FORTHCOMING - Lands of Discord: Central Asia and the Caspian between Russia, China and the West

Publication Date: January 2010

This book examines the interaction between Russia, China and the West in the central zone of Eurasia.

FORTHCOMING - Pipeline Politics: The Caspian and Global Energy Security

Publication Date: October 2009

This book sets the ongoing saga of Caspian pipeline politics against the background of global energy security.

The Gulf Region: A New Hub of Global Financial Power?

Publication Date: November 2008

This book examines the Gulf region as a financial centre and an economic power hub, focusing on its role in the world economy and capital markets. In particular, the authors address the issue of whether wealth alone is enough to create an international financial centre.

Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing and the New Geopolitics

Publication Date: October 2008

This book provides a fresh analysis of the Sino-Russian relationship, arguing that it reflects a new geopolitics that eschews formal alliances in favour of more flexible and opportunistic arrangements.

Climate Change and Forests: Emerging Policy and Market Opportunities

Publication Date: October 2008

In this wide-ranging volume, international experts explain the links between climate change and forests, highlighting the potential role of this sector within emerging climate policy frameworks and carbon markets.

US-UK Nuclear Cooperation: An Assessment and Future Prospects

Publication Date: August 2008

As the US and the UK commemorate five decades of their special nuclear relationship embodied in the Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA), Chatham House and CSIS examine the history behind the agreement and the broader significance of the US-UK nuclear relationship.

Perspectives on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law

Publication Date: October 2007

This book results from a year-long examination of the Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law by a group of military lawyers, academics and practitioners, all with experience in international humanitarian law.

Keeping The Lights On: Towards Sustainable Electricity

Publication Date: July 2007
Walt Patterson underlines the need for a new approach to energy and fuel. He uses the example of electricity to highlight how our perception of energy is obsolete and dangerous. A new approach to electricity offers us an opportunity to achieve real, measurable improvements to energy performance.

Britain and Security

Publication Date: June 2007

While the classic menace of invasion no longer represents a key threat to the UK, an ever-widening range of dangers - international and domestic terrorism; energy insecurity; organised crime; infectious disease; and the consequences of conflicts and instability elsewhere in the world - represent new and complex threats to the country.

No Island is an Island

Publication Date: April 2007
Forty years after the West Indies Federation collapsed, seven Caribbean experts-including academics and practitioners-take a fresh look at the economic challenges facing the small states of the Commonwealth Caribbean.