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Zusammenfassung Strategic Survey: The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics provides objective, in-depth analysis of the events that shaped relations between major powers, region by region, in the year to mid-2021. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION · Editor’s Introduction · Drivers of Strategic Change KEY EVENTS 2020–21 STRATEGIC PROSPECTS STRATEGIC POLICY · How Have Global Power and Influence Shifted? · Vaccine Diplomacy: How is global politics shaping the fight against COVID-19? · Digital Conflicts: Higher intensity, inadequate responses · European Geo-economic Strategies towards the Indo-Pacific: Diversifying engagement to enhance resilience? · The Rise of Carbon Neutrality: Is the new optimism justified? NORTH AMERICA · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · US–China Relations: A game of two halves · America’s Crisis of Democracy: Is the country governable? · Trump’s Legacy for America’s National-Security Institutions: Can the damage be repaired? ASIA · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · Taiwan: A front line in the new cold war? · South Korea’s Foreign Policy: Local or global? · India–China Border Tensions: What are the strategic implications for the Indo-Pacific? · The Biden Administration’s South Asia Policy: Change or continuity? EUROPE · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · Britain and the European Union After Brexit: How far is Brexit really 'done'? · The Reality of EU Defence Capabilities RUSSIA AND EURASIA · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · A Belarusian Spring in Autumn: How much has changed, and what next? · The Changing Security Landscape of the South Caucasus: A new Armenia–Azerbaijan war · Uzbekistan: Testing the Mirziyoyev Agenda: How are domestic reforms and more cooperative diplomacy faring? MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · Restoring the Iran Nuclear Deal: Can Iran’s nuclear hedging be constrained by diplomacy, or merely legitimised? · The Abraham Accords: How important are they? · The Future of Islamic Insurgencies: Have they passed their peak? SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · Sudan’s Slow-Motion Revolution: Will transition lead to stability and growth? · Ethiopia’s Conflict in Tigray: Will the centre hold? · France’s African Intervention: Is Gulliver tied up in the Sahel? LATIN AMERICA · Drivers of Strategic Change · 2020–21 Review · The Crisis of Mass Emigration from Venezuela: How severe and what can be done? · Alberto Fernández’s Challenges in a Pandemic World: Can Argentina put populism and defaults behind it? · Militarisation in Mexico: Many risks and few rewards? ...