Survival: October - November 2022

<p>Survival the IISS's bimonthly journal challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh often controversial perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.</p><p>In this issue: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Marcus Willet argues that the Russia-Ukraine war reveals much about the nature of cyber warfare including the battle for hearts and minds and the role of 'vigilantes'</li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>Angela Stent contends that Putin badly misjudged how Germany would respond to the war in Ukraine in failing to anticipate that Olaf Scholz would provisionally jettison Ostpolitik</li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>Jude Blanchette and Evan S. Medeiros assess likely drivers and characteristics of Xi Jinping's upcoming third term as Chinese leader</li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>Nicholas Crawford and David F. Gordon make the case that the green-energy transition is essential despite new geopolitical risks caused by 'greenflation'</li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>Nigel Gould-Davies examines the recent foreign-policy failures of Belarus and Russia and sets out three lessons for a post-war order in the region</li> </ul><p>And five more thought-provoking pieces as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column.</p>