Survival June-July 2021: Ending Endless Wars?

Survival June-July 2021: Ending Endless Wars?

Author: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-21

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1000951774

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Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Anatol Lieven argues that the Taliban will remain the most powerful military and political force among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan Lanxin Xiang contends that, following what he describes as Donald Trump’s racist China policy, the Biden administration must avoid casting China as an alien threat Dani Filc and Sharon Pardo assess that right-wing populists in Israel and Europe have become ideological allies, harnessing ethnic nationalism against global Islam Alex J. Bellamy and Charles T. Hunt analyse the intricacies of the use of force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping missions And seven more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson


Survival August-September 2021: Debating US Foreign Policy

Survival August-September 2021: Debating US Foreign Policy

Author: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-21

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1000951316

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Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry argue that liberal internationalism is more appropriate to contemporary global realities than the Quincy-coalition restraint James Crabtree explains why the West’s Build Back Better World partnership will be hard-pressed to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative Joelien Pretorius and Tom Sauer contend that if states are serious about nuclear disarmament, they should ditch the NPT and join the Ban Treaty instead Sameer Lalwani and Tyler Sagerstrom analyse what the India–Russia defence partnership means for US policy And eight more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson


Overseas Bases and US Strategy

Overseas Bases and US Strategy

Author: Jonathan Stevenson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1000812286

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Overseas military bases have been the bedrock of the United States’ ability to project military power, exert political influence and deter potential adversaries since the Second World War. But fatigue with America’s ‘forever wars’, as well as more nuanced financial and strategic reasons, has inclined the public and policy community to favour reducing US global military activities and overseas presence. In this Adelphi book, Jonathan Stevenson argues that this desire does not necessarily translate into sound strategy. Overseas bases are a key element of the reassurance required to resurrect and bolster America’s reputation among its allies and adversaries. Meanwhile, strategic imperatives and geopolitical realities impose restraints in every theatre. The fluidity prevailing in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific counsels maintaining forward-deployed forces there at roughly the current level. Russia’s confrontational posture towards NATO and invasion of Ukraine, as well as NATO’s short- and medium-term reliance on US capabilities, require the American presence in Europe to increase and expand eastward. The US should not commit itself to a foreign policy that is heavy on forward-deployed military power and light on diplomacy. But paradoxically, reducing forward military presence may not be consistent with a policy that is less focused on military power as a means of achieving stability and security.


The Endless End of Cinema

The Endless End of Cinema

Author: Gianluca Sergi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2023-01-26

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1501348566

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Film is dead! Three little words that have been heard around the world many times over the life of the cinema. Yet, some 120 years on, the old dog's ability to come up with new tricks and live another day remains as surprising and effective as ever. This book is an exploration of film's ability to escape its own 'The End' title card. It charts the history of cinema's development through a series of crises that could, should, ought to have 'ended' it. From its origins to Covid - via a series of unlikely friendships with sound, television and the internet - the book provides industry professionals, scholars and lovers of cinema with an informing and intriguing journey into the afterlife of cinema and back to the land of the living. It is also a rare collaboration between an Oscar-winning filmmaker and a film scholar, a chronicle of their attempt to bridge two worlds that have often looked at each other with as much curiosity as doubt, but that are bound by the deep love of cinema that they both share.


COVID-19, Public Management, and Survival of East European Democracies

COVID-19, Public Management, and Survival of East European Democracies

Author: James W. Peterson

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2024-04-16

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1666925179

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COVID-19, Public Management, and Survival of East European Democracies centers initially on the development of democracy in fourteen states of Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on the distinction between the seven Baltic and East Central European states in the north and the seven Balkan states in the south. Examination of key events of the political history of the two regions reveals that a participant political culture as the anchor of democracy was more developed in the north than in the south. Important measures of democracy as well as election results during the 2020-22 period of the COVID-19 outbreak demonstrate and reinforce the same distinctions between the two regions. Further, this detailed study of public administration problems such as corruption, accountability, trust, and the number of deaths from COVID-19 also disclose that such problems characterized both regions but were more pronounced in the southern states. In addition, the rise of populism and authoritarianism injected severe challenges in the midst of administrative preoccupation with the many harmful effects of the virus.


Survival: June - July 2023

Survival: June - July 2023

Author: The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-09

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1003803806

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Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue Hannah Aries, Bastian Giegerich and Tim Lawrenson assess that Europe’s defence industry will struggle to meet increased production needs In 2007, the late Ronald Steel judged that while the Iraq War had weakened the United States, it would not profoundly affect US foreign policy (from the archive) Dana H. Allin reflects on Ronald Steel’s legacy and prospects for the ‘extended American Century’ Liana Fix argues that the West should formulate security guarantees for Ukraine in parallel with its counter-offensive Daniel Sobelman assesses that the Yemen-based Houthi rebel movement is emulating Hizbullah And seven more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Editorial Assistant: Charlie Zawadzki


Survival June-July 2021

Survival June-July 2021

Author: Taylor & Francis Group

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-03

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781032018287

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Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Anatol Lieven argues that the Taliban will remain the most powerful military and political force among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan Lanxin Xiang contends that, following what he describes as Donald Trump's racist China policy, the Biden administration must avoid casting China as an alien threat Dani Filc and Sharon Pardo assess that right-wing populists in Israel and Europe have become ideological allies, harnessing ethnic nationalism against global Islam Alex J. Bellamy and Charles T. Hunt analyse the intricacies of the use of force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping missions And seven more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson


The History of a Disgraceful Surrender (2021)

The History of a Disgraceful Surrender (2021)

Author: Inam R Sehri

Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing

Published: 2022-06-09

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1803811293

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In August 2021, America quits Afghanistan. After wasteful investment of two decades and billions of dollars – what results – humiliation and dishonour coupled with losing super-power ranking.


My Fight for Survival

My Fight for Survival

Author: Fady A. Rizk

Publisher: SALT Books

Published: 2024-07-02

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13:

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Fady A. Rizk was born in Lebanon in 1963, where his family owned and operated a private hospital. On April 13, 1975, everything changed—a bloody and harrowing civil war began that would last fifteen years, claiming the lives of 150,000 and leaving the country in ruins. Faced with the prospect of his country’s destruction, Fady made a fateful decision that would alter the course of his life. But that wouldn’t be Fady’s only fight for survival. He moved to America to pursue a better life and an education at Syracuse Universit.He went on to meet the love of his life at his first job in NYC and started a family of his own. After talking his way onto the Wall Street trading floors, he ended up working for one of the “Four Horsemen of Wall Street,” a captivating journey that led him to NatWest in London and back to the US to work for Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital. As if his intense battles in the vaulted halls of Wall Street weren’t enough, in 2013, Fady was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a malady that has occupied his life for the past decade, punctuated by a bout with COVID that nearly ended his life. But just as he had battled from deepest despair in the front lines of Beirut, he survived. Told in thrilling and brisk prose, with astounding tales of war, intrigue, perseverance and love—Fady A. Rizk is a powerful and captivating new voice that will inspire readers in all walks of life, particularly those who have faced the same struggles, whether in the workplace, in the war-torn places of the world, or in their own personal battle with health and hardship.


Staging Decadence

Staging Decadence

Author: Adam Alston

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-09-07

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1350237051

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How is decadence being staged today – as a practice, issue, pejorative, and as a site of pleasure? Where might we find it, why might we look for it, and who is decadence for? This book is the first monographic study of decadence in theatre and performance. Adam Alston makes a passionate case for the contemporary relevance of decadence in the thick of a resurgent culture war by focusing on its antithetical relationship to capitalist-led growth, progress, and intensified productivity. He argues that the qualities used to disparage the study and practice of theatre and performance are the very things we should embrace in celebrating their value – namely, their spectacular uselessness, wastefulness, outmodedness, and abundant potential for producing forms of creativity that flow away from the ends and excesses of capitalism. Alston covers an eclectic range of examples by Julia Bardsley (UK), Hasard Le Sin (Finland), jaamil olawale kosoko (USA), Toco Nikaido (Japan), Martin O'Brien (UK), Toshiki Okada (Japan), Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca (Spain), Normandy Sherwood (USA), The Uhuruverse (USA), Nia O. Witherspoon (USA), and Wunderbaum (Netherlands). Expect ruminations on monstrous scenographies, catatonic choreographies, turbo-charged freneticism, visions of the apocalypse – and what might lie in its wake.