In the April–May issue, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira and Harry Verhoeven explore how military intervention has become a component of African state sovereignty; Bruno Tertrais contends that Russia’s nuclear policy is more of a political threat than a military one; Heather Williams analyses the US Nuclear Posture Review; Matthew Harries argues that the United States seems uncertain it can deter weaker adversaries; Paul Meyer and Tom Sauer assess the significance of the nuclear ban treaty; Rebecca Hersman examines the new French-led initiative to hold perpetrators of chemical-weapons attacks to account; Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan explore the dangers of digitally enabled cities; Van Jackson discounts the claim that the US seeks primacy in the Asia-Pacific; Hassan Ahmadian explores the impact of the Trump administration’s ambiguous Middle East policy on Iran and Saudi Arabia; Barak Mendelsohn considers the future of al-Qaeda; Erica Moret and Fabrice Pothier argue that future UK–EU work on sanctions faces substantial risk; Erik Jones contributes a review essay; David C. Unger, Gilles Andréani and Ray Takeyh review new books; and an anonymous Iranian national describes the country’s disillusionment.
