Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150429
Michael Jonsson, Johan R. Norberg
Abstract After Vladimir Putin declared a partial Russian mobilisation in late September 2022 and annexed four additional Ukrainian regions, there was little to suggest that a negotiated settlement would be possible while he remained in power. This article instead explores three possible military outcomes of the war – an outright Ukrainian or Russian military victory, and a war of attrition. As of November 2022, a Ukrainian victory, so unlikely at the outset of Russia’s invasion, is a distinct possibility, provided the West offers sufficient military materiel and training swiftly enough. Russian forces have suffered heavy casualties and are low on precision-guided munitions, with their logistics under fire and having lost much of what air dominance they had. Hence, Moscow’s battlefield fortunes hinge on whether mobilised, poorly trained and equipped forces will be able to hold defensive lines over the winter to buy time to build new, more capable units, with troop morale ever more crucial, but also brittle. A key unknown, however, is the state of Ukrainian forces. Importantly, the scale and intensity of the war, the vital interests at stake and international involvement on both sides all gravitate towards a more drawn-out war over the winter and beyond.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150433
R. Crandall
Abstract Since the middle of the twentieth century, Fidel Castro has cast an outsized shadow over all things Cuba, as if the Cuban leader and the communist Caribbean nation were one and the same. Yet, as veteran New York Times correspondent Anthony DePalma contends in his book The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times, this reflex obfuscates the complex society that is increasingly at cross purposes with all things Fidel. The author’s keen profiles of ‘ordinary’ citizens give readers an unvarnished entry into the so often unimaginable, surreal or heart-breaking realities at the core of contemporary Cuban life.
自20世纪中叶以来,菲德尔·卡斯特罗(Fidel Castro)在古巴的所有事情上都投下了巨大的阴影,仿佛这位古巴领导人和这个加勒比共产主义国家是一体的。然而,正如《纽约时报》资深记者安东尼·德帕尔马(Anthony DePalma)在他的著作《古巴人:非凡时代的平凡生活》(The cuban: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times)中所指出的那样,这种反射混淆了这个复杂的社会,这个社会与菲德尔的一切越来越格格不入。作者对“普通”公民的敏锐描写,让读者得以不加粉饰地进入当代古巴生活核心中常常难以想象、超现实或令人心碎的现实。
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2143083
J. Wirtz
Abstract There is a maritime logic embedded in Thucydides’ ‘Melian Dialogue’ that until now has attracted little notice; observers have instead concentrated on the deeper philosophical and moral issues highlighted by Thucydides in his tale drawn from the Peloponnesian War. Nevertheless, the maritime logic that propelled a confrontation on the island nation of Melos nearly 2,500 years ago could re-emerge in the run-up to a conflict in the Western Pacific. Allies are the strategic enabler of the US naval presence in the region, and US forces are taking steps to develop concepts and doctrine to enable operations in and along the First Island Chain. Denying access to these logistical facilities might be a political priority for China in the run-up to potential military action, and it would not be surprising if Beijing delivered a simple message to the inhabitants of the First Island Chain: stay out of it, and we will leave you out of it. All of this suggests that the idea of ‘neutrality’, as encountered in the Melian Dialogue, might again emerge during a crisis. Because the incentives to restrict US access to forward-operating bases are so clear-cut, strategists need to anticipate the emergence of ideas related to limiting the ability of US naval units to use port and air facilities in the Western Pacific.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150435
David C. Unger
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era Gary Gerstle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. £21.99/$27.95. 406 pp. Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury Evan Osnos. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. $30.00. 480 pp. The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era Mark Atwood Lawrence. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. £28.00/$35.00. 386 pp. The Wilson Circle: President Woodrow Wilson and His Advisers Charles E. Neu. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022. £37.00/$49.95. 273 pp. Thirteen Cracks: Repairing American Democracy After Trump Allan Lichtman. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. £16.99/$21.95. 211 pp.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150432
Suzanne Claeys, Heather Williams
Abstract Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeated nuclear threats in connection with the war in Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February 2022, and senior Russian military leaders have reportedly considered when and how Moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine. On 27 October, in this context of rising nuclear risks, the US Department of Defense released its Nuclear Posture Review. It describes the present moment as a time to prepare rather than negotiate. Although now is not the time to begin negotiations towards a formal arms-control treaty, the end of the war in Ukraine will be an important opportunity for pursuing post-crisis arms-control efforts. Meanwhile, during this arms-control interlude, the United States and its allies should lay the groundwork for future arms-control efforts.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150428
B. Tran
Abstract Vietnam has become an important space for Sino-US strategic competition. Hanoi is reluctant to choose a side, however. The main objectives of its foreign policy have been to avoid conflict, develop the domestic economy and defend the homeland. To advance these goals, Vietnam has maintained a strategy of independence, autonomy, openness and multilateralisation, diminishing the role of communist ideology, shifting from a continental to a maritime orientation, and enhancing its international status. A thorough understanding of these developments could enable the United States and other democratic countries to build closer ties with Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150440
J. Stevenson
Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History Jytte Klausen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. £30.00. 553 pp. It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US Alexander Laban Hinton. New York: New York University Press, 2021. $29.00. 295 pp. Stars at Noon (film) Claire Denis, co-writer and director. Distributed by A24, 2022. White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa Susan Williams. London: C. Hurst & Co., 2021. £25.00. 695 pp.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150425
B. Y. Saab
Abstract The main factors American presidents typically consider before committing military resources to protect a partner include perceived US national interests, US domestic politics, the nature of the attack itself, the aggressor’s military capabilities and the possibility of escalation. An additional factor is the ability and willingness of the partner to conduct joint and combined operations with the United States and possibly others. This is critically important in the Middle East. As Washington prioritises the Indo-Pacific and Europe, US military forces will draw down in the Middle East and be less able to intervene promptly. To maintain strong regional deterrence, security arrangements between the United States and its Arab partners should be reconfigured to ensure that they can confront regional threats, Iran’s in particular, without immediate American assistance. The will require American advice and assistance in creating sustainable and effective joint forces.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-02DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2150422
Emile Hokayem
Abstract The recalibration of Saudi foreign policy under Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS) reflects Riyadh’s changing assessment of its relationship with the United States and its ambition to become a full-fledged geo-economic power that is less constrained by the traditional pillars of Saudi statecraft. While much attention is being paid to the acrimonious relationship between MbS and US President Joe Biden, there are structural reasons for the growing divergence between the two countries. The October 2022 OPEC+ crisis over Saudi Arabia’s oil-production cut illustrates how Riyadh is willing to prioritise its financial and energy interests even at the risk of upsetting its long-time security partner.
沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼(mohammed bin Salman)对沙特外交政策的重新调整,反映了利雅得对其与美国关系的不断变化的评估,以及其成为一个成熟的地缘经济大国的雄心,该大国不受沙特传统治国方略的限制。虽然很多人都在关注穆罕默德与美国总统拜登(Joe Biden)之间的激烈关系,但两国之间分歧日益扩大有结构性原因。2022年10月沙特阿拉伯石油减产引发的欧佩克+危机表明,利雅得愿意优先考虑其金融和能源利益,即使冒着惹恼其长期安全伙伴的风险。
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Pub Date : 2022-09-03DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2022.2126187
Ray Takeyh
Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat Ervand Abrahamian. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. £29.99. 195 pp. The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2021. $26.00. 309 pp. Putin’s War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America’s Absence Anna Borshchevskaya. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2021. £20.00/$27.00. 256 pp. Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s Global Energy Policy Ibrahim AlMuhanna. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. £28.00/$35.00. 304 pp. The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran: The Shah, the Opposition, and the US, 1953–1968 Ali Rahnema. London: Oneworld Academic, 2021. £35.00/$45.00. 528 pp.
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