In the October–November issue, Michael O’Hanlon argues that the process of NATO enlargement has run its course; Michael Elleman pinpoints North Korea’s rapid progression in long-range missile technology to its acquisition of a high-performance liquid-propellant engine; Christopher D. Kolenda examines the strategic flaws in US policy towards Afghanistan; Steve Andreasen calls on NATO to withdraw US tactical nuclear weapons from Europe; Erica Frantz and Andrea Kendall-Taylor compare twentieth- and twenty-first-century autocrats; Walter Posch examines the challenges faced by the West in dealing with Iran; Reinhard Wolf analyses the impact of Donald Trump’s extreme attention to symbolism on his foreign-policy outlook; Jürgen Altmann and Frank Sauer argue that autonomous weapon systems will increase crisis instability; Rebecca Friedman Lissner traces the shape of US nuclear policy following the First Gulf War; Gordon Barrass and John A. Gans, Jr, contribute review essays; Teresita C. Schaffer, Ray Takeyh, Erik Jones and Thomas Rid review new books; and Dana H. Allin describes how race is the distinctive problem of American history.
