1st Edition
Survival: December - January 2023
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
- Emile Hokayem contends that strategic divergence between the United States and Saudi Arabia over Iran, regional security and global competition has strained the countries’ relationship
- Mahsa Rouhi argues that the ongoing protests in Iran triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini are characterised by an unprecedented level of solidarity across the country
- James Crabtree examines the challenge faced by US policymakers in seeking to build partnerships with like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific while simultaneously reassuring non-aligned countries that this will not trigger a regional conflict
- George Magnus makes the case that the consequences of China’s economic problems, including a real-estate bust and high levels of income inequality, will extend far beyond its borders
- Suzanne Claeys and Heather W. Williams argue for the necessity of nuclear-arms-control arrangements involving the US and Russia and China, even if now is not the time to negotiate formal treaties
And six 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
Editorial Assistant: Charlie Zawadzki
Survival [64.6] (December - January 2022), pp. 1–196
Fraught Relations: Saudi Ambitions and American Anger
Emile Hokayem
Indo-Pacific Dilemmas: The Like-minded and the Non-aligned
James Crabtree
America’s Defence of Its Partners in the Middle East
Bilal Y. Saab
Noteworthy
The Maritime Logic of the Melian Dialogue: Deterrence in the Western Pacific
James J. Wirtz
The Economic Consequences of Xi Jinping
George Magnus
Vietnam’s Strategic Adjustments and US Policy
Bich Tran
Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Military Scenarios and Outcomes
Michael Jonsson and Johan Norberg
What Kind of NATO Allies Will Finland and Sweden Be?
William Alberque and Benjamin Schreer
War and Arms Control: When to Pursue Cooperation
Suzanne Claeys and Heather W. Williams
Castroism in Crisis
Russell Crandall
Book Reviews
- United States - David C. Unger
- Europe - Hanns W. Maull
- Counter-terrorism and Intelligence - Jonathan Stevenson
Woman, Life, Freedom in Iran
Mahsa Rouhi
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.
