Survival: April-May 2025

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

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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; The Armed Conflict Survey, an annual review of the world's active conflicts; 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.

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

In this issue:

• Sophia Besch and Tara Varma analyse the influence of the 'Make America Great Again' movement on the revisionist agenda in Europe
• Shashank Joshi evaluates the challenge of maintaining meaningful human control in decision-making as the role of artificial intelligence on the battlefield advances
• Matthew F. Cancian explores how the principle of 'denial over weeks' could save the United States from a prolonged and unwinnable war over Taiwan
• Dana H. Allin and Christopher S. Chivvis assess the impact of the early moves of Donald Trump's second administration on the relationship between Europe and the United States
• And nine 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 Allin

Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson

Associate Editor: Carolyn West

Editorial Assistant: Anna Gallagher

Inhalt

Survival 67.2 (April-May 2025**), 208**

Alliance of Revisionists: A New Era for the Transatlantic Relationship, by Sophia Besch and Tara Varma

The End of Illusion: Why Europe Needs Independence from the United States, by Stephen Wertheim

Managing Divergence: The Transatlantic Economic Future, by Matthias Matthijs and Matthew P. Goodman

Transatlantic Rupture: Legitimacy, Integration and Security, by Erik Jones

Transatlantic Security in a New Era, by Léonie Allard and Rachel Rizzo

Europe's Security Crisis: The Case for 'Active Pessimism', by Benjamin Rhode

China and America: How Xi Jinping Has Changed the Game, by Hilton L. Root

AI on the Battlefield: A Fait Accompli?, by Shashank Joshi

The US Facing Israel: From Restrainer to Enabler, by Rob Geist Pinfold

Noteworthy: Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy

States of Denial: Sensibly Defending Taiwan, by Matthew F. Cancian

From Petrodollar Partners to Geo-economic Rivals: Washington and the Arab Gulf States, by Hasan T. Alhasan

Sadie's People, by Jonathan Stevenson

Book Reviews

Environment and Resources, by Shiloh Fetzek

United States, by David C. Unger

Middle East, by Ray Takeyh

Transatlantic Relations: Is There a Beginning After the End?, by Dana H. Allin and Christopher S. Chivvis