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Survival 64.2 (April-May 2022), pp. 1-208

Putin's Strategic Failure, by Nigel Gould-Davies

A Useful Failure: Macron's Overture to Russia, by Eglantine Staunton

Protecting US Interests in Afghanistan, by Laurel Miller

South Korea's Aircraft-carrier Debate, by Jeongseok Lee

Nixon in China, February 1972: Revisiting the 'Week that Changed the World', by John L. Harper

Noteworthy

SALT 50 Years On: Strategic Theory and Arms Control, by Lawrence Freedman

Restraining an Arms Race in Outer Space, by Paul Meyer

Four Circles: Comprehending the China Challenge, by David C. Gompert

A New Israeli Approach to Iran?, by Dalia Dassa Kaye

Orchestrating US Engagement with North Korea, by Kelsey Davenport

Swords and Emotions: The American Civil War and Society-centric Strategy, by Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni

The End of the West?, by Russell Crandall and Frederick Richardson

Book Reviews

Culture and Society, by Jeffrey Mazo

Middle East, by Ray Takeyh

United States, by David C. Unger

Ukraine: The Shock of Recognition, by Dana H. Allin