Survival: Global Politics and Strategy June-July 2020

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.

• Survival 62.3 (June-July 2020), pp. 1–240From Wuhan to the World: How the Pandemic Will Reshape Geopolitics, by François HeisbourgStrategy for a Pandemic: The UK and COVID-19, by Lawrence FreedmanThe Scientific Response to COVID-19 and Lessons for Security, by Gigi Kwik GronvallSanctioning Pandemic-plagued Iran, by Mark FitzpatrickSubtle Connections: Pandemic and the Authoritarian Impulse, by Steven SimonNoteworthySpin-on: How the US Can Meet China’s Technological Challenge, by David C. GompertWar in the Grey Zone: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Implications, by Geraint HughesGermany, Japan and the Fate of International Order, by Ellis S. Krauss and Hanns W. MaullTogether or Apart? The European Union’s East–West Divide, by Veronica Anghel What Is This Thing Called Peace?, by Mats BerdalGreat Leaders and Bad History, by Rodric BraithwaiteBook ReviewsCulture and Society, by Jeffrey MazoLatin America, by Russell Crandall with Frederick RichardsonEurope, by Erik JonesCIA Agonistes, by Jonathan Stevenson