Table of Contents
Part One Capabilities, Trends and Economics
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1
- Overview analysis – the Shadow of War
Chapter 2 North America
- Regional trends infographics
- United States: defence policy developments, the armed forces,
and economics
- Canada: defence policy
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Armed forces data section
Chapter 3 Europe
- Regional trends infographics
- Key drivers for regional defence policy developments, important
policy changes, and economics
- Features on NATO’s new posture; support to Ukraine; the FREMM
frigate; and the UK’s regeneration of its maritime-patrol aircraft
capability
- Regional defence economics
- Poland: defence transformation
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Armed forces data section
Chapter 4 Russia and Eurasia
- Regional trends infographics
- Regional defence policy developments
- Russia: defence policy, the armed forces, including feature on
the recapitalisation of Russia’s bomber inventory, and
economics
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Ukraine: responding to Russia’s invasion; Ukrainian main battle
tank upgrades
- Armed forces data section
Chapter 5 Asia
- Regional trends infographics
- Key drivers for regional defence policy developments, important
policy changes, and economics
- Features on regional dependence on Russian weapons;
Sino-Russian collaboration; Taiwan; and defence policy developments
in Australia and in Japan
- Regional defence economics
- China: defence policy, the armed forces, and defence
economics
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Armed forces data section
Chapter 6 Middle East and North Africa
- Regional trends infographics
- Key drivers for regional defence policy developments, important
policy changes, and economics
- Regional defence economics
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Armed forces data section
Chapter 7 Latin America and the Caribbean
- Regional trends infographics
- Key drivers for regional defence policy developments, important
policy changes, and economics
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Armed forces data section
Chapter 8 Sub-Saharan Africa
- Regional trends and infographics
- Key drivers for regional defence policy developments, important
policy changes, and economics
- Features on the war in Tigray and the Ethiopian National
Defence Forces, and defence developments in South Africa
- Arms procurements and deliveries
- Armed forces data section
Part Two Reference
- Explanatory notes
- Principal land definitions; Principal naval definitions;
Principal aviation definitions
- List of abbreviations for data sections
- International comparisons of defence expenditure and military
personnel
- Index of country/territory abbreviations
- Index of countries and territories
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