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• Survival 64.3 (June–July 2022), pp. 1–222 A Brutal Examination: Russian Military Capability in Light of the Ukraine War In the Shadow of Ukraine: India’s Choices and Challenges Strategic Unpredictability: Assessing the Doctrine from Nixon to Putin NATO Membership NATO Facing China: Responses and Adaptations UK Defence Policy After Ukraine: Revisiting the Integrated Review The State of NATO: An American View Noteworthy Israel and the Iran Nuclear Deal: The Best of Bad Options How the al-Qaeda–Taliban Alliance Survived Politics by Default: China and the Global Governance of African Debt Culture and War Book Reviews Europe Latin America Environment and Resources Sleepwalking to Solidarity? Russia, Ukraine and the European Dream