1st Edition
Survival: April – May 2024
Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.
In this issue:
• Benjamin Rhode examines the threat of Europe’s security guarantor of the past 80 years stepping back
• Ellen Laipson and Douglas Ollivant explore how the Gaza war has threatened Iraq’s balancing act between the US and Iran
• Nigel Gould-Davies cautions that, despite the West’s economic superiority over Russia, it is starting to look like the balance of resolve in the Ukraine war favours Russia
• Dana H. Allin and Jonathan Stevenson examine the mystery of why new aid for Ukraine is blocked in the US Congress in spite of bipartisan support
• And eight 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
Editorial Assistant: Conor Hodges
Survival 66.1 (April–May 2024), pp. 1–196
1. Europe Without America, by Benjamin Rhode 2. A Critical Juncture: Russia, Ukraine and the Global South, by Mustafa Kutlay and Ziya Öniş 3. The Return of Geopolitical Blocs, by Zeno Leoni and Sarah Tzinieris 4. Ukraine: The Balance of Resources and the Balance of Resolve, by Nigel Gould-Davies 5. India’s Fraying Restraint, by Antoine Levesques
Noteworthy
1. The ‘China Model’ in the Middle East, by Jon B. Alterman 2. A Delicate Balance: Iraq’s Security Culture Between Iran and the United States, by Ellen Laipson and Douglas Ollivant 3. Red Sea Tensions, Tanker War Lessons?, by Ethan J. Lee 4. Harnessing the Power of Cyber Defence, by Peter Campbell and Michael J. Donahoo 5. US Security Assurances and Nuclear Tripolarity, by Linde Desmaele 6. The Rise of Economic Nationalism, by Hanns W. Maull
Book Reviews
a. United States, by David C. Unger b. Middle East, by Ray Takeyh c. Asia-Pacific, by Lanxin Xiang d. Will America Fail Ukraine?, by Dana H. Allin and Jonathan Stevenson
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
