Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 Kuwait Security
SWOT — 6 Kuwait Defence Industry
SWOT — 6 Kuwait Political SWOT — 7
Kuwait Economic SWOT — 7 Kuwait Business Environment
SWOT — 8 Political Overview — 9
Security Risk Analysis — 12 BMI’s Security
Ratings — 12 Table: Middle East And Africa Defence And
Security Ratings — 12 Table: Middle East And North Africa
State Terrorism Vulnerability Index — 13 Regional
Security: The Middle East And North Africa — 13 Trends And
Developments — 13 Kuwait – Security Risk
Ratings — 15 Conflict Risk — 16
Terrorism Risk — 16 Physical Safety
Risk — 16 Security Overview — 17
Internal Security Situation — 17
Iraq — 17 Islamic Militancy — 17
Latest Developments — 18 External Security
Situation — 19 Latest
Developments — 19 Armed Forces And Government
Spending — 20 Armed Forces — 20 Table:
Regional Armed Forces, 2007 (including conscripted,
‘000) — 20 International
Deployments — 22 Weapons Of Mass
Destruction — 22 Market Overview — 24
Arms Trade Overview — 24 Industry Trends And
Developments — 24 Procurement Trends And
Developments — 25 Procurement
Background — 25 Latest
Developments — 26 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 27 Table: Kuwait’s Armed Forces,
2005-2012 (‘000 people) — 27 Table: Kuwait’s
Defence Sector Government Spending, 2005-2012 — 27 Key
Risks To BMI’s Forecast Scenario — 28 Macroeconomic
Forecast Scenario — 28 Table: Kuwait – Macroeconomic
Activity, 2006-2013 — 32 Country Snapshot: Kuwait
Demographic Data — 33 Section 1:
Population — 33 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 33 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 34 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 34 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 34 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 34 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 35 Table: Employment Indicators,
1997-2006 — 35 Table: Consumer Expenditure,
2000-2012 — 35 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 36 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 36 Defence Industry — 36
Sources — 37
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