Contents
Events at a Glance
Perspectives
Strategic Policy Issues
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Islamist Terrorism: al-Qaeda Resurgent
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Climate Change: Security Implications and Regional Impacts
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The Military Use of Space
The Americas
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The United States: Facing Reality?
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Canada
’s Growing International Confidence
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Latin America
: The Limits of Populism
Europe
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France
: Towards a New Political Landscape?
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Germany
: International Demands Confront Domestic Restraints
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Developments in European Defence
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United Kingdom
: Brown Gets His Chance
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The Balkans: Year of Frustration
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Turkey
: New Uncertainties
Russia
/ Eurasia
Middle East
/ Gulf
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Iraq
: Persistent Conflict
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Iran
: Ahmadinejad’s Brittle Presidency
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The Middle East’s Deepening Dysfunction
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Saudi Arabia
and the Gulf States: Cautious Hedging
Africa
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Somalia
and Sudan: a Web of Conflicts
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Hurdles for African Democracy
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Assisting Africa: the G8 and China
Asia
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China
: Growth and Engagement
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Korean Security: Roller-Coaster Ride
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Japan
: Active Diplomacy
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South Asia: Indian Growth, Regional Turbulence
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Afghanistan
: Spreading Insurgency
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Southeast Asia
: Domestic Instability and Sensitive
Bilateral Relations
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Australia
’s Global and Regional Role
Prospectives
Index
Maps:
Strategic Geography section
Global Issues
• Projected carbon-emissions trends
• Selected migration patterns
• The dynamics of the US–China relationship
• The US ballistic missile defence system: expanding into Eastern Europe
Europe
• The EU at 50 and its members’ troop deployments
Middle East/Gulf
• The Baghdad security plan
Asia-Pacific
• Afghanistan: ISAF’s deployments
• Afghanistan: opium poppy cultivation
• Pacific island strife
Africa
• China’s investments in Africa
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo: fragile after elections
Americas
• Two years after Hurricane Katrina: reconstruction efforts in New Orleans
• The Guantanamo Bay detention facility
• The UN mission in Haiti
• Another year of elections in Latin America
