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- Italy's Sovereign Debt Crisis
Despite Italy's recent round of austerity measures, the spreads on government bonds have not dropped as much as had been hoped. Professor Erik Jones explains how the country must undertake massive structural reforms if it is to start putting its finances back in order and warns that eurobonds are the only realistic situation to reducing interest rates on government debt.
- Fiscal Union by Force
What happened to the Euro-zone economies over the past two years was the imposition of fiscal union by the force of the markets argues Alex Nicoll, Director of Editorial at IISS, in a discussion of his article 'Fiscal Union by Force' the new issue of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy. In this interview, Nicoll, a former journalist at the Financial Times, provides an overview of the crisis and tells interviewer Dana Allin that the crisis has changed the eurozone, and the EU, forever.
- Pyongyang should pay for the food it seeks
In the October-November issue of Survival, Mark Fitzpatrick discusses the inherent contradiction of a heavily-armed nation with a nuclear programme asking for assistance in feeding its population. Although he stresses that it would be a violation of humanitarian donorship principles to use food assistance as a political bargaining chip, he says skilful international diplomacy can at least get North Korea talking rather than busying itself with provocative attacks.
- Dangerous Liasions
Despite its extraordinary grip over British politics back in July, the phone hacking scandal has largely disappeared from the British public consciousness argues Alex Nicoll, Director of Editorial at IISS. In this interview, Nicoll, a former journalist at the Financial Times, provides an overview of the crisis and tells Dana Allin about the ferocious competitiveness of British journalism that contributed to it.
- Military Exceptionalism in Pakistan
In the latest issue of Survival, Professor Anatol Lieven says the Pakistani military is exceptional in being the only institution in the country 'that works more or less as it is meant to, as measured against the generally accepted standards of a modern state insitution. In this interview, he explains why that is, and underlines that the Pakistan army's efficiency and meritocratic nature is only relative.
- Conspiracy Fever: the US, Pakistan and its Media
Conspiracy Fever: The US, Pakistan and its media by Huma Yusuf. In the latest issue of Survival, journalist Huma Yusuf examines the crucial but largely unreported role that the Pakistani media has played in the increasingly toxic relations between Pakistan and the US. Here she tells Dana Allin how the situation arose and whether it is still possible for the two countries to put aside their differences.
- NATO at 60
NATO at 60 by Mats Berdal and David Ucko. The best that may be hoped for NATOs 60th anniversary is a scaling back of NATO ambitions in line with its political will and military capability. Mats Berdal discusses his article with Survival Editor Dana Allin.
- Doctrine and Reality in Afghanistan
Doctrine and Reality in Afghanistan by Adam Roberts, a long-time Survival contributor and professor at Oxford. Roberts and Survival Editor Dana Allin discuss the causes of growing pessimism about the Afghanistan mission.
- The Struggle for Pakistan
'What is Happening in Pakistan' by Hilary Synnott, IISS Consulting Senior Fellow and former High Commissioner in Pakistan. Synnott and Survival Editor Dana Alliln discuss the prospects for the country and the region.
- The Strategic Implications of Climate Change
Alan Dupont, Michael Hintze Professor of International Security and Director of the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney discusses his article on The Strategic Implications of Climate Change (fourteen minutes).
