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Saturday 04 July 2009

Iran Under Ahmadinejad

In his Adelphi book Iran Under Ahmadinejad: The Politics of Confrontation, Ali Ansari outlines how Ahmadinejad’s populism and his confrontational posture have represented an ad hoc and somewhat incoherent attempt to disguise the growing contradictions that afflict the Islamic Republic. Read more

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Strategic Comments - latest issue

The latest issue of Strategic Comments, the Institute's online journal, examines recent moves in North Korea’s dangerous game of missile launches and a nuclear test explosion. With North Korea apparently less concerned this time with wringing concessions from the West than with being accepted as a nuclear state, analysts are anxiously watching for its next major step.

Also in the issue: What now for Obama’s Iran policy?, Obama tackles Mideast peace,, Chechnya’s war hangover and a Shock win in India.

General Sir Mike Jackson and Lord Hurd of Westwell

On Friday 19 June 2009 General Sir Mike Jackson and Lord Hurd of Westwell spoke on “The responsibility to Protect”.

This event took place in conjunction with the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust.

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The 8th IISS Asia Security Summit - The Shangri-La Dialogue

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-Hee. DoD photo by US Air Force Master Sgt Jerry Morrison

The 8th IISS Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue has successfully concluded in Singapore. The Dialogue ran from 29-31 May 2009.

The Keynote Address was given by Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia. Robert Gates, US Secretary of Defense addressed the First Plenary Session 'America’s Security Role in the Asia-Pacific'. Read all Plenary Session Speeches.

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the Shangri-La Dialogue 2009.

New Adelphi books

The Adelphi book series, the Institute's principal contribution to policy-relevant research, has adopted a strikingly new style. Read More

Japan’s Remilitarisation by Christopher W Hughes is the first book in the new-look series. 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? Buy Now

China's African Challenges by Sarah Raine. China’s relations with African nations have changed dramatically over the past decade. Yet these developments are bringing challenges, not only for Africa and the West, but for China as well. China’s African engagements are certainly changing Africa, but could they also be changing China? Buy Now

Survival - Guantanamo's Shadow

The lead article in the June-July issue of Survival is What the Torture Memos Tell Us by Karen J Greenberg.

Also in this issue Europe, Guantanamo and the ‘War on Terror’: An Exchange - Scholars and former policymakers discuss the challenges of closing Guantanamo.

Other articles include The Unravelling of Pakistan by John R. Schmidt, The Limits of Chinese–Russian Partnership by Rajan Menon and The Case for No First Use by Scott D. Sagan.

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