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Volume 14 – Issue 9 Volume 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 £5
European Military Crisis Management 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-strategic framework to boost its r
Volume 14 – Issue 8 Volume 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.
Survival Volume 50, Number 5 Volume 50, Number 5 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.
Strategic Survey 2008 Launch Strategic 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.
Survival Volume 50, Number 4 Volume 50, Number 4 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.
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
European Military Capabilities: Building Armed Forces for Modern Operations 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...
Survival - Vol 50, No 3 Volume 50, Number 3 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.
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
Volume 14 – Issue 5 Volume 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.
Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East: In the shadow of Iran 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...
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
Year 2008 - Issue 2 Volume 50, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.
Year 2008 - Issue 1 Volume 50, Number 1 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.
Iran under Ahmadinejad The 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...
Military Balance 2008 Press Statement Press Statement Arundel House, London 5 February 2008 Remarks by Dr John Chipman Director-General and Chief Executive The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London