• Military Balance 2013

    The Military Balance 2013

    The 2013 edition of the institute’s flagship book, The Military Balance, features essays on the wars in Afghanistan and Syria, on European defence industries and on anti-access/aerial-denial capabilities – as well as an annually updated inventory of 171 countries’ troops, arsenals and defence budgets.


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  • Chart of Conflict 2013

    Maritime disputes

    This map of global hot spots focuses on maritime disputes worldwide with a timeline, graphs and tables.

    Included in every print copy of The Military Balance 2013, the 2013 Chart of Conflict is also available to buy separately.


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  • Defence Spending 2013

    US global dominance

    The US continues to dominate global defence expenditure, disbursing more than the next 14 top defence spending nations worldwide. Overall, defence spending in 2012 rose in emerging economies while it continued to fall in advanced economies.

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  2. Chart of Conflict 2013

  3. Defence Spending 2013

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Military Balance 2013

Middle East and North Africa

The effects of the Arab Spring dominated defence and security concerns. Conflict in Syria, instability in post-conflict Libya, recalibrated relations between the state and the military in Egypt form part of this year's analysis, while our invaluable data sets display the region's primary defence equipment.

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Military Balance 2013

Europe

Even as NATO, the EU and national capitals exhort greater coordination in capability management and procurement, uncoordinated defence cuts continue.

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Military Balance 2013

Asia

Some states are acquiring high-end military capabilities with an eye to possible contingencies, while some are re-capitalising ageing arsenals.

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