1st Edition
Survival June-July 2021: Ending Endless Wars?
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
- Anatol Lieven argues that the Taliban will remain the most powerful military and political force among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan
- Lanxin Xiang contends that, following what he describes as Donald Trump’s racist China policy, the Biden administration must avoid casting China as an alien threat
- Dani Filc and Sharon Pardo assess that right-wing populists in Israel and Europe have become ideological allies, harnessing ethnic nationalism against global Islam
- Alex J. Bellamy and Charles T. Hunt analyse the intricacies of the use of force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping missions
And seven 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 63.3 (June–July 2021), pp. 1–222
An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State, by Anatol Lieven
Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal: A Verdict on the Limits of American Power, by Laurel Miller
US–China Relations in the Shadow of Spengler, by Lanxin Xiang
Noteworthy
The Fleet in Being: An Alternative US Strategy, by Kenneth Weisbrode
Could Land Swaps Break the Kosovo–Serbia Impasse?, by Fatma Aslı Kelkitli
Israel’s Right-wing Populists: The European Connection, by Dani Filc and Sharon Pardo
Russia’s Deceptive Nuclear Policy, by Dave Johnson
Using Force to Protect Civilians in UN Peacekeeping, by Alex J. Bellamy and Charles T. Hunt
The Trouble with Regime Change, by Lawrence Freedman
Britain in a Contested World, by Mitchell B. Reiss
Book Reviews
Europe, by Erik Jones
Culture and Society, by Jeffrey Mazo
Latin America, by Russell Crandall and Britta Crandall
The Life and Times of Michael Elleman, 1958–2021, by Mark Fitzpatrick
Correction
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
