Change and Security in Europe Part I: The Background; Adelphi Papers Number 45, February 1968

24 pages, plus covers. Wraps. Footnotes. Some wear, creases, and discoloration to edges. Pencil erasure residue on front cover. This work is in a two-column format. The author was a Research Associate at the Centre d'Etudes des Relations Internationales in Paris. He was the co-author (with John Newhouse) of Diplomacy in the West (1966). In 1967 he spent four months with the Institute for Strategic Studies, during which time he was a member of a study group set up to examine the various aspects of a European Security system. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) [formerly the Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS)] is an international research institute or think tank focusing on defence and security issues. Since 1997, its headquarters have been at Arundel House in London. It has offices on four continents, producing data and research on questions of defence, security and global affairs, publishing publications and online analysis, and convening major security summits. The Guardian newspaper has described the IISS as 'one of the world's leading security think tanks.' The 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index ranked IISS as the tenth-best think tank worldwide and the second-best Defence and National Security think tank globally; Think Tank Alert ranked it as the top, most-cited non-US-based think tank in 2025. The Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS), as it was originally known, was founded in 1958, following a conference in January 1957, which gathered together the main voices interested in the nuclear issues of the day. Military historian Michael Howard chaired a group which recommended that 'we should set up a body whose primary purpose should be the collection and dissemination of information about nuclear weapons and their implications for international relations.And so the Institute was born.' Its first director was the defence journalist Alastair Buchan, and its first president the former Labour prime minister Clement Attlee. While the Institute's initial composition was mainly British, from 1968 the council were joined by Australian and Japanese members. Because of this, it was renamed the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in 1971. Since then, the IISS has convened many private discussion groups and conferences and also hosted influential public events and lectures. The 1977 Alastair Buchan memorial lecture, delivered by West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (an Institute member since 1959), which became known as one of the key appeals for 'Euromissiles' to counter new Soviet intermediate-range missiles. The Adelphi Papers is a monograph series published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies since 1961. The Adelphi Papers is a monograph series published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies since 1961. Number 45 explores the shifting geopolitical, ideological, and military dynamics of Cold War Europe. …