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Commentary

Iran: Diplomacy and Deterrence

by Andrew Parasiliti

 Nuclear Options

The Case for No First Use: An Exchange

by Morton H. Halperin, Bruno Tertrais, Keith B. Payne, K. Subrahmanyam and Scott D. Sagan

Experts from Europe, Asia and North America debate the case for a US declaratory policy of no nuclear first use.

 

Rethinking Afghanistan

Afghanistan: How Much is Enough?

by Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson

The logic behind US escalation in Afghanistan is that US strategic interests require assuming responsibility for rebuilding the Afghan state. But this logic is false.

 

Afghan Q&A: Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Germany’s Options in Afghanistan

by Timo Noetzel and Thomas Rid

The next German government is likely to adapt its policies only haltingly, instead of leaping into action as the new US administration has done.

 

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The Roots of Iran’s Election Crisis

by Amin Saikal

The current turmoil in Iran stems from deep structural problems in the nature of its Islamic government.

 

Turkey’s War at Home

by Steven A. Cook

Turkey’s domestic ideological struggles threaten both the impressive reforms enacted earlier this decade and the country’s new-found international standing.

 

The New Problem of Arctic Stability

by Margaret Blunden

Tensions have been rising as global warming opens up new economic opportunities that change the geostrategic dynamics in the North.

 

The Future of European Defence Policy

by Pierre-Henri d’Argenson

The European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) will soon confront a threshold of progress beyond which controversial choices on future developments and final aims will have to be made.

 

Review Essays

Lincoln’s Grim Realism

by Eliot A. Cohen

Turkey, Islam and Europe

by Erik Jones

Australia’s Different Defence Policy

by Hugh White

Sino-Russian Myths

by Andrew C. Kuchins

Closing Argument

Mr Obama Goes to Moscow

by Oksana Antonenko

Plus

Book Reviews

  • Middle East  Steven Simon

  • United States  David Calleo

  • Politics and International Relations  Pierre Hassner

  • South Asia  Teresita C. Schaffer

  • War, Conflict and the Military  H.R. McMaster

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In the News / On the Web

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Previous Survival articles providing depth and insight into today's headlines 

Iran's Nuclear Programme

Iran: Breaking the Deadlock

by Jean-Louis Gergorin

The P5+1 must find a way to persuade Iran to accept limits on its enrichment capabilities, and the Western powers must find a way to enforce those limits. (June–July 2009)

 

Iran’s Power in Context

by Shahram Chubin

Iran’s power and influence is often exaggerated by those who see Iran as a regional superpower or hegemon without recognising its weaknesses and contradictions. (February–March 2009)

 

Halting Iran’s Nuclear Programme: The Military Option

by Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt

In responding to Iran’s nuclear programme, the United States and its allies should strengthen the credibility of the military option to bolster the prospects for successful diplomacy. (October–November 2008)

 

Living with Ambiguity: Nuclear Deals with Iran and North Korea

by Robert S. Litwak

A pragmatic pivot by the administration to a new strategy of containment would decouple the nuclear issue from the question of regime change. (February–March 2008)

  

A Nuclear Iran: The Reactions of Neighbours

by Dassa Kaye, Dalia Dassa and Frederic M. Wehrey

Many states do not perceive a nuclear-armed Iran itself to be the principal threat, but are more concerned with spillover effects, such as a regional arms race. (Summer 2007)

  

 

Pakistan

The Unravelling of Pakistan

by John R. Schmidt

Nothing in the nature of Pakistan’s political culture, or in the performance of its political class since the founding of the state, provides grounds for optimism. (June-July 2009)

 

Pakistan: Transition to What?

by Teresita C. Schaffer

Both for Pakistan's future and for Western policy interests, this is the time to put legitimacy of the government first. (February-March 2008)

 

Pandemic Flu

Is Pandemic Flu a Security Threat?

by Christian Enemark

Framing influenza as a threat to national security could help improve and mobilise public-health resources, but could also lead to emergency responses which are ineffective, counterproductive or unjust. (February-March 2009)

 

Lectures and Interviews from Survival authors

On 27 May Survival author Rodric Braithwaite joined Oksana Antonenko, IISS Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia, and Artemy Kalinovksy, Junior Fellow at LSE IDEAS, to discuss the ‘Soviet Experience and its Implications for NATO Strategy’. Video of the discussion can be viewed here (42:50). In his article for the February-March issue of Survival, ‘Afghan Diary’, Ambassador Braithwaite described a research trip to Afghanistan during which he concluded that the ‘Russian effort in Afghanistan was frustrated above all by their inability to control the frontier with Pakistan: a task which may well turn out to be even harder for the coalition’.

 

With NATO holding its 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg/Kehl on 3-4 April, Survival Editor Dana Allin interviews Mats Berdal, professor at Kings College London and an IISS Consulting Senior Fellow, on his article 'NATO at 60' in the April-May issue. (Streaming video; 13:02)

 

Also in the April-May issue is Rebooting NATO–Russia Relations by Oksana Antonenko, IISS Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia, and Bastian Giegerich, IISS Research Fellow for European Security. Watch a discussion meeting from 26 March where they discuss their article. (Streaming video; 42:15)  

 

Most Cited Recent Articles

Counter-insurgency Redux

by David Kilcullen (Winter 2006–07)

 

Turkey and Russia: Axis of the Excluded?

by Fiona Hill and Owen Taspinar (Spring 2006)

 

Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Programme

by Mark Fitzpatrick (Autumn 2006)

 

Inducing a Failed State in Palestine

by Yezid Sayigh (Autumn 2007)

 

Pakistan’s Dangerous Game

by Seth G. Jones (Spring 2007)

 

A Long War?

by Michael Howard (Winter 2006–07)

 

Chaos in the North Caucasus & Russia’s Future

by John B. Dunlop and Rajan Menon (Summer 2006)

 

Averting failure in Afghanistan

by Seth G. Jones (Spring 2006)

 

Top Downloaded Articles

On War: Lessons to be Learned

by H.R. McMaster (February-March 2008)

 

China's Military Space Strategy

by Ashley J. Tellis (Autumn 2007)

 

The Two Faces of Saudi Arabia

by Mai Yamani (February-March 2008) 

 

Forum: Debating Bush's Wars

by Peter Wehner, Kishore Mahbubani and Philip H. Gordon (February-March 2008)

 

China's Military Space Strategy: An Exchange

by Michael Krepon, Eric Hagt, Shen Dingli, Bao Shixiu, Michael Pillsbury and Ashley Tellis (February-March 2008)

 

Recovering American Leadership

by Joseph S. Nye (February-March 2008)

 

A Long War?

by Michael Howard (Winter 2006-07)

 

Strategy and the LImitation of War

by Hew Strachan (February-March 2008)

 

China in Africa

by Chris Alden (Autumn 2005)

 

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