Open AccessThe Change In Global Strategic Balance: Current Status and Trends in Military Power of Selected Countries
Author(s) -
Vladimír Šilhan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vojenské rozhledy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2336-2995
pISSN - 1210-3292
DOI - 10.3849/2336-2995.22.2013.01.006-028
Subject(s) - balance (ability) , power (physics) , estimation , current (fluid) , strategic goal , political science , development economics , geography , engineering , economics , military science , psychology , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , systems engineering , law
The aim of this article is to provide comparison of the main indicators of military power among the individual EU countries, between the EU in total and the U.S., and the comparison of the world's biggest military powers. Current evolvement of changes in military power indicates the shift of the centre of gravity aiming prevailingly eastward towards raising and growing economical powers. Due to the differences of various input data, multiple information sources used for comparison are significantly different. In addition, it is difficult to get them for some isolated countries, the results of which are sometimes only estimated. The study also includes information on the main importers and exporters of the military equipment, as well as the estimation of future trends.