In this issue:
• Benjamin Rhode examines the threat of Europe’s security guarantor of the past 80 years stepping back
• Ellen Laipson and Douglas Ollivant explore how the Gaza war has threatened Iraq’s balancing act between the US and Iran
• Nigel Gould-Davies cautions that, despite the West’s economic superiority over Russia, it is starting to look like the balance of resolve in the Ukraine war favours Russia
• Dana H. Allin and Jonathan Stevenson examine the mystery of why new aid for Ukraine is blocked in the US Congress in spite of bipartisan support
• And eight more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column.
Editor: Dr Dana Allin
Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson
Associate Editor: Carolyn West
Editorial Assistant: Conor Hodges
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