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Survival -  Vol 51, No 2 - April-May 2009

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Volume 51, Number 2 of Survival, the Institute's bi-monthly journal, has been published.

  

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Commentary

 

NATO and the UN

 by Michael F. Harsch and Johannes Varwick

 

Rebooting NATO–Russia Relations

 by Oksana Antonenko and Bastian Giegerich

 

 

 

Beijing’s Populist Limits

 

China’s Democratised Foreign Policy 

by Denny Roy

 

Although there are good reasons to wish for democracy in China, rescue from China’s most serious international disputes is not among them.

 

 

 

Europe’s Difficult Choices

 

The Euro and the Financial Crisis 

by Erik Jones

Europe’s economic and monetary union is not only much stronger than many fear, it is much better than the system it replaced.

 

  

NATO at 60 

by Mats Berdal and David Ucko

The best that may be hoped for NATO’s 60th anniversary is a scaling back of NATO ambitions in line with its political will and military capability.

Watch video of Mats Berdal discussing the article with Survival Editor Dana Allin

 

  

France and NATO 

by Jeremy Ghez and F. Stephen Larrabee

Return to the Alliance’s integrated military command is an important watershed.

 

  

Russia and the West 

by Eugene Rumer and Angela Stent

The Allies will have to rethink earlier premises and respond with care to the mixed signals emanating from Moscow.

 

  

The Roots of Germany’s Russia Policy 

by Christopher S. Chivvis and Thomas Rid

To fully understand Berlin’s emerging relationship with Moscow one must go beyond tired clichés about German dependence on Russian energy.

  

 

Serbia’s Choice 

by Elizabeth Pond

Politics in Belgrade has moved beyond the radical nationalists’ anti-European stew of hubris and special sense of victimisation.

 

 

 

Plus

 

The Political Consequences of Climate Change 

by Paul F. Herman Jr and Gregory F. Treverton

A full evaluation of global climate change and appropriate responses needs to take indirect, intangible socio-political and institutional effects into account.

 

 

 

The Rise and Fall of Resource Nationalism 

by Ian Bremmer and Robert Johnston

With sharply falling prices for oil and other commodities, exporter regimes may face domestic economic and political problems for which they are not prepared.

 

 

 

‘Underkill’: Fighting Extremists amid Populations 

by David C. Gompert

Western forces are getting better at irregular operations, but lack options to act against insurgents in urban areas without risking serious harm to ordinary people.

 

  

Review Essay: Pragmatism and Principle 

by Douglas Hurd

   

Review Essay: Limits of a New-Age Worldview 

by Adam Roberts

  

Closing Argument: Moon Over Manhattan 

by Jeffrey Mazo

  

Book Reviews

 

  • United States  John L. Harper

  • International Relations  Gilles Andréani

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

  • Africa  Jonathan Stevenson

 

 

Brief Notices

 

Noteworthy

 

 

 

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