Survival: Global Politics and Strategy (April-May 2020)

<p><em>Survival</em> the IISS’s bimonthly journal challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh often controversial perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.</p><p>In this issue: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Anatol Lieven argues that strong and legitimate states remain central to any efforts to limit climate change and mitigate diseases such as coronavirus and to maintain Western democracy </li> <p> </p> <li>Oriana Skylar Mastro warns that hereditary autocratic regimes such as North Korea’s are prone to sudden collapse something for which policymakers should be prepared </li> <p> </p> <li>Shelby Butt and Daniel Byman contend that Russia’s attempts to undermine the West include supporting white-supremacist and other far-right groups </li> <p> </p> <li>And eight more thought-provoking pieces as well as our regular book reviews and noteworthy column</li> </ul>