Survival: June - July 2022

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.

• Survival 64.3 (June–July 2022), pp. 1–222 A Brutal Examination: Russian Military Capability in Light of the Ukraine War In the Shadow of Ukraine: India’s Choices and Challenges Strategic Unpredictability: Assessing the Doctrine from Nixon to Putin NATO Membership NATO Facing China: Responses and Adaptations UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review The State of NATO: An American View Noteworthy Israel and the Iran Nuclear Deal: The Best of Bad Options How the al-Qaeda–Taliban Alliance Survived Politics by Default: China and the Global Governance of African Debt Culture and War Book Reviews Europe Latin America Environment and Resources Sleepwalking to Solidarity? Russia, Ukraine and the European Dream

‘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