220 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: ·       Ruben Stewart assesses that military integration rather than mass would critically diminish if the United States were to end its involvement in NATO – free to read ·       Nick Childs observes that, with both... Read more

Survival 68.3 (June–July 2026), pp. 1–220

A European Way of War Without the United States, by Ruben Stewart

Entrenching Ukraine in Europe’s New Security Architecture, by Claes Levinsson

New Rules for a New World: How Europe Should Respond to an Illiberal Order, by Michael J. Boyle

Navigating the Strait of Hormuz, by Nick Childs

Iran’s Militarised Islamic Republic, by Ashkan Hashemipour

Noteworthy: The American Pope

Greenland’s Coveted Minerals, by Carrie Soderman

A Geo-economic Choice: Silicon vs Bio-engineered Semiconductors, by Jon Cottam, Julian Droogan and Adam Lockyer

China’s Far-seas Navy and the Logic of Global Presence, by Christopher H. Sharman

Reconceptualising Strategic Depth in the Middle East, by Tewfik Hamel

Institutional Efficacy in a Fragile World Order, by Matthew Ford

Book Reviews

Europe, by Erik Jones

Politics and International Relations, by Chester A. Crocker

Latin America, by Ryan C. Berg

Letter to the Editor, from Daniel E. Zoughbie

After Orbán: Notes from Budapest, by Boldizsár Nagy

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