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Global Politics and Strategy
By Mark Fitzpatrick
The goal is not regime change per se: a replacement might not be any less onerous than the Kims. The preferable solution is unification in a way that brings despotism on the peninsula to an end.
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By Erik Jones
The European Central bank will do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, but it will also act only within its mandate. And that may not be enough.
By Massimo Franco
Francis I represents an important shift from the eurocentrism of his predecessors. Even as he rebuilds the Church through renewed attention to poverty and inclusion, however, the real changes will be in Rome.
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This issue includes articles on international affairs by Mark Fitzpatrick, Erik Jones and Massimo Franco.
Does morality matter in security policy? In the current edition of Survival I argue that it does, citing among other examples the...
Brazil has celebrated a couple of important victories on the international stage in recent months, which are indications of the...
The stunning results from Iran's 14 June election showed the desire for change. Among other frustrations, Iranians are fed up...
I chaired yesterday a panel on the strategic implications of Britain’s EU choice – whether or not to remain a...
Is Iraq coming apart? It is unclear whether the country’s American-invented institutions will hold. And there is a chance that...
After spending five days in the Norwegian Arctic, I feel a bit like the Wodehouse character who wrote a book...
Catalonia, the autonomous region in Spain that includes the city of Barcelona, has spent the past three years progressively moving...
The report of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda – the follow-up to the Millennium Development...
I'm off to the Arctic on a tour – in fact I left on Sunday. Oslo–Bodo–Tromso–Svalbard (Longyearbyen and Ny Alesund) and...
If the business of politics involves hitting all the right notes, then Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera was in pretty...
After a five-month period of escalating tension and over-the-top rhetoric from December to April - what one US think tank...
In 2008 we relaunched Survival with, among other innovations, the new subtitle 'Global Politics and Strategy'. This was the 50th...
Early last week, my wife read out to me over the breakfast table a BBC Online report headlined 'Climate Slowdown...
By Austin Long
While most counter-insurgency campaigns include a characteristic pattern of violence by members of security forces against both their fellows and their allies, the Afghan case appears to be unique.
By Alexander Nicoll
As prime minister, she touched nerves and affected lives. Even after 23 years, it is hard to achieve any kind of studied perspective on how she changed Britain.
By Vanda Felbab-Brown
Military conflict increasingly involves political violence, organised crime and illicit economies, while law enforcement often resembles warfare.