Survival: October-November 2026

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue:· Alina Frolova warns that Russia is already identifying, probing and preparing to exploit Europe’s strategic hesitation – free to read· Jonathan D. Caverley and Peter Dombrowski assess the United States’ fraught quest for maritime dominance – free to read· Ihsan Dagi suggests that Türkiye’s pursuit of strategic autonomy is an ideologically driven anti-Western aim for civilisational reorientation rather than mere structural adjustment· Sujata Ashwarya observes that minilateralism is increasingly a deliberate institutional choice in which states select the size of the table, the composition of participants, the scope of the agenda and, crucially, who is excluded· And eight other thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. To read free articles from the journal, please visit its homepage at https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tsur20. Editor: Dr Dana AllinManaging Editor: Jonathan StevensonAssociate Editor: Carolyn WestEditorial Assistant: Anna Gallagher