Bücher der Reihe Adelphi series

First Published in 2005. How should the 'problem of order' associated with weapons of mass destrcution be understood and addressed today? Has 9/11 rendered redundant past international ordering strategies, or these still discarded at our own peril? These are questions explored in this Adelphi Paper.

Climate change has been a key factor in the rise and fall of societies and states from prehistory to the recent fighting in the Sudanese state of Darfur. The countries which will face increased risk are not necessarily the most fragile, nor those which will suffer the greatest physical effects of climate change.

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.

Provides a detailed examination of economic and political change in Syria and Syria's position in the Middle East. The author has a wide and in-depth knowledge of Syria, which has been gained from first-hand experience of its political scene and demonstrated in his previously published works.

Unique collection of expert analyses on post-Sadam Iraq.

Published in 2000 to coincide with the first anniversary of the end of the Kosovo campaign in June 1999. Offers one of the most comprehensive independent assessments to date of that campaign, and of the performance of the NATO allies. An important subject area in which there is a great deal of international interest.

A critical reassessment of Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) as an effective diplomatic tool in the post-Cold War period.

Places the experiences and reactions of small arms-producing states in a global context. Describes the global rationalization and internationalization of armaments production and the emergence of a potentially revolutionary future for the development of the industry.