The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a registered charity with offices in Washington, London, Manama and Singapore, is the world’s leading authority on political–military conflict. It is the primary independent source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues. Publications include The Military Balance, an annual reference work on each nation’s defence capabilities; Strategic Survey, an annual review of world affairs; Survival, a bi-monthly journal of international affairs; Strategic Comments, an online analysis of topical issues in international affairs; and the Adelphi series of books on issues of international security.

‘In a world of complex security challenges the need for serious, thoughtful analysis is greater than ever. Survival’s combination of elegant writing and rigorous scholarship from the world’s top experts makes it essential reading for both practitioners and academics.’Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, War Studies King's College London

• Survival 62.6 (December 2020–January 2021), pp. 1–272Europe Can Defend Itself by Barry R. PosenRepublican Politics and Policy After Trump by Kori SchakeAmerica and the Illiberal Order After Trump by Michael J. BoyleA New Concert? Diplomacy for a Chaotic World by Pamela Aall, Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler HampsonJoe Biden’s Post-transatlantic Moment by Fabrice PothierBrexit, Scotland and the UN Security Council by Norman DombeyWhy We Need More Diverse Central Bankers by Erik JonesNoteworthyPreventing the Next Social-media Genocide by Daniel Byman and Aditi JoshiDigital Coloniser? China and Artificial Intelligence in Africa by Willem H. GravettBelarus and Russian Policy: Patterns of the Past, Dilemmas of the Present by Nigel Gould-DaviesThe Sino-Russian Relationship and the West by Marcin KaczmarskiRobert Stone’s Fight for His Flag by Jonathan StevensonUncle Sam’s Hidden Empire by Russell Crandall and Frederick RichardsonBook ReviewsUnited States by David C. UngerEurope by Hanns W. MaullCounter-terrorism and Intelligence by Jonathan StevensonLetter to the EditorSpheres of Instability by Jaehan ParkIn Reply by Evan R. SankeyDonald Trump’s Legacy by Dana H. Allin

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a registered charity with offices in Washington, London, Manama and Singapore, is the world’s leading authority on political–military conflict. It is the primary independent source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues. Publications include The Military Balance, an annual reference work on each nation’s defence capabilities; Strategic Survey, an annual review of world affairs; Survival, a bi-monthly journal of international affairs; Strategic Comments, an online analysis of topical issues in international affairs; and the Adelphi series of books on issues of international security.

‘In a world of complex security challenges the need for serious, thoughtful analysis is greater than ever. Survival’s combination of elegant writing and rigorous scholarship from the world’s top experts makes it essential reading for both practitioners and academics.’Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, War Studies King's College London

• Survival 62.6 (December 2020–January 2021), pp. 1–272Europe Can Defend Itself by Barry R. PosenRepublican Politics and Policy After Trump by Kori SchakeAmerica and the Illiberal Order After Trump by Michael J. BoyleA New Concert? Diplomacy for a Chaotic World by Pamela Aall, Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler HampsonJoe Biden’s Post-transatlantic Moment by Fabrice PothierBrexit, Scotland and the UN Security Council by Norman DombeyWhy We Need More Diverse Central Bankers by Erik JonesNoteworthyPreventing the Next Social-media Genocide by Daniel Byman and Aditi JoshiDigital Coloniser? China and Artificial Intelligence in Africa by Willem H. GravettBelarus and Russian Policy: Patterns of the Past, Dilemmas of the Present by Nigel Gould-DaviesThe Sino-Russian Relationship and the West by Marcin KaczmarskiRobert Stone’s Fight for His Flag by Jonathan StevensonUncle Sam’s Hidden Empire by Russell Crandall and Frederick RichardsonBook ReviewsUnited States by David C. UngerEurope by Hanns W. MaullCounter-terrorism and Intelligence by Jonathan StevensonLetter to the EditorSpheres of Instability by Jaehan ParkIn Reply by Evan R. SankeyDonald Trump’s Legacy by Dana H. Allin