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Survival - Volume 50 - 2008

The contents of Volume 50 are listed below. To read the summaries from a particular issue, with links to the full text, select the issue from the navigation bar to the left or from the links below.

 

 

 

Issue 6 – December 2008–January 2009

 

  • The Importance of the Financial Crisis Alexander Nicoll

  • Ukraine Since the War in Georgia Dominique Arel

  • Noteworthy

  • Securing Peace: Presidents and Nation Building from FDR to George W. Bush James Dobbins

  • A New American Middle East Strategy? Robert E. Hunter 

  • Fragile States: Securing Development Robert B. Zoellick

  • Why War in Asia Remains Thinkable Hugh White 

  • Why East Asian War is Unlikely Richard A. Bitzinger and Barry Desker 

  • The Gulf's Renewed Oil Wealth: Getting it Right This Time? Suzanne Maloney 

  • Is the Arab World Immune to Democracy? Volker Perthes

  • The Evangelical Roots of US Africa Policy Asteris Huliaras

  • Review Essays

    • Al-Qaeda 2.0 Raffaello Pantucci 

    • Reports from the Revolution Russell Crandall

  • Book Reviews

    • United States John L. Harper

    • Europe Hanns W. Maull

    • Russia and Eurasia Oksana Antonenko 

  • Brief Notices

  • From the Archives: Survival 1998–2007

  • Closing Argument

    • Real America Dana H. Allin 

 

 

Issue 5 – October–November 2008

 

  • Turkey’s Latest Crisis Gareth Jenkins

  • Halting Iran’s Nuclear Programme: The Military Option Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt

  • Noteworthy

  • A War with No Winners Oksana Antonenko

  • Iraq and the Next American President Toby Dodge

  • The Tyranny of False Vision: America’s Unipolar Fantasy David P. Calleo

  • America after the Elections: A Strategy of Conservation Sarah Sewall

  • Restoring America’s Image: What the Next President Can Do Mitchell B. Reiss

  • Washington’s Apparent Readiness to Start Nuclear War Andy Butfoy

  • Asteroid Threat? The Problem of Planetary Defence Mark Bucknam and Robert Gold

  • Review Essays

    • Coming of Age in Nixonland Spencer Ackerman

    • Humanity’s Mirror Mats Berdal

  • Book Reviews

    • South Asia Teresita C. Schaffer

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

    • Asia-Pacific Lanxin Xiang

  • Brief Notices

  • From the Archives: Survival 1988–1997

  • Closing Argument

    • One Cold War Among Many? Pierre Hassner

 

 

Issue 4 – August–September 2008

 

  • Carrying China’s Torch  Robert Ayson and Brendan Taylor

  • An Agenda for Human Dignity  Marc Perrin de Brichambaut

  • Noteworthy

  • Early Days in Iraq: Decisions of the CPA  L. Paul Bremer, James Dobbins and David Gompert

  • Bad Days in Basra  Hilary Synnott

  • The Impending Oil Shock: An Exchange  Amy Myers Jaffe, Michael T. Klare and Nader Elhefnawy

  • Why Europe Leads on Climate Change  John R. Schmidt

  • Chechnya: Has Moscow Won?  Roland Dannreuther and Luke March

  • Separatism and Democracy in the Caucasus  Nina Caspersen

  • Missile Contagion  Dennis M. Gormley

  • The California Consensus: Can Private Aid End Global Poverty?  Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas

  • Review Essays

    • Misreading Russia  Rodric Braithwaite

    • Ancient Lessons for Today’s Soldiers  H.R. McMaster

    • Responsible Intervention  Mary Kaldor

  • Book Reviews

    • Middle East  Steven Simon

    • Arms, Arms Control and Technology  Bruno Tertrais

    • Counter-terrorism  Jonathan Stevenson

  • Brief Notices

  • From the Archives: Survival 1978–1987

  • Closing Argument

    • Are We At War?  Michael Howard

 

  

Issue 3 – June–July 2008

 

  • A Gaullist By Any Other Name  Justin Vaisse

  • What Price Energy Transformation?  R. Andreas Kraemer

  • Nuclear Threat Reduction: Cooperating in Troubled Times  Jack Caravelli

  • Noteworthy 

  • The Strategic Implications of Climate Change  Alan Dupont

  • The Return of State Capitalism  Ian Bremmer

  • China’s Falklands Lessons  Lyle Goldstein

  • Europe’s Role in Nation Building  James Dobbins

  • The Strategic Dimensions of Civil Resistance  Peter Ackerman and Berel Rodal

  • Anthropology in Conflict: An Exchange  Rye Barcott, James Peacock, Roberto J. González, Nadje Al-Ali and Laura A. McNamara 

  • Review Essays

    • I Spy  Simon Chesterman 

    • Reorienting Japan  Rajan Menon

  • Book Reviews 

    • Europe  Erik Jones

    • Russia and Eurasia  Oksana Antonenko

    • Environment, Resources and the Economy  Bill Emmott

    • Latin America  Russell Crandall

  • Brief Notices 

  • From the Archives: Survival 1968–1977 

  • Letters to the Editor 

  • Closing Argument

    • Thinking the Unthinkable  Jeffrey Mazo

 

 

Issue 2 – April-May 2008

 

  • Kosovo’s Moment, Serbia’s Chance  David Gowan

  • Kenya’s Retrograde Election  Jonathan Stevenson

  • Europe, Russia and American Missile Defence  Walter B. Slocombe

  • Medvedev’s Choice  Oksana Antonenko

  • The Impending Oil Shock  Nader Elhefnawy

  • The Anbar Awakening  Austin Long

  • Historical Myths of a Divided Iraq  Reidar Visser

  • South Asia’s Nuclear Decade  Bruce Reidel

  • The Threat to Young Democracies  Nathan Converse and Ethan B. Kapstein

  • The Making of Macedonia  Christopher S. Chivvis

  • Review Essays

    • Challenging Democratic Sovereignty  Preston King

    • Concept Wars  Henry Shue

  • Book Reviews

    • Politics and International Relations  Gilles Andréani

    • United States  John L. Harper

    • Africa  Jonathan Stevenson

    • Culture and Society  Jeffrey Mazo

  • Brief Notices

  • From the Archives: Survival 1959–1967

  • Letter to the Editor

  • Closing Argument

    • Function Follows Form  Dana H. Allin

 

 

Issue 1 – February–March 2008

 

  • Present at the Creation  Michael Howard

  • Pakistan: Transition to What?  Teresita C. Schaffer

  • On War: Lessons to be Learned  H.R. McMaster

  • Strategy and the Limitation of War Hew Strachan

  • Recovering American Leadership Joseph S. Nye, Jr

  • Debating Bush’s Wars Peter Wehner, Kishore Mahbubani and Philip H. Gordon

  • Living with Ambiguity: Nuclear Deals with Iran and North Korea Robert S. Litwak

  • Resurrecting the Test-Ban Treaty Michael O’Hanlon

  • Does the UN have a Role in Iraq? Thomas R. Pickering

  • The Two Faces of Saudi Arabia Mai Yamani

  • China’s Military Space Strategy: An Exchange Michael Krepon, Eric Hagt, Shen Dingli, Bao Shixiu, Michael Pillsbury and Ashley Tellis

  • Review Essays

    • Friendly Critics David P. Calleo

    • Half Full, Half Empty Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen

  • Book Reviews

    • Politics and International Relations Gilles Andréani

    • Arms, Arms Control and Technology Bruno Tertrais

    • Asia-Pacific Lanxin Xiang

    • Middle East Steven Simon

  • Brief Notices

  • Noteworthy

  • Closing Argument

    • What is at Stake? Dana H. Allin