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• Survival 63.1 (February–March 2021), pp. 1–232Trump’s Insurrection and America’s Year of Living Dangerously, by Steven SimonForum: Can Europe Defend Itself? Editor’s NoteEurope’s Defence Requires Offence, by Douglas Barrie, Ben Barry, Henry Boyd, Nick Childs and Bastian GiegerichEurope Can Afford the Cost of Autonomy, by François HeisbourgEurope Cannot Defend Itself: The Challenge of Pooling Military Power, by Stephen G. Brooks and Hugo MeijerIn Reply: To Repeat, Europe Can Defend Itself, by Barry R. PosenNoteworthyCommunity and COVID-19: Japan, Sweden and Uruguay, by Amitai EtzioniThe Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future of International Order, by Hanns W. MaullWar and Peace: Reaffirming the Distinction, by Chiara Libiseller and Lukas MilevskiTowards a Quantum Internet: Post-pandemic Cyber Security in a Post-digital World, by David C. Gompert and Martin LibickiJapan’s Grand Strategy: The Abe Era and Its Aftermath, by Christopher W. Hughes, Alessio Patalano and Robert WardDilemmas of Aiding Ukraine, by Henrik LarsenCoffee and Communism, by Russell CrandallBook ReviewsWar, Conflict and the Military, by Rosa BrooksRussia and Eurasia, by Angela StentAsia-Pacific, by Lanxin XiangLetter to the EditorBrexit and the UN Security Council: Much Ado About Not Much?, by David HannayIn Reply, by Norman DombeyIn Paranoid Style: The Last Days of Trump, by Benjamin Rhode Correction