The Strategic Survey 2019

Strategic Survey analyses the events that shaped relations between major powers, region by region, in the last year, and identifies key themes for policymakers and analysts looking ahead to 2020. The 2019 edition features essays on: 5G mobile network technology and geopolitics The fate of the New START agreement Afghanistan and regional politics after a US withdrawal The Gulf States competition in the Horn of Africa Putins Russia: consolidation and manoeuvre Iran after Khamenei Germany, 30 years after the fall of the Wall Venezuelas crisis and the challenge of reconstruction