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Iraq Defence and Security Report Q2 2009 |
Market Report |
Iraq |
29/04/09 |
£250.00 |
| The convincing victory for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition in January's provincial elections is attributable to his government's negotiation of the US-Iraq security pact and |
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South Africa Defence and Security Report Q2 2009 |
Market Report |
South Africa |
29/04/09 |
£250.00 |
| The African National Congress (ANC) is likely to emerge victorious from the April 22 parliamentary elections, with the Congress of the People (COPE) – an ANC splinter party formed in late 2008 – not |
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The Military Airlift Market 2009-2019 |
Market Report |
Global |
09/04/09 |
£1,499.00 |
| The Global military airlift market generated sales of over $7bn in 2008 This is an established market that is expected to see steady growth from 2009 onwards. Visiongain estimates that the global |
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Slovakia Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Slovakia |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| Relations between Slovakia and its neighbour Hungary were tense at various points in 2008, with the treatment of the Hungarian-speaking minority in Slovakia (which represents around 10% of the |
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North Korea Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
North Korea |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| In 2007 North Korea began to come back from the brink of nuclear confrontation with Western powers.
In hindsight, the point of maximum danger appears to have come in 2006, both in July, when the |
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Belarus Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Belarus |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| During 2008 the Lukashenko government continued its ‘pendular’ policy of trying to manage relations with Russia to the east and the European Union to the west so as to extract the most favourable |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| Bosnian politics showed signs of radicalisation in 2008. The body charged with overseeing the country’s peace process, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) said in November that over the preceding |
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Czech Republic Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Czech Republic |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| At the end of November 2008 the upper house of the Czech parliament approved the plan to build a US missile defence shield radar base on national territory. The US plan contemplates installing a |
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Hungary Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Hungary |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| The state of the Hungarian economy was expected to be a key issue in assessing the country’s security and socio-political stability in 2009. Hungary, already heavily indebted, was hard hit by the |
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Slovenia Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Slovenia |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| Slovenia has made great progress during the 16 years since its declaration of independence. Politically, it is relatively stable, a position confirmed by the uneventful election of a new centre-left |
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Ukraine Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Ukraine |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| In December 2008 the US and Ukraine signed a ‘charter on strategic partnership’, which was seen as ‘likely to annoy’ Russia. The agreement, signed by outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice |
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Serbia Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Serbia and Montenegro |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| A critical issue for Serbia’s security in 2008 was its position on the former province of Kosovo. Serbia lost control of Kosovo after a NATO-led military campaign in 1999, to stop a two-year conflict |
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Argentina Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Argentina |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| A key issue in late 2008 was how Argentina would navigate through the emerging global economic slowdown, and what social and political tensions its chosen path might generate. Since taking office in |
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Chile Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Chile |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| The Concertación centre-left ruling coalition of President Michelle Bachelet had another difficult year in 2008, suffering from relatively poor popularity ratings and a series of internal divisions. |
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Mexico Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Mexico |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| The violent struggle between the government and Mexico’s drug cartels appeared to have reached a new level of ferocity in December 2008 when eight soldiers and one former police commander were |
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Venezuela Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Venezuela |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| Economic growth is expected to slow down sharply in Venezuela in 2009, as a result of a tougher global economic climate and significantly lower oil prices. As a result, the government of President |
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Jordan Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Jordan |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| In what was seen as a setback for the cause of reform, in early October 2008 King Abdullah replaced Basem Awadallah, who had been his closest reform adviser, appointing instead Nasser al-Lozi, a |
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Yemen Defence and Security Report 2009 |
Market Report |
Yemen |
19/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| Yemen faces a complex and dangerous mix of security problems. Its fiercely independent tribes have long been considered an important breeding ground for al-Qaeda Islamic extremists and North Yemen is |
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Military Communications & COTS 2009-2019 - A Market in Retreat |
Market Report |
Global |
19/03/09 |
£1,499.00 |
| Report: Global military communications industry worth more than $15bn Adoption of new commercially-available platforms and technologies has fuelled a global military communications industry worth |
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Turkey Defence and Security Report Q1 2009 |
Market Report |
Turkey |
12/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| A joint report written by the Open Society Institute (OSI – chaired by international investor George Soros) and Turkey’s Bosphorus University contended that secularists were becoming increasingly |
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United Kingdom Defence and Security Report Q1 2009 |
Market Report |
UK |
10/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| A five-month trial of seven British men accused of plotting to smuggle liquid explosives onto transatlantic airlines in August 2006, so as to blow them up in mid-flight, ended in September. The jury |
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Poland Defence and Security Report Q1 2009 |
Market Report |
Poland |
10/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| The short term development that continues to dominate is Poland’s agreement, on August 20 2008, to allow the US to install 10 interceptor missiles on Polish territory. The agreement calls for |
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Greece Defence and Security Report Q1 2009 |
Market Report |
Greece |
10/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYR Macedonia) in November said it was bringing a case against Greece to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of breaking a 1995 UN agreement |
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Germany Defence and Security Report Q1 2009 |
Market Report |
Germany |
10/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| The German defence ministry has, according to reports, proposed contributing a naval frigate and up to 1,400 troops to the European Union’s anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast. Frankfurt’s |
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France Defence and Security Report Q1 2009 |
Market Report |
France |
10/03/09 |
£250.00 |
| In November 2008, it was announced that German soldiers would be deployed in France for the fist time since the end of the Second World War in 1945. The news came after a Paris meeting between |