In the April–May 2017 issue, François Heisbourg presents an analogy between Donald Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II and argues that personality matters; Ash Carter examines why the United States continues its engagement in the Middle East; Mark Fitzpatrick sets out priorities for tackling the Iranian nuclear threat; Alexey Arbatov analyses the differences between the US and Russia in thinking on nuclear weapons; Hans Mouritzen defends the strategy of Finlandisation; Robert Ayson and Manjeet S. Pardesi examine the changes in the Asia-Pacific region as a result of military coercion; Nina Kollars explores the difference between genius and mastery in military innovation; Wolfram Lacher asks if Libya’s collapse was predictable; David Hannay and Thomas R. Pickering outline the wider significance of the Iran nuclear agreement; Naysan Rafati contributes a review essay; H.R. McMaster, Ray Takeyh, Gilles Andréani and David C. Unger review new books; and Jonathan Stevenson suggests H.R. McMaster’s effectiveness as US national security advisor will be determined by Trump’s whim.
