Jane's sentinel country risk assessments: Oceania / edited by Katrina Hawkins

COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT: provides a detailed analysis of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and the Pacific Ocean island states and territories many of which have no armed forces of their own. The regional overview gives a useful summary of current events and security concerns. Each country entry includes an executive summary with risk pointers; a brief country profile; and sections on geography, climate, natural resources, demography, infrastructure - transportation and communications, internal affairs - politics, internal threats, human rights, external affairs - significant developments, external threat assessment, international relations, country-specific relations, defence spending, armed forces - weapons, policy, chain of command, doctrine and strategy; army; air force; navy; security and foreign forces; procurement; defence production and R & D; and main economic indicators.