Survival: June-July 2024

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 66.3 (June–July 2024), pp. 1–212Planning for a Post-American Europe by François Heisbourg, Two Cheers for Biden’s Ukraine Policy by Peter Harris, NATO’s Anniversary Predicament by Sara Bjerg Moller, Civilisational Conflict, by Hilton L. Root, Russia, the Global South and the Mechanics of the Nuclear Order by Hanna Notte Noteworthy A War They Both Are Losing: Israel, Hamas and the Plight of Gaza by Daniel Byman, Iran and Israel: Everything Short of War, by John Raine with Ben Barry, Nick Childs, Fabian Hinz and Julia Voo Biden’s Misguided China Policy by Lanxin Xiang Forever Bound? Japan’s Road to Self-defence and the US Alliance by Lotje Boswinkel Preventing Nuclear War by Edward Ifft The Gulf States’ Pragmatism in Afghanistan by Hasan T. Alhasan and Asna Wajid Changing the Way We Think About Europe by Erik Jones The Western Forces’ March to the Sea by Jonathan StevensonBook Reviews Culture and Society, by Jeffrey Mazo, Politics and International Relations by Chester A. Crocker, Europe by Erik Jones, Another Special Relationship? The United States and Japan by Robert Ward

‘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