Survival: June - July 2022

<P>Survival, 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><P><LI>Robert Dalsj¿, Michael Jonsson and Johan Norberg reconsider Russia¿s military capability given its recent battlefield performance in Ukraine</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><UL><P><LI>William Alberque and Benjamin Schreer argue that Finland and Sweden¿s NATO membership would, if managed judiciously, bolster deterrence and European security</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><UL><P><LI>Chuck Freilich contends that encouraging diplomacy is the best of Israel¿s limited options for postponing Iran¿s nuclear-weapons programme</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><UL><P><LI>Nicolas Lippolis and Harry Verhoeven assess that if a wave of African defaults materialises in the near future, it will be catalysed more by private-sector manoeuvring and intransigence than by Chinese scheming</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><UL><P><LI>Dana H. Allin and E