1st Edition

Survival October-November 2021: The Limits of Power

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 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: · Anatol Lieven argues that realist support for prudence and restraint in foreign policy does not equate to chauvinism, isolationism and opposition to international cooperation · Toby Dodge assesses that the United... Read more

Survival 63.5 (October–November 2021), pp. 1–248

Vindicating Realist Internationalism, by Anatol Lieven

Quiet Engagement with the Taliban, by Arne Strand and Astri Suhrke

Afghanistan and the Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding, by Toby Dodge

America’s Architectural Challenge in Southeast Asia, by James Crabtree

Noteworthy

Hard Lessons from South Sudan, by Mats Berdal and David Shearer

US Counter-terrorism: Moving Beyond Global Counter-insurgency to Strongpoint Defence, by Audrey Kurth Cronin

The Future of US–Israeli Relations, by Jonathan Rynhold

NATO’s Next Strategic Concept: Prioritise or Perish, by Jens Ringsmose and Sten Rynning

More than Decorative, Less than Decisive: Russian A2/AD Capabilities and NATO, by Robert Dalsjö and Michael Jonsson

Understanding Russia: Personalist Autocracy Versus Historical Continuity, by Thomas Graham and Joseph Haberman

The US Military’s Enduring ‘German Problem’, by Franz-Stefan Gady

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