232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Survival , the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Lawrence Freedman assesses Russia’s nuclear red line and how Vladimir Putin’s views compare to those of Russian pundits Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson explore the roots of Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October,... Read more

Survival 65.6 (December 2023–January 2024), pp. 1–232

The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Durability of Deterrence, by Lawrence Freedman

The Gaza Horror and US Policy, by Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson

The Gaza War and the Region, by Emile Hokayem

Israel and the Palestinians: The Day After, by Chuck Freilich

Noteworthy

Time Is Short: Ukraine, Taiwan and the Echoes of 1941, by Charlie Laderman

NATO at 75: The Perils of Empty Promises, by Sara Bjerg Moller

The Primitivisation of Major Warfare, by Lukas Milevski

Slouching Towards a Nuclear Gomorrah, by Anonymous

China’s Legal Diplomacy, by Lynn Kuok

Military Allies and Economic Conflict, by Ethan B. Kapstein

The Ambivalence of Soft Power, by David W. Ellwood

Book Reviews

Europe, by Hanns W. Maull

Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, by Jonathan Stevenson

United States, by David C. Unger

Applying History: Gaza and the Twentieth Century, 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