1st Edition
Survival October-November 2020: Pandemics and politics
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
- Adam Roberts explores pandemics and politics through the ages, arguing that trust in leadership is essential in the struggle against infectious diseases
- Rebecca Barber and Sarah Teitt contend that ASEAN should take a more activist approach to the Rohingya crisis to salvage its credibility
- Greg Austin assesses the strategic implications of China’s weak cyber defences
- Øystein Tunsjø casts doubt on the prospect of the Arctic becoming a theatre of great-power conflict
And eight more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular book reviews and Noteworthy column.
Survival 62.5 (October–November 2020), pp. 1–236
Pandemics and Politics Adam Roberts
The Rohingya Crisis: Can ASEAN Salvage Its Credibility? Rebecca Barber and Sarah Teitt
The New Threat to the Test-Ban Treaty Edward Ifft
Is Donald Trump America’s First Constructivist President? Christopher J. Fettweis
Noteworthy
Saving Strategic Arms Control Alexey Arbatov
Battalions to Brigades: The Future of European Defence Sven Biscop
The Strategic Implications of China’s Weak Cyber Defences Greg Austin
The Great Hype: False Visions of Conflict and Opportunity in the Arctic Øystein Tunsjø
Iran’s Grand Strategic Logic Kevjn Lim
Worse than Nothing: Why US Intervention Made Government Atrocities More Likely in Syria Richard Hanania
Proper Spying Rodric Braithwaite
Book Reviews
Middle East Ray Takeyh
Economy Erik Jones
South Asia Teresita C. Schaffer
Living and Dying Nations and the Age of COVID-19 Benjamin Rhode
Biography
The Institutional 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
