1st Edition
Survival: June - July 2022 Russia and the World
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
- Robert Dalsjö, Michael Jonsson and Johan Norberg reconsider Russia’s military capability given its recent battlefield performance in Ukraine
- William Alberque and Benjamin Schreer argue that Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership would, if managed judiciously, bolster deterrence and European security
- Chuck Freilich contends that encouraging diplomacy is the best of Israel’s limited options for postponing Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme
- Nicolas Lippolis and Harry Verhoeven assess that if a wave of African defaults materialises in the near future, it will be catalysed more by private-sector manoeuvring and intransigence than by Chinese scheming
- Dana H. Allin and Erik Jones argue that Russia’s isolation is not a viable endgame for the West, but it may be unavoidable for a generation
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
Editorial Assistant: Charlie Zawadzki
Survival 64.3 (June–July 2022), pp. 1–222
A Brutal Examination: Russian Military Capability in Light of the Ukraine War
by Robert Dalsjö, Michael Jonsson and Johan Norberg
In the Shadow of Ukraine: India’s Choices and Challenges
by Sharinee L. Jagtiani and Sophia Wellek
Strategic Unpredictability: Assessing the Doctrine from Nixon to Putin
by Andrew L. Stigler
Finland, Sweden and NATO Membership
by William Alberque and Benjamin Schreer
NATO Facing China: Responses and Adaptations
by Pierre Haroche and Martin Quencez
UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review
by Peter Magill and Wyn Rees
The State of NATO: An American View
by R.D. Hooker, Jr
Noteworthy
Israel and the Iran Nuclear Deal: The Best of Bad Options
by Chuck Freilich
How the al-Qaeda–Taliban Alliance Survived
by Bryce Loidolt
Politics by Default: China and the Global Governance of African Debt
by Nicolas Lippolis and Harry Verhoeven
Culture and War
by Christopher Sims
Book Reviews
Europe
by Erik Jones
Latin America
by Russell Crandall and Britta Crandall
Environment and Resources
by Jeffrey Mazo
Sleepwalking to Solidarity? Russia, Ukraine and the European Dream
by Dana H. Allin and Erik Jones
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
