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Strategic Survey is the annual review of world affairs from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It is an invaluable tool for interpreting world-wide strategic developments. It includes a series of detailed maps highlighting topics and trends. Since 1966, it has provided the essential one-volume analysis of the year's key events in international relations for government policy makers, journalists, business leaders and academics.

“A landmark of the think-tank landscape: a handbook for what to worry about for the coming year”

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