<p>This work provides up-to-date information on the composition, size, and deployment of the world's armed forces. It has established itself as a global database of the military strength and organization, and the defense expenditure, of the world's armed forces. Packed with economic and demographic statistics, together with details of defense expenditure, it also provides up-to-date analysis of the latest developments in all arms-control fields, details of the mandate and composition of UN and other international peacekeeping roles, and analysis of surface-to-surface missiles, whether armed with nuclear, biological, chemical, or conventional warheads.</p>

The Military Balance 1995-1996

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Paul Dibb's policy paper is an antidote to the "econophoric" analysis of Asia and a clear warning of the need to think strategically about the balance of power in Asia. His advice to "middle powers" begins to offer a strategy for adjusting to what will be the major changes in the global balance of power in the next century.

The Military Balance 1997/98

The arrest and public confession of Pakistani nuclear weapons scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan in 2004 confirmed the existence of a global proliferation network which had, over almost two decades, provided nuclear technology, expertise, and designs to Iran, North Korea, Libya and possibly other countries. Khan was not the only nuclear arms merchant and Pakistan was not the only country implicated in his shadowy network. It spanned three continents and eluded both national and international systems of export controls that had been designed to prevent illicit trade. The discovery of the network highlighted concerns that nuclear technology is no longer the monopoly of industrially advanced countries, but possibly can be purchased off-the-shelf by both states and terrorist groups.The IISS Strategic Dossier on nuclear black markets provides a comprehensive assessment of the Pakistani nuclear programme from which the Khan network emerged, the network's proliferation activities, and the illicit trade in fissile materials. In addition, the Strategic Dossier provides an overview of the clandestine nuclear procurement activities of other states, along with the efforts made both by Pakistan and the international community to prevent the reoccurrence of further proliferation networks and to secure nuclear technology. The final chapter assesses policy options for further action.

Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks (A Net Assessment) (An IISS Strategic Dossier)

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The Military Balance 1995-1996

The Military Balance 1997/98

Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks (A Net Assessment) (An IISS Strategic Dossier)