James Hackett, senior fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who also edits IISS’ Military Balance 2017, discusses global defense trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This year’s Military Balance was released on Feb. 14, 2017, in London and is the first edition since 1989 with an online component, The Military Balance +, with searchable data bases on forces, defense economics and military capabilities found in the report.