Survival: June - July 2023

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 65.3 (June–July 2023), pp. 1–198The Guns of Europe: Defence-industrial Challenges in a Time of War, by Hannah Aries, Bastian Giegerich and Tim LawrensonThe Black Sea in the Shadow of War, by Nick ChildsPaper Tiger: The Enemy Image of America, by Barak Mendelsohn and Dominic TierneyThe Future Is Now: Security Guarantees for Ukraine, by Liana FixThe Zeitenwende at Work: Germany’s National Security Strategy, by Karl-Heinz KampThe Philippines’ Surprising Veer West, by James Crabtree and Evan A. LaksmanaNoteworthyUkraine’s IT Army, by Stefan SoesantoTelegram, ‘Milbloggers’ and the Russian State, by Sam FarbmanHouthis in the Footsteps of Hizbullah, by Daniel SobelmanThe Choice for Sanctions, by Erik JonesBook ReviewsPolitics and International Relations, by Chester A. CrockerCulture and Society, by Jeffrey MazoEurope, by Erik JonesLatin America, by Russell Crandall and Britta CrandallAn Iraq Syndrome?, by Ronald SteelRonald Steel and the American Century, by Dana H. Allin

‘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