Editor's Introduction. Part 1: Capabilities, Trends and Economics Chapter 1: Conflict Analysis and Conflict Trends Chapter 2: Comparative Defence Statistics Chapter 3: North America Chapter 4: Europe Chapter 5: Russia and Eurasia Chapter 6: Asia Chapter 7: Middle East and North Africa Chapter 8: Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter 9: Sub-Saharan Africa. Chapter 10: Country Comparisons - Commitments, Force Levels and Economics Part 2: Reference Explanatory Notes. Reference.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict. It is renowned for its annual Military Balance assessment of countries' armed forces and for its high-powered security summits, including the Shangri-La Dialogue. Its mission is to promote the adoption of sound policies to further global peace and security and maintain civilised international relations.
'Because military affairs are inevitably clouded in fog, the IISS Military Balance is an essential companion for those who seek to understand.' - Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, former UK Defence Secretary and Secretary-General of NATO 'Amid continuing conflict and broadening insecurity, The Military Balance provides essential facts and analysis for decision-makers and for better informed public debate.' - Dr Robert M. Gates, former US Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence The annual The Military Balance, is considered the most authoritative, comprehensive and detailed assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries...The volume’s entries focusing on the conventional military capabilities of its covered countries, of particular interest to the counterterrorism community is their detailing of their combating terrorism forces. Also valuable is the first chapter’s section on ‘Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (IA) are providing. With cyber warfare becoming a crucial component in a country’s military capability, each entry includes a section on its capacity for cyber operations. - Dr. Joshua Sinai, Perspectives on Terrorism
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