Journal Details
The Military Balance
Aims & Scope
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The Military Balance is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries world-wide, produced annually by the IISS since 1959. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, analysis and research.
Comprehensive tables detail major military training activities, UN and non-UN deployments, and give data on key equipment holdings and defence economics, as well as defence-expenditure trends over a ten-year period. The Military Balance 2010 also contains an essay on the defence industry in India. It also includes an updated Chart of Conflict, a wallchart showing current conflicts around the world, with selected supporting tables.
This year's Military Balance examines key issues including the conflict in Afghanistan; the development of Iraq's security forces; the debate over NATO's strategic concept and operations in Afghanistan; an update on EU military operations; the progress of reforms in the Russian armed forces; military developments in Africa, including conflicts and the progress of the African Standby Force initiative; and developments in China's People's Liberation Army. The book also examines wider defence developments in East Asia and Australasia; South and Central Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe; the Middle East and North Africa; and North America.
"The Military Balance is the unique and vital resource on which informed public debate of the world's armed forces is founded. Up-to-date figures and information on defence budgets, procurement totals, equipment holdings, and military deployments are presented clearly and succinctly. In the area of defense information, where nationally produced fictions often masquerade as facts, The Military Balance is the internationally recognized source of record."
William S. Cohen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Key features of The Military Balance include:
- Region-by-region analysis: major military issues affecting each region; developments in defence economics, procurements and inventories.
- Comprehensive tables: key data on military equipment and defence economics, such as selected tables of air capability and comparisons of international defence expenditure and military manpower.
- Features: specialist essays focusing on defence industries in Asia and United Nations peacekeeping.
- Wallchart: comprehensive world map showing armed conflicts and trends in conflict, with explanatory tables.
The Military Balance provides, in a portable volume, the high-quality, reliable information that is needed to keep abreast of the complex contemporary international security environment.
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