Survival October-November 2021: The Limits of Power

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: · Anatol Lieven argues that realist support for prudence and restraint in foreign policy does not equate to chauvinism, isolationism and opposition to international cooperation · Toby Dodge assesses that the United States’ attempt to comprehensively transform Afghanistan was based on its erroneous presumption that the liberal-peacebuilding model was universally applicable · Audrey Kurth Cronin contends that the logic of fighting terrorists far from the US homeland no longer holds, as the US faces resource constraints and rising domestic terrorism · Jens Ringsmose and Sten Rynning analyse the potential priorities and scope of NATO’s next Strategic Concept, and how it can bridge the Alliance’s political–military divide 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 63.5 (October–November 2021), pp. 1–248 Vindicating Realist Internationalism, by Anatol Lieven Quiet Engagement with the Taliban, by Arne Strand and Astri Suhrke Afghanistan and the Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding, by Toby Dodge America’s Architectural Challenge in Southeast Asia, by James Crabtree Noteworthy Hard Lessons from South Sudan, by Mats Berdal and David Shearer US Counter-terrorism: Moving Beyond Global Counter-insurgency to Strongpoint Defence, by Audrey Kurth Cronin The Future of US–Israeli Relations, by Jonathan Rynhold NATO’s Next Strategic Concept: Prioritise or Perish, by Jens Ringsmose and Sten Rynning More than Decorative, Less than Decisive: Russian A2/AD Capabilities and NATO, by Robert Dalsjö and Michael Jonsson Understanding Russia: Personalist Autocracy Versus Historical Continuity, by Thomas Graham and Joseph Haberman The US Military’s Enduring ‘German Problem’, by Franz-Stefan Gady

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