Survival August-September 2021: Debating US Foreign Policy

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry argue that liberal internationalism is more appropriate to contemporary global realities than the Quincy-coalition restraint James Crabtree explains why the West’s Build Back Better World partnership will be hard-pressed to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative Joelien Pretorius and Tom Sauer contend that if states are serious about nuclear disarmament, they should ditch the NPT and join the Ban Treaty instead Sameer Lalwani and Tyler Sagerstrom analyse what the India–Russia defence partnership means for US policy And eight more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson

Survival 63.4 (August–September 2021), pp. 1–236 Misplaced Restraint: The Quincy Coalition Versus Liberal Internationalism, by Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry The War on Terror Has Not Yet Failed: A Net Assessment After 20 Years, by Hal Brands and Michael O’Hanlon Trump’s Russia Legacy and Biden’s Response, by Angela Stent Competing with the BRI: The West’s Uphill Task, by James Crabtree Enabling US Security Cooperation, by Bilal Y. Saab Noteworthy Ditch the NPT, by Joelien Pretorius and Tom Sauer Response: Keep the NPT, by Matthew Harries Manoeuvre Versus Attrition in US Military Operations, by Franz-Stefan Gady What the India–Russia Defence Partnership Means for US Policy, by Sameer Lalwani and Tyler Sagerstrom The Iran Nuclear Deal and Sanctions Relief: Implications for US Policy, by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Mahsa Rouhi The US–Mexico Border: Asylum, Fear and Trump, by Russell Crandall Book Reviews Politics and International Relations, by Steven Simon Asia-Pacific, by Lanxin Xiang Russia and Eurasia, by Angela Stent Australia’s ‘Drums of War’, by Greg Austin

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