2012-10-24 13:45:21 - New Defense research report from Business Monitor International is now available from Fast Market Research

BMI's Germany Defence & Security Report for Q412 examines the country's defence posture, defence procurement initiatives and its defence spending.

Chiefly, the report examines the sometimes painful transition of Germany's armed forces from their Cold War-era role of defending the country against Soviet and Warsaw Pact aggression, into a force capable of meeting the security challenges of the 21st Century.

The report also examines a number of aspects of Germany's defence policy, including the continuingly vexing question facing the country concerning the transformation of its defence posture from its NATO European defence tasks into a force which can intervene in crises abroad. Berlin is keen to move Germany's armed forces in this direction, but faces perennial domestic opposition from some portions of

its population regarding the deployment of forces abroad.

In addition, the report examines several of Germany's major defence procurement programmes. The German government is investing considerably across the land and air domains in particular. Capabilities in these two sectors are seen as essential to enable Germany to project power beyond its borders, though the notion remains deeply controversial. The legacy of the Second World War makes a significant element of the German polity highly distrustful of the procurement of any capabilities which enable Germany to intervene in conflicts beyond its borders. Nevertheless, since the end of the Cold War, Berlin has played an increasingly active role in military operations abroad, most notably in Afghanistan.


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Over the past quarter, BMI has added the following discussions to the report:

* A detailed description of Germany's defence decision-making process and the orders of battle of its armed forces;
* Planned reductions to the size of the German army and discussion of the major procurement programmes ongoing across the army, air force and navy;
* Details of current export prospects for German defence companies, recent procurement activity in the German air force and the latest figures for the German defence budget; and
* A discussion of recent developments in Krauss Maffai Wegmann, one of Germany's largest defence contractors.

Report Table of Contents:

SWOT Analysis
- Germany Security SWOT
- Germany Defence SWOT
- Germany Political SWOT
- Germany Economic SWOT
- Germany Business Environment SWOT
Global Political Outlook
Europe Security Overview
- The Strategic Outlook For The 2010s
- Europe In A Global Context
- Europe's Key Security Issues Over The Coming Decade
Security Risk Ratings
- BMI's SECUrity Ratings
- Table: Europe Security Risk Ratings
- Table: Europe State Terrorism Vulnerability To Terrorism Index
Political Outlook
- Domestic Politics
- Long-Term Political Outlook
Germany Security Overview
- Internal Threats
- Domestic Terrorism
- Latest Developments
- External Threats
- International Terrorism
- Latest Developments
Armed Forces And Government Spending
- Grand Strategy
- Order of Battle
- Defence Modernisation
- International Deployments and Joint Exercises
- Table: Germany's International Deployments
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Arms Trade Overview
- Table: Key Players In Germany's Defence Industry
- Procurement Trends and Developments
Industry Forecast Scenario
- Armed Forces
- Table: Germany's Armed Forces ('000 personnel, unless otherwise stated), 2000-2008
- Table: Germany's Manpower Available For Military Service (aged 16-49, unless otherwise stated), 2008-2016
Defence Expenditure
- Table: Germany Defence Expenditure, 2009-2016
- Table: Germany's Defence Expenditure Scenario - Changing % Of GDP, 2009-2016 (US$mn)
- Table: Germany's Defence Exports, 2009-2016 (US$mn)
- Table: Germany's Defence Imports, 2009-2016 (US$mn)
Macroeconomic Outlook
- Table: Germany - Macroeconomic Forecasts, 2012-2016
Company Profiles
- EADS
- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
- Rheinmetall Group
Germany Demographic Outlook
- Table: Germany's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ('000)
- Table: Germany's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (% of total)
- Table: Germany's Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020
- Table: Germany's Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020
BMI Methodology
- How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
- Defence Industry
- Sources

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