Strategic survey 2001/2002 - International Institute for Strategic Studies

The International Institute for Strategic Studies' Strategic Survey is an annual publication that reviews and analyses the major strategic, political, economic, and foreign-policy developments of the previous year. It examines the significant issues of the year and identifies the likely future trends, developments and policy requirements in the context of international security. Factual accounts, analysis and background data form a work invaluable for interpreting worldwide strategic developments. Strategic Survey 2001/2002 focuses on the epochal September 11 attacks and their profound effect on international relations. While the volume covers the full range of regional developments worldwide, lengthy sections are devoted to: the American-led military and political efforts in Afghanistan; Central Asia's changing political geography; the United States' counter-terrorism mobilisation; Russia's new calculations; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and political reform in moderate Arab states.;In addition, Strategic Survey 2001/2002 provides functional analyses of the following issues: terrorism and weapons of mass destruction; challenges for homeland defence; transnational law enforcement; and terrorism and US military planning.