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Summary
Summary
Details trouble spots around the world - whether conflict is currently in progress, has recently ended but could flare up again, or could break out unless preventive measures are taken. Global concerns are dealt with, but the text focuses on troubles of a regional nature, such as the Middle East.
Author Notes
Colonel Andrew Duncan is a defence analayst and commentator, and a former British defence attache in Tel Aviv. He lives in London
Michel Opatowski is a cartographer and graphic designer specialising in information design for books and magazines. He lives in Israel
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Duncan and Opatowski provide a detailed guide to the various wars, conflicts, and security issues that threaten the post-Cold War world. Most of the book is organized geographically, with sections discussing, for example, the Middle East and the role of the US in world affairs. There is also a thematic chapter, "Global Concerns," that discusses such international hazards as terrorism and land mines, as well as chapters covering weapons of mass destruction and the possible militarization of space. The regional chapters discuss various current or potential strategic flashpoints, offering historical background, details on the present military and political situation, and a useful selection of maps, charts, and photos. Subsections in each chapter supply a brief list of print or electronic sources on that topic. Coverage runs until the end of 1999, with a special "stop press" section offering updates through mid-2000. The book ends with a select bibliography of general sources. The l ack of a bibliography of all works cited and glossary of terms and acronyms is the main weakness. Highly recommended for readers of all levels with an interest in military and strategic affairs. D. Durant East Carolina University
Table of Contents
| List of Maps | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Global Concerns | |
| A World at War: A Violent Postwar History | p. 3 |
| United Nations Peacekeeping: Global Involvement | p. 6 |
| Refugees: Not Just the UNHCR's Problem | p. 8 |
| Environmental Change: Strategic Implications | p. 11 |
| Freedom of the Seas: Vulnerable Routes and Piracy | p. 15 |
| Terrorism: Warfare of the Underdog | p. 18 |
| Anti-Personnel Mines: Civil War's Legacy | p. 22 |
| Drugs: A Truly Global Problem | p. 25 |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| The Nuclear Dimension: Proliferation | p. 31 |
| The Nuclear Dimension: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones | p. 35 |
| The Nuclear Dimension: Disarmament | p. 37 |
| The Chemical and Biological Dimension: Proliferation and Use | p. 42 |
| Delivery: Missiles, Aircraft and Other Means | p. 46 |
| The Usa: The Only Superpower | |
| The United States: Global Reach | p. 50 |
| The United States: The Reluctant Hegemon | p. 54 |
| Ballistic Missile Defence: Myth or Sure Defence? | p. 58 |
| Sanctions: Do They Work? | p. 62 |
| End of Empire: The Collapse of the Soviet Union | |
| The Soviet Union: Russia's Former Empire | p. 65 |
| North Caucasus: The Next Tier to Break Away? | p. 68 |
| Problems That Could Face the Russian Federation: Unrealised Fears | p. 74 |
| The Baltic States: Can They Really Expect to Join NATO? | p. 77 |
| Russia's Dwindling Military Capability and the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty | p. 81 |
| The Kurils or the Northern Islands? | p. 85 |
| Europe: Between Unification and Fragmentation | |
| Enlarging the Atlantic Alliance | p. 87 |
| A European Security and Defence Identity | p. 91 |
| Changing Borders: 1914-99 | p. 95 |
| Greece and Turkey: A Dangerous Fault Line | p. 99 |
| Cyprus: A Case for Partition | p. 102 |
| Northern Ireland: Has Permanent Peace been Achieved? | p. 105 |
| The Balkans: Exchanging Communism for Nationalism | |
| Yugoslavia: Background and History | p. 111 |
| Slovenia and Croatia: Tourism has Returned | p. 114 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina: Waiting to Re-explode | p. 118 |
| Macedonia: An Example of Preventive Diplomacy | p. 122 |
| Kosovo: The Seedbed of Another Balkan War | p. 124 |
| Albania: A Potential Time Bomb | p. 129 |
| The Crescent of Crisis | |
| The Transcaucasian Nexus: History Revisited | p. 132 |
| Central Asia: Getting the Oil Out | p. 138 |
| The Kurds: A People Without a Country | p. 141 |
| Afghanistan: Doomed to Perpetual Civil War | p. 146 |
| Strategic Water: The Tigris and Euphrates | p. 150 |
| The Middle East: The World's Most Volatile Region | |
| Military Reach: Too Late to Stop Proliferation | p. 154 |
| The Waters of the Nile | p. 156 |
| Lebanon: A Divided Country under Occupation | p. 160 |
| Israel's Security Situation: Land for Peace | p. 164 |
| A Palestinian State: The Price for Peace | p. 169 |
| Jerusalem: The Final Problem | p. 174 |
| Water: Israel's Greatest Shortage | p. 178 |
| Iraq: After Saddam, Can It Survive Undivided? | p. 182 |
| Iran: Are the Ayatollahs a Threat? | p. 186 |
| Shifting Sands: Border Problems in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf | p. 190 |
| Is Islam a Threat? | p. 193 |
| North Africa: A Threatening Coastline | |
| North Africa: Demographic Pressure | p. 196 |
| Morocco and the Western Sahara | p. 198 |
| Algeria: Will Violence Ever End? | p. 202 |
| The Middle East-African Interface | |
| The Sudan: A Divided State | p. 204 |
| The Horn of Africa: War Returns to Ethiopia and Eritrea | p. 207 |
| Somalia: Still Ungovernable | p. 210 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa: The Impoverished Continent | |
| Africa: Colonial Past, Present Links | p. 215 |
| Angola: Can Reconciliation Ever be Achieved? | p. 218 |
| Liberia: Land for the Free | p. 223 |
| Sierra Leone: Another Disaster Zone | p. 226 |
| Rwanda/Burundi: Tribal Genocide | p. 230 |
| Congo: Nearly a Pan-African War | p. 234 |
| South Asia: With Nuclear Weapons in the Open | |
| India and Pakistan: A New Test for Deterrence | p. 238 |
| Kashmir: A Case for Independence? | p. 242 |
| India's Current and Potential Internal Problems | p. 245 |
| Pakistan's Current and Potential Internal Security Problems | p. 252 |
| Sri Lanka: No Longer a Paradise | p. 254 |
| Myanmar: Drugs and No Human Rights | p. 257 |
| East and South-East Asia | |
| China: Approaching Hegemony or Disintegration? | p. 260 |
| Tibet: Will it Ever be Independent Again? | p. 265 |
| Taiwan-China: One Country--Two Systems | p. 269 |
| Cambodia: Peace at Last? | p. 271 |
| Indonesia: Too Large to Remain United? | p. 274 |
| East Timor: The Path to Independence | p. 278 |
| The Koreas: War or Unification | p. 282 |
| South China Sea: A Multi-National Problem | p. 287 |
| Latin America: Outside the Mainstream | |
| The Panama Canal: A Waterway at Risk | p. 291 |
| The Falklands or Islas Malvinas | p. 294 |
| Colombia: Forty Years of Civil War | p. 298 |
| Peru: War with The Shining Path | p. 300 |
| Mexico: The Zapatistas and Chiapas | p. 303 |
| Space: The New Battlefield | |
| Defining Space: An Illustrated Glossary | p. 307 |
| Military Use of Space | p. 310 |
| Anti-Satellite Weapons: War in Space | p. 313 |
| Stop Press | p. 315 |
| General Bibliography and Web Sites | p. 321 |
| Index | p. 322 |
