Survival: December 2023January 2024

<p><i>Survival</i>, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.</p><p>In this issue:</p><ul><li>Lawrence Freedman assesses Russia’s nuclear red line and how Vladimir Putin’s views compare to those of Russian pundits</li><li>Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson explore the roots of Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October, and the options available to the United States for restraining the Israeli government</li><li>Charlie Laderman assesses the similarities between December 1941 – when Germany and Japan, determining it to be inevitable, declared war on the US – and the ongoing geopolitical crises governments face today</li><li>Sara Bjerg Moller reflects on NATO allies’ failure to deliver on national collective-defence targets as the Alliance approaches its 75th anniversary</li><li>Lynn Kuok explores China’s reshaping of international law to achieve its strategic goals, and other countries’ failure to do so</li><li>And seven more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column.</li></ul><p>Editor: Dr Dana Allin</p><p>Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson</p><p>Associate Editor: Carolyn West</p><p>Editorial Assistant: Conor Hodges</p>