1st Edition
Survival December 2021-January 2022: Trials of Liberalism
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
- Gigi Kwik Gronvall examines the contested origin of SARS-CoV-2 and argues that scientific work should be apolitical and globally cooperated, including with China
- Lawrence Freedman contends that while liberalism is in crisis, it should still be better than authoritarianism at adapting to new circumstances, acknowledging salient problems and choosing among alternatives
- Robert S. Ross argues that Chinese strategists believe Beijing can challenge a strategically weakened United States on the Korean Peninsula
- Ondrej Rosendorf, Michal Smetana and Marek Vranka assess that persuading the public that nuclear abolition is feasible could strengthen disarmament advocacy
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
Survival 63.6 (December 2021–January 2022), pp. 1–252
The Contested Origin of SARS-CoV-2, by Gigi Kwik Gronvall
The Crisis of Liberalism and the Western Alliance, by Lawrence Freedman
Euro-Atlantic Security and the China Nexus, by François Heisbourg
Getting Restraint Right: Liberal Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, by Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry
Negotiating with North Korea … Again, by Robert L. Gallucci
The Perspective from Pyongyang: Limits of Compromise, by Andrei Lankov
Engaging North Korea: The Warming-up Phase, by Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer
Noteworthy
China Looks at the Korean Peninsula: The ‘Two Transitions’, by Robert S. Ross
Strengthening the US Partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces, by Federico Manfredi Firmian
Disarming Arguments: Public Opinion and Nuclear Abolition, by Ondrej Rosendorf, Michal Smetana and Marek Vranka
Stranger than Fiction: Imagining Our Climate Future, by Ben Barry and Jeffrey Mazo
Colombia’s River of Life and Death, by Russell Crandall
Book Reviews
Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, by Jonathan Stevenson
United States, by David C. Unger
Europe, by Hanns W. Maull
Domestic Politics and the Global Balance, by Erik Jones
Biography
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a registered charity with offices in Washington, London, Manama and Singapore, 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 bi-monthly journal of 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
