Survival February–March 2021: A House Divided

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Steven Simon argues that despite the violent storming of the US Capitol, Republicans are inclined to commit to minority rule In a special forum, IISS researchers and three other experts consider whether NATO’s European members can defend themselves without US support Hanns W. Maull contends that the coronavirus pandemic has revealed deficiencies of global governance, and analyses their implications for the future of international order Christopher W. Hughes, Alessio Patalano and Robert Ward examine Japan’s grand strategy and Abe Shinzo’s legacy And seven 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 63.1 (February–March 2021), pp. 1–232 Trump’s Insurrection and America’s Year of Living Dangerously, by Steven Simon Forum: Can Europe Defend Itself? Editor’s Note Europe’s Defence Requires Offence, by Douglas Barrie, Ben Barry, Henry Boyd, Nick Childs and Bastian Giegerich Europe Can Afford the Cost of Autonomy, by François Heisbourg Europe Cannot Defend Itself: The Challenge of Pooling Military Power, by Stephen G. Brooks and Hugo Meijer In Reply: To Repeat, Europe Can Defend Itself, by Barry R. Posen Noteworthy Community and COVID-19: Japan, Sweden and Uruguay, by Amitai Etzioni The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future of International Order, by Hanns W. Maull War and Peace: Reaffirming the Distinction, by Chiara Libiseller and Lukas Milevski Towards a Quantum Internet: Post-pandemic Cyber Security in a Post-digital World, by David C. Gompert and Martin Libicki Japan’s Grand Strategy: The Abe Era and Its Aftermath, by Christopher W. Hughes, Alessio Patalano and Robert Ward Dilemmas of Aiding Ukraine, by Henrik Larsen Coffee and Communism, by Russell Crandall Book Reviews War, Conflict and the Military, by Rosa Brooks Russia and Eurasia, by Angela Stent Asia-Pacific, by Lanxin Xiang Letter to the Editor Brexit and the UN Security Council: Much Ado About Not Much?, by David Hannay In Reply, by Norman Dombey In Paranoid Style: The Last Days of Trump, by Benjamin Rhode Correction

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