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Regional Studies

Regional Studies are country or geographical strategic reviews.

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The papers are listed in date descending order.

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Page Name
 Summary  
Regional study - RS 84D
 Iranian Insights - British-Iranian relations
Regional study - RS 84A
 Iranian Insights : An index
Regional study - RS 84B
 Iranian Insights : Helping Iran to help itself towards freedom and democracy
Regional study - RS 84C
 Iran insights - Iran’s intelligence and security apparatus
Regional study - RS 82A
 North Korea Grand Strategy
Regional study - RS 82B
 North Korea and Global Economic Rebalancing
Regional study - RS 82C
 North Korea and the Deepening Sino-American Relationship
Regional study - RS 82D
 North Korea Policy Objectives
Regional study - RS 82E
 North Korea National Trajectory
Regional study - RS 82F
 North Korea and Islamist terrorism
Regional study - RS 82G
 North Korea and Middle Eastern Nuclear Proliferation
Regional study - RS 82H
 North Korea Interest in Global Energy Security
Regional study - RS 83 (I)
 Index of papers about Russia
Regional study - RS 81
 North Korean nuclear weapons programme (February 2011)
Regional study - RS 80
 Across the Mediterranean : Egypt - a history, in brief (January 2011)
Regional study - RS 79A
 Around the Middle East - an index
Regional study - RS 79
 Around the Middle East - United Arab Emirates (January 2011)
Regional study - RS 77
 The Great Game – a brief history of Afghanistan (September 2010)
Regional study - RS 76
 Russia in the 21st Century (8): Modernisation of the Russian Army: hesitant reform and rapid rearmament (September 2010)
Regional study - RS 78
 Turkish foreign policy at a crossroads (September 2010)
Regional study - RS 75
 Russia in the 21st Century (7): Russia and the West: the perceptions and misperceptions that define the relationship (June 2010)
Regional Study - RS 74
 Russia in the 21st Century (6): Russian energy policy for the 21st century (May 2010)
Regional study - RS 73
 A friend in need: Vietnam’s contemporary defence policies (April 2010)
Regional study - RS 72
 India’s defence and security policies: fighting on all fronts (April 2010)
Regional study - RS 71
 Russia in the 21st Century (5) : New Russian proposals for a European Security Treaty (March 2010)
Regional study - RS 70
 Russia in the 21st Century (4) : Crime and corruption in modern Russia (March 2010)
Regional study - RS 69
 Russia in the 21st Century(3): The impact of climate change on the geopolitics of the Arctic (Feb 2010)
Regional study - RS 68
 Russia in the 21st Century (2): Confronting the mortality maelstrom (Jan 2010)
Regional study - RS 67
 Argentina: a political overview (Dec 2009)
Regional Study - RS 66
 Brazil: A political overview of an emerging power (Nov 2009)
Regional Study - RS 65
 Colombia: A political overview (Nov 2009)
Regional study - RS 64
 Western reactions to Russian proposals for new security architecture (October 2009)
Regional study - RS 63
 Russia in the 21st Century (1):Towards a new security architecture (October 2009)
Regional study - RS 62
 Cuba after Fidel Castro (Aug 2009)
Regional study - RS 61
 Venezuela: A political overview (July 2009)
Regional study - RS 60
 The Transcaucus - Armenia and Azerbaijan: an update (June 2009)
Regional study - RS 59
 Belarus: A political overview (June 2009)
Regional study - RS 58
 Russia and Network-Centric Warfare? (July 2008)
Regional study - RS 57
 The most important geostrategic issue for the UK? Pakistan – with friends like these………. (July 2008)
Regional study - RS 56
 Parliament v Constitutional Court in Turkey (June 2008)
Regional study - RS 55
 Cambodia - A political overview ahead of the 2008 elections (April 2008)
Regional study - RS 54
 Sri Lanka - Political update (April 2008)
Regional study - RS 53
 Burma - A political update (April 2008)
Regional study RS 51
 Vietnam - A political overview (March 2008)
Regional study - RS 52
 Canadian foreign and defence policy since 1990 (March 2008)
Regional study - RS 50F
 Across the Mediterranean - North African dynamics: Relations between Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, the European Union and other major powers - January 2008
Regional study - RS 50E
 Across the Mediterranean : Tunisia – market analysis (Nov 2007)
Regional study - RS 50D
 Across the Mediterranean: Algeria – Procurement and the drive to secure energy (Nov 2007)
Regional Study - RS 50C
 Across the Mediterranean : Egypt- Procurement and the North African market (Nov 2007)
Regional study - RS 50B
 Across the Mediterranean : Defence procurement and market access in Libya (Nov 2007)
Regional study - RS 50A
 Across the Mediterranean - Morocco: market access and procurement (Nov 2007)
Regional Study - RS 49
 Towards Reunification? The limits of South Korean engagement with Pyongyang (Feb 2007)
Regional Study - RS 48
 Pusthunwali - Afghanistan's cultural background (Oct 2006)
Regional Study - RS 47
 South Africa's interests during the rise of China (Aug 2006)
Regional Study - RS 46
 Where now for Iran's nuclear programme? (July 2006 update)
Regional Study - RS40A
 The political fallout of the May riots - postscript to a letter from Kabul (June 2006)
Regional Study - RS45
 Trilateral land exchange between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt: A solution to promote peace? (May 2006)
Regional Study - RS44
 Pakistan's defence policy in a tough neighbourhood. (May 2006)
Regional Study - RS26A
 Uzbekistan - A Political Overview 2006
Regional Study - RS42
 Russia's defence exports resurgence, 2005
Regional Study - RS41
 India's defence equipment needs (2006)
Regional Study - RS40
 Letters from Afghanistan - No Happy Afghan New Year?
Regional Study - RS43
 The economic development of the People's Republic of China (2005 assessment)
Regional Study - RS38
 Central and Eastern Europe: an overview February 2006 by Nick Watts
Regional Study - RS39
 Iran's non-nuclear defence procurement 2006
Regional Study - RS37
 A Balancing Act: Influences on Turkey's foreign policy by Joshua R Blumenfeld
Regional Study - RS36
 The Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2005. A synopsis of Annual Report to Congress by the US Dept of Defense. (Part of UKDF China Watch series)
Regional Study - RS35
 Nigeria - A Perspective
Regional Study - RS34
 West Africa - Still the Wild West?
Regional Study - RS33
 China and Africa
Regional Study - RS32
 NEPAD: Self Help in Africa and APRM
Regional Study - RS27
 Valuing the Defence and Component Manufacturing Sectors in the North East of England
Regional Study - RS30H
 After Iraq: emerging military lessons of the 2003 war
Regional Study - RS30G
 After Iraq: The two Gulf Wars: Some strategic comparisons
Regional Study - RS31
 The Progress of Peace in six world trouble spots: (Angola, Sudan, the Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal and Sri Lanka)
Regional Study - RS30F
 Repairing the damage: The Future Relationship between Islamic states and the West
Regional Study - RS30E
 After Iraq: – winners and losers Part Two: Middle Eastern power and polities
Regional Study - RS30D
 After Iraq – winners and losers Part One: Europe and the transatlantic relationship
Regional Study - RS29G
 The Washington-Beijing relationship
Regional Study - RS30C
 Crisis on the Korean peninsula
Regional Study - RS30B
 After Iraq: Washington’s view of Syria
Regional Study - RS30A
 After Iraq: Washington’s view of Iran
Regional Study - RS29F
 Labour unrest in China
Regional Study - RS29E
 Instability in China’s Far West
Regional Study - RS29D
 China, Central Asia and the Energy Imperative
Regional Study - RS29C
 China and the South China Sea: A dormant conflict?
Regional Study - RS29B
 China-Taiwan: A new relationship?
Regional Study - RS 28B
 The Transcaucus - Armenia and Azerbaijan: An Update May 2003
Regional Study - RS29A
 China Watch: Respositioning the PLA: China’s new Defence White Paper
Regional Study - RS28A
 GEORGIA: a country update
Regional Study - RS26D
 Tajikistan: A Political Overview
Regional Study - RS26A
 Uzbekistan (2006 update)
Regional Study - RS26E
 Kyrgyzstan: A political overview
Regional Study - RS26C
 Turkmenistan: A political overview
Regional Study - RS26B
 Kazakhstan: A political overview
Regional Study - RS26
 The Stans: The Great Gain updated
Regional Study - RS25
 Taiwan and the Japan U.S. Alliance
Regional Study - RS24
 NATO Enlargement and the Baltic States
Regional Study - RS23
 Sweden's Approach to European Defence
Regional Study - RS22
 Emerging Situtation in the Middle East and the consequences for Western Interests
Regional Study - RS21
 The influence of China in Panama
Regional Study - RS20
 The geopolitical implications of the Iranian elections
Regional Study - RS19
 Report by the US Defence Secretary on Military modernisation in China
Regional Study - RS18
 China - the next East Asian domino?
Regional Study - RS17
 The Russian mafia - how much power beneath the hype?
Regional Study - RS16
 Indonesian instabilities and security issues
Regional Study - RS15
 South Africa: The future starts here
Regional Study - RS11
 Don’t Look Back In Anger - Lessons Learnt From The Start Of The Yugoslav Crisis
Regional Study - RS14
 Oil on troubled borders
Regional Study - RS10
 Should Britain maintain its defence commitments in Latin America?
Regional Study - RS13
 Bahrain-Qatar relations at lowest Ebb
Regional Study - RS12
 Brunei Darussalam
Regional Study - RS9
 Taiwan and the division of the world
Regional Study - RS8
 The Spratly Islands dispute
Regional Study - RS7
 The Greek-Turkish conflict
Regional Study - RS6
 The implications of the Dhahran bomb
Regional Study - RS5
 Israel and Political Violence
Regional Study - RS4
 Arms exports to the Gulf
Regional Study - RS3
 The Gulf
Regional Study - RS2
 Russia Post the Presidential elections
Regional Study - RS1
 Whither Russia

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