Survival

<p>Survival 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> <li>Robert Dalsjö Michael Jonsson and Johan Norberg reconsider Russia's military capability given its recent battlefield performance in Ukraine</li> <p></p></ul> <p></p> <ul> <p> <li>William Alberque and Benjamin Schreer argue that Finland and Sweden's NATO membership would if managed judiciously bolster deterrence and European security</li> <p></p></ul> <p></p> <ul> <p> <li>Chuck Freilich contends that encouraging diplomacy is the best of Israel's limited options for postponing Iran's nuclear-weapons programme</li> <p></p></ul> <p></p> <ul> <p> <li>Nicolas Lippolis and Harry Verhoeven assess that if a wave of African defaults materialises in the near future it will be catalysed more by private-sector manoeuvring and intransigence than by Chinese scheming</li> <p></p></ul> <p></p> <ul> <p> <li>Dana H. Allin and Erik Jones argue that Russia's isolation is not a viable endgame for the West but it may be unavoidable for a generation</li> <p></p></ul> <p>And seven more thought-provoking pieces as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column.</p> <p>Editor: Dr Dana Allin</p> <p>Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson</p> <p>Associate Editor: Carolyn West</p> <p>Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson</p> <p>Editorial Assistant: Charlie Zawadzki</p>