Survival: December 2024–January 2025

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.

In this issue:

• Charlie Laderman discusses the historical precedent for Donald Trump’s threat to shrink the US commitment to NATO: the ‘Great Debate’ of the 1950s

• Emile Hokayem examines Hizbullah’s future after Hassan Nasrallah’s killing and Israel’s incursion into Lebanon

• Dana H. Allin analyses what Trump’s return to the White House spells for the world

• Elene Panchulidze and Richard Youngs discuss Europe’s growing emphasis on supporting democracies as a geopolitical imperative under the shadow of the Russia–Ukraine war

• And nine more 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 Allin

Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson

Associate Editor: Carolyn West

Editorial Assistant: Conor Hodges

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a registered charity with offices in Washington, London, Manama, Singapore and Berlin, is the world’s leading authority on political–military conflict. It is the primary independent source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues. Publications include The Military Balance, an annual reference work on each nation’s defence capabilities; Strategic Survey, an annual review of world affairs; Survival, a bimonthly journal on international affairs; Strategic Comments, an online analysis of topical issues in international affairs; and the Adelphi series of books on issues of international security.