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 63.5 (October–November 2021), pp. 1–248Vindicating Realist Internationalism, by Anatol LievenQuiet Engagement with the Taliban, by Arne Strand and Astri SuhrkeAfghanistan and the Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding, by Toby DodgeAmerica’s Architectural Challenge in Southeast Asia, by James CrabtreeNoteworthyHard Lessons from South Sudan, by Mats Berdal and David ShearerUS Counter-terrorism: Moving Beyond Global Counter-insurgency to Strongpoint Defence, by Audrey Kurth CroninThe Future of US–Israeli Relations, by Jonathan RynholdNATO’s Next Strategic Concept: Prioritise or Perish, by Jens Ringsmose and Sten RynningMore than Decorative, Less than Decisive: Russian A2/AD Capabilities and NATO, by Robert Dalsjö and Michael JonssonUnderstanding Russia: Personalist Autocracy Versus Historical Continuity, by Thomas Graham and Joseph HabermanThe US Military’s Enduring ‘German Problem’, by Franz-Stefan Gady

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 63.5 (October–November 2021), pp. 1–248Vindicating Realist Internationalism, by Anatol LievenQuiet Engagement with the Taliban, by Arne Strand and Astri SuhrkeAfghanistan and the Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding, by Toby DodgeAmerica’s Architectural Challenge in Southeast Asia, by James CrabtreeNoteworthyHard Lessons from South Sudan, by Mats Berdal and David ShearerUS Counter-terrorism: Moving Beyond Global Counter-insurgency to Strongpoint Defence, by Audrey Kurth CroninThe Future of US–Israeli Relations, by Jonathan RynholdNATO’s Next Strategic Concept: Prioritise or Perish, by Jens Ringsmose and Sten RynningMore than Decorative, Less than Decisive: Russian A2/AD Capabilities and NATO, by Robert Dalsjö and Michael JonssonUnderstanding Russia: Personalist Autocracy Versus Historical Continuity, by Thomas Graham and Joseph HabermanThe US Military’s Enduring ‘German Problem’, by Franz-Stefan Gady