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

Nick Childs assesses the ambitions and perils of the AUKUS partnership for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States

Kimberly Marten explores how the demise of its key figures will affect future operations of the Wagner Group and similar Russian paramilitaries

Steven Feldstein investigates the uses and risks of generative-AI systems

From the Survival archives, the late Pierre Hassner interpreted Russia's August 2008 attack on Georgia as signalling the emergence of a new cold war with the West

Dana H. Allin reflects on the European vision advanced by members of a rapidly disappearing generation of scholars who had lived through war and sought to preserve and extend peace

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