International Institute for Strategic Studies Adelphis 2008

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Adelphis 2008

Adelphi Series

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Perspectives on International Security Speeches 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 eye
Joining al-Qaeda Jihadist 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 vul
The Iranian Nuclear Crisis Avoiding 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 emphasis
European Military Crisis Management Connecting 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-s
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons George 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 direc
Selective Security War 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
Ending Terrorism Lessons 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 sp
Classic Adelphi Papers The 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 t