1st Edition
Survival: April - May 2022 War in Europe
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
- Nigel Gould-Davies assesses that Russia’s war has not only unleashed countervailing strength among Ukrainians and Ukraine’s supporters, but also shattered myths about Russia’s own strength
- Paul Meyer considers how an arms race in outer space, where orbital debris is already a cause of concern, might be restrained
- Kelsey Davenport contends that the US should embed denuclearisation within a broad set of transformational goals in future negotiations with North Korea
- Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni examines the North’s flawed application of a society-centric strategy towards the South during the American Civil War
And nine more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column.
Editor: Dr Dana Allin
Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson
Associate Editor: Carolyn West
Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson
Editorial Assistant: Charlie Zawadzki
Survival 64.2 (April–May 2022), pp. 1–208
Putin’s Strategic Failure, by Nigel Gould-Davies
A Useful Failure: Macron’s Overture to Russia, by Eglantine Staunton
Protecting US Interests in Afghanistan, by Laurel Miller
South Korea’s Aircraft-carrier Debate, by Jeongseok Lee
Nixon in China, February 1972: Revisiting the ‘Week that Changed the World’, by John L. Harper
Noteworthy
SALT 50 Years On: Strategic Theory and Arms Control, by Lawrence Freedman
Restraining an Arms Race in Outer Space, by Paul Meyer
Four Circles: Comprehending the China Challenge, by David C. Gompert
A New Israeli Approach to Iran?, by Dalia Dassa Kaye
Orchestrating US Engagement with North Korea, by Kelsey Davenport
Swords and Emotions: The American Civil War and Society-centric Strategy, by Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni
The End of the West?, by Russell Crandall and Frederick Richardson
Book Reviews
Culture and Society, by Jeffrey Mazo
Middle East, by Ray Takeyh
United States, by David C. Unger
Ukraine: The Shock of Recognition, by Dana H. Allin
Biography
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a registered charity with offices in Washington, London, Manama, Singapore and Berlin, is the world’s leading authority on political–military conflict. It is the primary independent source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues. Publications include The Military Balance, an annual reference work on each nation’s defence capabilities; Strategic Survey, an annual review of world affairs; Survival, a bimonthly journal on international affairs; Strategic Comments, an online analysis of topical issues in international affairs; and the Adelphi series of books on issues of international security.
‘In a world of complex security challenges the need for serious, thoughtful analysis is greater than ever. Survival’s combination of elegant writing and rigorous scholarship from the world’s top experts makes it essential reading for both practitioners and academics.’
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, War Studies King's College London
