Survival October-November 2020: Pandemics and politics

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: - Adam Roberts explores pandemics and politics through the ages, arguing that trust in leadership is essential in the struggle against infectious diseases - Rebecca Barber and Sarah Teitt contend that ASEAN should take a more activist approach to the Rohingya crisis to salvage its credibility - Greg Austin assesses the strategic implications of China's weak cyber defences - Øystein Tunsjø casts doubt on the prospect of the Arctic becoming a theatre of great-power conflict And eight more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular book reviews and Noteworthy column.

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Survival 62.5 (October-November 2020), pp. 1-236 Pandemics and Politics Adam Roberts The Rohingya Crisis: Can ASEAN Salvage Its Credibility? Rebecca Barber and Sarah Teitt The New Threat to the Test-Ban Treaty Edward Ifft Is Donald Trump America's First Constructivist President? Christopher J. Fettweis Noteworthy Saving Strategic Arms Control Alexey Arbatov Battalions to Brigades: The Future of European Defence Sven Biscop The Strategic Implications of China's Weak Cyber Defences Greg Austin The Great Hype: False Visions of Conflict and Opportunity in the Arctic Øystein Tunsjø Iran's Grand Strategic Logic Kevjn Lim Worse than Nothing: Why US Intervention Made Government Atrocities More Likely in Syria Richard Hanania Proper Spying Rodric Braithwaite Book Reviews Middle East Ray Takeyh Economy Erik Jones South Asia Teresita C. Schaffer Living and Dying Nations and the Age of COVID-19 Benjamin Rhode