Survival: Global Politics and Strategy Feb-Mar 2025

Survival: Global Politics and Strategy Feb-Mar 2025

Explore the latest issue of Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, which challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. War or Peace in Ukraine: US Moves and European Choices François Heisbourg Coming on top of Trump’s...
The hidden costs of mass incarceration

The hidden costs of mass incarceration

Despite widespread implementation in Latin America, mass incarceration resulting from so-called mano dura policies has failed to address the complex structural barriers to long-term stability in the region. On 29 January 2025, United States President Donald Trump...
America’s strategic diplomatic surrender

America’s strategic diplomatic surrender

America is pre-emptively ceding fundamental and long-held positions to Russia in the hope of ending a war it is not fighting. This is likely to make it less, not more, secure. Ten days of diplomacy in Brussels, Munich and Riyadh have laid bare President Donald Trump’s...