Full Description
The Military Balance has been published since 1959. The 2024 edition provides an open-source assessment of the armed forces and equipment inventories of over 170 countries, with accompanying defence economics data. In addition to detailed country data, The Military Balance assesses, region-by-region, important military issues. It includes graphics to illustrate defence personnel, equipment, and procurement developments. The 65th edition examines emerging lessons from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, details Chinese military activity around Taiwan, and identifies developments in uninhabited aerial vehicle exports. The accompanying wallchart spotlights the important issues around critical national infrastructure in the Euro-Atlantic. The book draws on the breadth of data in the Military Balance+ online database. The Military Balance and Military Balance+ are indispensable sources of information for those involved in defence and security policymaking, analysis, and research.
Contents
Indexes of Tables, Figures and Maps
Editor's Introduction
Part One: Capabilities, Trends and Economics
Chapter 1 Defence and military analysis
Chapter 2 North America
Chapter 3 Europe
Chapter 4 Russia and Eurasia
Chapter 5 Asia
Chapter 6 Middle East and North Africa
Chapter 7 Latin America and the Caribbean
Chapter 8 Sub-Saharan Africa
Part Two: Reference
Explanatory notes
List of abbreviations for data sections
International comparisons of defence expenditure and military personnel
Index of country/territory abbreviations
Index of countries and territories
