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 63.3 (June–July 2021), pp. 1–222An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State, by Anatol LievenBiden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal: A Verdict on the Limits of American Power, by Laurel MillerUS–China Relations in the Shadow of Spengler, by Lanxin XiangNoteworthyThe Fleet in Being: An Alternative US Strategy, by Kenneth WeisbrodeCould Land Swaps Break the Kosovo–Serbia Impasse?, by Fatma Aslı KelkitliIsrael’s Right-wing Populists: The European Connection, by Dani Filc and Sharon PardoRussia’s Deceptive Nuclear Policy, by Dave JohnsonUsing Force to Protect Civilians in UN Peacekeeping, by Alex J. Bellamy and Charles T. HuntThe Trouble with Regime Change, by Lawrence FreedmanBritain in a Contested World, by Mitchell B. ReissBook ReviewsEurope, by Erik JonesCulture and Society, by Jeffrey MazoLatin America, by Russell Crandall and Britta CrandallThe Life and Times of Michael Elleman, 1958–2021, by Mark FitzpatrickCorrection

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 63.3 (June–July 2021), pp. 1–222An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State, by Anatol LievenBiden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal: A Verdict on the Limits of American Power, by Laurel MillerUS–China Relations in the Shadow of Spengler, by Lanxin XiangNoteworthyThe Fleet in Being: An Alternative US Strategy, by Kenneth WeisbrodeCould Land Swaps Break the Kosovo–Serbia Impasse?, by Fatma Aslı KelkitliIsrael’s Right-wing Populists: The European Connection, by Dani Filc and Sharon PardoRussia’s Deceptive Nuclear Policy, by Dave JohnsonUsing Force to Protect Civilians in UN Peacekeeping, by Alex J. Bellamy and Charles T. HuntThe Trouble with Regime Change, by Lawrence FreedmanBritain in a Contested World, by Mitchell B. ReissBook ReviewsEurope, by Erik JonesCulture and Society, by Jeffrey MazoLatin America, by Russell Crandall and Britta CrandallThe Life and Times of Michael Elleman, 1958–2021, by Mark FitzpatrickCorrection