The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2012

Welcome to the Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2012 online catalogue. Here you will find easy-to-access content information and purchasing options for each of the new Regional Surveys, plus contact details for the relevant marketing person if you have any questions about the titles.

Ratko Mladić, Osama bin Laden and Bouasone Bouphavanh have all made newspaper headlines over the last twelve months. Japan experienced a devastating tsunami and narrowly averted a nuclear meltdown, elections were held in Argentina and Nicaragua, and Mayotte became an Overseas Department of France. Featuring expert analysis of, and background to, these and other recent political, economic and social developments across the globe, Europa's Regional Surveys are a timely and authoritative reference source.

So what are the key features of the Surveys and how can they benefit users?

• there are nine Regional Surveys in total, covering all the world regions, from South Asia to North America and Australasia
• these can be purchased individually or together as a set; purchasing all nine volumes together represents a saving of 10% on the price of the individual volumes
• users will find directory information for key contacts in government, finance, tourism and more
• there are statistics for key economic and social indicators, covering energy, trade and industry, the media and much more.

Highlights of the 2012 Surveys include several newly-commissioned analytical essays. Central and South-Eastern Europe 2012 features a new essay looking at the influence of the new EU member states on EU foreign policy. And Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2012 offers a detailed discussion of the political transition in Kyrgyzstan, following the uprising of April 2010, including an extensive description of the new constitutional text.

You may also be interested to learn that all the information featured in the Regional Surveys are available online as a regularly-updated online resource, Europa World. Please visit www.europaworld.com for more detailed information.