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Arms and alliances
Weapons, warheads, peacekeepers and diplomats: how military and diplomatic weight is shifting.
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Ukraine is now the world's biggest arms importer
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Russia's share of world arms exports fell from 21% to 7%
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Poland spends more of its economy on defence than America
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China added more nuclear warheads than all other states combined
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Algeria outspends all of sub-Saharan Africa on its military
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Nepal sends more UN peacekeepers than all five veto powers
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China runs the world's largest diplomatic network
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SpaceX launches more rockets than the rest of Earth combined
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China went from the world's top arms buyer to 21st