HAWKINS Katrina <br/><br/>
Jane's sentinel country risk assessments:  Oceania / 
edited by Katrina Hawkins 
 - Issue 13 
 - Coulsdon, Surrey, UK:  Jane's Information Group,  2008 
 - xxix, 790p. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1754-9329 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AUSTRALIA--ARMED FORCES<br/>NEW ZEALAND--ARMED FORCES<br/>FIJI--ARMED FORCES<br/>PAPUA NEW GUINEA--ARMED FORCES<br/>TONGA--ARMED FORCES<br/>KIRIBATI--ARMED FORCES<br/>MARSHALL ISLANDS--ARMED FORCES<br/>MICRONESIA--ARMED FORCES<br/>NAURU--ARMED FORCES<br/>SAMOA--ARMED FORCES<br/>TUVALU--ARMED FORCES<br/>VANUATU--ARMED FORCES<br/>PACIFIC OCEAN TERRITORIES