Events at a Glance July 2011-June 2012 ... 5
Chapter 1 Perspectives ... 21
Chapter 2 Strategic Policy Issues ... 33
Intelligence Agencies and the Cyber World
African Defence: Building Cooperative Capacity
Economic Sanctions on lran: A Case Study
Chapter 3 The Americas ... 75
United States: Election Looms in Divided Nation
Latin America's Shifting Regional Landscape
Chapter 4 Europe ... 127
France: Election of a 'Normal'President
Germany: To Lead or Not to Lead
United Kingdom: Search for Growth
Developments in European Defence
The Balkans: Roads to Europe
Turkey: Fragile Dreams
Chapter 5 Russia and Eurasia ... 171
Russia: Putin Returns
Ukraine: Difficult Path
South Caucasus: Limited Progress
Chapter 6 Middle East / Gulf ... 199
Difficult Transitions Follow Arab Uprisings
Israel and Palestine: Deadlock and Stagnation
Iran: Nuclear Confrontation Escalates
Irap: Maliki Strengthens Dominance
Chapter 7 Africa ... 271
West Africa: Spillover Northern Troubles
Somalia: Signs of Renaissance
Sudan and South Sudan: After the Split
South and East Africa: Political Wrangling
Chapter 8 South Asia and Afghanistan ... 303
India: Policy Inertia
Pakistan: Internal and External Friction
Afghanistan: State's Weakness Threatens Transition
Chapter 9 Asia-Pacific ... 329
China: Domestic Crisis, Foreign Progress
Korean Peninsula: Succession and Suspicion
Japan: Elusive Search for Stability
Australia: All the Way with the USA
New Zealand: Economic and Budget Pressures
Southwest Pacific: Heightened Outside Interest
Southeast Asia: Political Change
Chapter 10 Prospectives ... 395
Index ... 403