UK defence in 2025: Integrated air and missile defence
What air defence capabilities does the UK have to protect the UK homeland and what did the recent Strategic Defence Review say?

This paper examines the military balance of power in Southeast Asia and specifically at the military capabilities and priorities of six regional actors: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore.
Military balance in Southeast Asia (796 KB , PDF)
Southeast Asia is a region of vast untapped natural resources, home to some of the world’s most important maritime trade routes and an area with a significant number of longstanding territorial disputes, in particular in the South China Sea.
In the last few years the geopolitical balance in the region has begun to shift, primarily in response to China’s economic and military rise, but also as a result of the perception that US interest in the region has waned since 9/11. While relations with China have been generally positive, there has been an increasing anxiety among Southeast Asian states over China’s military assertiveness in the region, and in particular the inclusion of the South China Sea in those areas that China considers constitute its “core interests”.
As a result many countries have sought to reinvigorate relations with the US and other global powers in order to balance the hegemonic rise of China; while at the same time significantly increasing defence spending and pursuing ambitious modernisation programmes for their respective militaries. Such developments have led many to argue that the region is on the brink of a potential arms race as states look to defend their national interests in the region and in particular their access to energy and other natural resources.
Military balance in Southeast Asia (796 KB , PDF)
What air defence capabilities does the UK have to protect the UK homeland and what did the recent Strategic Defence Review say?
This paper briefly examines the UK's nuclear weapons policies, capabilities and programmes. It is one paper in a larger series on the nuclear weapon states.
The leadership of the Republika Srpska, the majority-Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina, is threatening secession. This could endanger the peace agreement that ended the conflict of the early 1990s.