sense to formulate those policies with a sphttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2008/ending-terrorism/Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:36:12 GMTWed, 23 Apr 2008 13:32:43 GMTSun, 13 Sep 2009 16:36:09 GMT15857The Adelphi Papers monograph series is the Institute’s principal contribution to policy-relevant, original academic research. Collected on the occasion of the Institute’s 50th anniversary, the twelve Adelphi Papers in this volume represent some of the ?nest examples of writing on strategic issues. They offer insights into the changing security landscape of the past half-century and glimpses of some of the most signi?cant security events and trends of our times, from the Cold War nuclear arms race, through thttp://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/the-evolution-of-strategic-thought/Wed, 13 May 2009 12:50:22 GMTMon, 07 Apr 2008 14:53:37 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 12:50:19 GMT15077  Volume 50, Number 2 of  Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2008/year-2008-issue-2/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:05:29 GMTFri, 28 Mar 2008 16:42:37 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:05:29 GMT14736  Volume 50, Number 1 of  Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published. http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2008/year-2008-issue-1/Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:38:21 GMTMon, 28 Jan 2008 16:02:07 GMTWed, 03 Dec 2008 13:38:21 GMT12397The politics of confrontation  Ali M. Ansari    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 and praise from the Middle Eastern street in almost equal measure. This paper looks at the details of his political rise and assesses his...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/iran-under-ahmadinejad/Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:40:25 GMTWed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTSun, 13 Sep 2009 16:40:21 GMT7002Press Statement Arundel House, London 5 February 2008   Remarks by Dr John Chipman Director-General and Chief Executive The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London http://www.iiss.org/publications/military-balance/the-military-balance-2008/military-balance-2008-press-statement/Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:09:17 GMTTue, 05 Feb 2008 09:38:26 GMTSat, 11 Oct 2008 12:09:17 GMT12793Turkish and Indonesian experiences at the turn of the millennium Karabekir Akkoyunlu   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 premise, this paper examines military reform and democratisation through the experiences of Turkey...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/military-reform-and-democratisation-turkish-/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:15:52 GMTThu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:15:48 GMT7001  Cyrus Hodes and Mark Sedra   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 security conditions. Whether it is predatory warlords, the Taliban-led insurgency, the burgeoning narcotics trade or general criminality, the threats to the security...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/the-search-for-security-in-post-taliban-afghanistan/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:41:48 GMTTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:41:45 GMT7000  Eugene B. Rumer   Russia’s resurgence as an assertive actor in the global diplomatic arena after a long period of introspection and preoccupation with domestic troubles, and the economic...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/russian-foreign-policy-beyond-putin/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:22:57 GMTFri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:22:55 GMT6998Possibilities and limits of transatlantic consensus   Dana H. Allin, Gilles Andréani, Philipe Errera and Gary Samore    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 essential conservatism of the transatlantic partnership during the Cold War...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/repairing-the-damage/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:36:21 GMTFri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:36:18 GMT6999Volume 49, Number 4 of  Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2007/2007-issue-4/Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:15 GMTSun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTThu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:15 GMT7085The threat to international security   Martin N. Murphy   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 it an element of a phenomenon that can have a weakening effect on states and a destabilising one on the regions in which it is...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/contemporary-piracy-and-maritime-terrorism/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:30:01 GMTFri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:29:46 GMT6997Volume 49, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2007/2007-issue-3/Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:34:50 GMTSun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTThu, 25 Sep 2008 17:34:50 GMT7084Volume 49, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2007/2007-issue-2/Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:31 GMTSun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTThu, 25 Sep 2008 17:35:31 GMT7083Regionalism and regional security in China–Southeast Asian relations   Evelyn Goh   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 legitimation and collective bargaining; and regional integration to enhance economic development, regarded as...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/developing-the-mekong/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:00 GMTWed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:32:57 GMT6996Volume 49, Number 1 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-2007/2007-issue-1/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:11:45 GMTSun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:11:45 GMT7082Press StatementArundel House, London31 January 2007 Remarks by Dr John ChipmanDirector-General and Chief ExecutiveThe International Institute for Strategic Studies, Londonhttp://www.iiss.org/publications/military-balance/the-military-balance-2007/military-balance-2007-press-launch/Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:15:03 GMTWed, 31 Jan 2007 11:15:51 GMTSat, 11 Oct 2008 12:15:03 GMT3208  Jeremy Stocker   In December 2003 the British government announced that within a few years it would need to take decisions about the future of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent. Exactly three years later, its plans were revealed in a White Paper. The existing Trident system is to be given a life extension, which includes building new submarines to carry the missiles, costing £15–20 billion. Britain has a substantial nuclear legacy, having owned nuclear weapons for over half a...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-2007/the-uk-and-nuclear-deterre/Wed, 13 May 2009 14:35:45 GMTMon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 14:35:42 GMT6995Click here for the contents for Strategic Survey 2007.  Strategic Survey 2007 was launched on Wednesday 12 September 2007 at 10:30am.  Dr John Chipman, Director-General of...http://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-survey/strategic-survey-2007/strategic-survey-2007-launch/Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:45:34 GMTWed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMTWed, 03 Sep 2008 12:45:34 GMT7770Coalition Operations in the Age of US Military Primacy   Paul T. Mitchell   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 adopted by many armed services, it is a concept in operational and doctrinal development. It is shaping not only how...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-385-network-centric-warfare/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:57:03 GMTSun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 12:57:03 GMT5154Sarah Percy   The under-regulation of the private security industry has increasingly become a topic of media and academic interest. This Adelphi Paper enters the debate by explaining why the industry requires further regulation, and what is wrong with the current system. It begins by briefly defining the industry and explaining the need for more effective regulation, before analysing three types of regulation: domestic, international and informal (including self-regulation).  The paper...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-384-regulating-the-private-security-industry/Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:51:40 GMTSun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMTWed, 14 Jan 2009 17:51:40 GMT5155Volume 48, Number 4 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-archive/survival-2006/year-2006---issue-4/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:21:21 GMTWed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:21:21 GMT5430  The ‘new triad’ and the evolution of nuclear strategy   David S. McDonough   In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a ‘new triad’ based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalised defence infrastructure. Designed for a new strategic threat environment, it is characterised not by a long-standing nuclear rivalry with another superpower, but by unstable relationships with rogue-state proliferators, alongside more ambiguous...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-383-nuclear-superiority/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:57:57 GMTMon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 12:57:57 GMT5156Volume 48, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-archive/survival-2006/year-2006-issue-3/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:10 GMTThu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:10 GMT5429Robert L. Carlin and Joel S. Wit     While foreign policy and security concerns have trumped past efforts to reform the North Korean economy, Pyongyang is implementing important economic reforms despite renewed tensions with the United States. This is in response to a leadership debate – between ‘reformers’ and ‘conservatives’ over whether Pyongyang’s military industrial complex should be scaled back to help ensure the success of reforms – that is fundamentally transforming the country....http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-382-north-korean-reform/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:58:36 GMTThu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 12:58:36 GMT5152Jürgen Haacke    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 Myanmar’s foreign policy, which is predicated on state-building and development, as well as defending the regime’s decision to give priority to establishing an enduring...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-381-myanmars-foreign-policy/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:59:16 GMTTue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 12:59:16 GMT5150Volume 48, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-archive/survival-2006/year-2006-issue-2/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:22:31 GMTMon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:22:31 GMT5428  Wyn Q. Bowen   For over three decades, driven by the core motive of deterring external threats to its security, Libya sought to acquire nuclear weapons. Having attempted but failed to procure them ‘off the shelf’ from several states during the 1970s, by late 2003 it had succeeded in assembling much of the technology required to manufacture them. Nevertheless, following secret negotiations with the UK and US governments, in December 2003 Colonel Muammar Gadhafi resolved to abandon the...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-380-libya-and-nuclear-proliferation/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:59:57 GMTTue, 16 May 2006 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 12:59:57 GMT5149  Lawrence Freedman   This paper examines the difficulty the US armed forces face in shifting their focus from preparing for regular wars, in which combat is separated from civil society, to irregular wars, in which combat is integrated with civil society.    It argues that the political context of contemporary irregular wars requires that the purpose and practice of Western forces be governed by liberal values. This is also the case with regular wars, to the extent that they occur, but...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/adelphi-papers-2006/ap-379-transformation-of-strategic-affairs/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:03:54 GMTThu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 13:03:53 GMT5151Volume 48, Number 1 of Survival, the Institute's quarterly journal, has been published.http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-archive/survival-2006/year-2006-issue-1/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:18:52 GMTMon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:18:52 GMT5427Robin M. Frost   The very mention of nuclear terrorism is enough to rouse strong reactions, and understandably so, because it combines the most terrifying weapons and the most threatening of people in a single phrase. The possibility that terrorists could obtain and use nuclear weapons deserves careful analysis, but discussion has all too often been contaminated with exaggeration, even hysteria. For example, it has been claimed that nuclear terrorism poses an ‘existential threat’ to the...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/ap-378-nuclear-terrorism-after-911/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:29:40 GMTFri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 15:29:40 GMT3992Richard Weitz   Russia and the United States are the most important countries for many vital security issues. They possess the world's largest nuclear weapons arsenals, are involved in the principal regional conflicts, and have lead roles in opposing international terrorism and weapons proliferation. Despite persistent differences on many questions, mutual interests consistently drive Russians and Americans to work together to overcome these impediments.   This Adelphi Paper argues...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/ap-377-revitalising-us-russian-security/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:30:31 GMTMon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 15:30:31 GMT3994Mark J. Valencia   The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), launched by US President Bush in May 2003, is intended to prevent traffic in elements of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).   Most WMD traffic moves by sea, and the focus of the PSI is on maritime interdictions and seizures. Although the PSI has had some significant successes, it has been criticised for lacking sufficient public accountability, stretching international law to the limits, undermining the UN system, potentially...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/ap-376-the-proliferation-security-initiative/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:10 GMTMon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:10 GMT3993Gil Loescher and James Milner   Protracted refugee populations not only constitute over 70% of the world’s refugees but are also a principal source of many of the irregular movements of people around the world today. The long-term presence of refugee populations in much of the developing world has come to be seen by many host states in these regions as a source of insecurity.   In response, host governments have enacted policies of containing refugees in isolated and insecure camps,...http://www.iiss.org/publications/adelphi-papers/adelphi-papers-archive/ap-375-protracted-refugee-situations/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:57 GMTMon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMTFri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:57 GMT3991