1st Edition
Survival: August–September 2025
Survival 67.4 (August–September 2025), pp. 1–196
Attacking Iran and Tempting Fate, by Mark Fitzpatrick
Israel’s Perilous Revisionism, by Hasan T. Alhasan and Wolf-Christian Paes
Iran’s Shattered Missile Strategy, by Fabian Hinz
The Pentagon’s Economic Blind Spot, by Philip M. Breedlove and Peter Devine
Noteworthy: The Shangri-La Dialogue
The Loop Is Broken: Why Autonomous-warfare Policy Must Reckon with Human Performance, by Anna M. Gielas
Offensive Cyber Attacks and Conventional Warfare, by Matthew F. Calabria
Thinker, Lawyer, Soldier, Spy: The Makers of Xi Jinping’s Grand Strategy, by Nadège Rolland
South Korea’s Resilient Democracy, by Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Supply Chains and Southeast Asia: The Sino-American Shadow, by Amos Yeo
America’s ‘Ungoverning’ in Global Context, by Jodi Vittori
A ‘Reverse Kissinger’? Why Trump’s Anti-China Rapprochement with Russia Is Likely to Fail, by Geraint Hughes and Zeno Leoni
Angela Merkel: A Status Quo Leader in a Revisionist Era, by Hanns W. Maull
Book Reviews
Russia and Eurasia, by Angela Stent
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies, by Melissa K. Griffith
Asia-Pacific, by Lanxin Xiang
Predicates and Consequences of the Attack on Iran, by Dana H. Allin and Jonathan Stevenson
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; The Armed Conflict Survey, an annual review of the world’s active conflicts; 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
