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Security Index Yearbook 2026-2027 by PIR&MGIMO Vol.2 Global Edition
ANNEXES
ANNEX 1. LIST OF FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF MAPS
Map 1. Map of the countries near the Eastern EU border
Source: CNN (
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/07/29/wagner-forces-poland-border-nato-leighton-nr-vpx.cnn
)
Map 2. Map of SCO member states, Observers and Dialogue Partners (as of October 2025)
Compiled by PIR Center based on open sources
Map 3. Signatories of Artemis Accords and International Lunar Research Station Cooperation Organization (ILRSCO), as of October, 2025
Compiled by PIR Center based on open sources
Map 4. Locations of confirmed device explosions (Lebanon and Syria), September 2024
Based on
Haaretz
(https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2024-09-17/ty-article/.premium/reports-hundreds-wounded-in-pager-blasts-targeting-hezbollah-operatives-across-lebanon/), updated by the author
Map 5. Number of notable AI models by geographic area (2003-2024, sum)
Source: The 2025 AI Index Report (
https://hai-production.s3.amazonaws.com/files/hai_ai_index_report_2025.pdf
)
Map 6. Geopolitical structuring of the world for the 21
st
century
Source: Tunjic F. The Europe in Between and the OSCE. New-Old geopolitics in Eurasia Concerning Europe’s stability and Security, 2005 (
http://researchgate.net/publication/281840531
)
Map 7. Proposed routes of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway
Source: ERAI
https://index1520.com/en/analytics/malenkiy-proekt-bri-kitaya-po-prezhnemu-myslit-masshtabno-vozvrashchenie-k-grandioznoy-infrastruktur/
Map 8.
Polar Silk Route
(the four major transatlantic maritime routes in Arctica)
Source: Arctic Portal
https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/news/2985-polar-silk-route-in-graphic-detail
Map 9. Airstrikes on Iran (June, 2025)
Compiled by PIR Center based on open sources
Map 10.
Sykes-Picot Agreement
and the modern borders of the Middle East
Source:
The Economist
(
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2016/05/16/sykes-picot-100-years-on
)
Map 11. Major African crops (including Genome edited projects), as of 2025
Based on: Genetic Literacy Project (
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/
), updated as of 2025
Map 12. Global Terrorism Index in Africa, 2024
Compiled by the author based on the Index of Global Terrorism, 2024 (
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/global-terrorism-index/#/
)
Map 13. NATO Expansion in Europe, by year (as of 2025)
Compiled by PIR Center based on open sources
Map 14. Map of the BRICS countries (members and partners; as of the end of 2025)
Based on: TV BRICS (
https://tvbrics.com/states/
)
Map 15
.
APEC Member States
Compiled by PIR Center based on APEC website (https://www.apec.org/about-us/about-apec)
Map 16. Eurasian Transport Network
Source
: Asia Plus
News Agency
(
https://asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/economic/20240701/transport-connectivity-and-access-to-markets-are-among-the-most-significant-challenges-for-eurasia
)
Map 17.
Non-aligned Movement
(as of 2025)
Compiled based on open sources
Map 18. US Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence (as of July 2025)
Source: Council on Foreign Relations (
https://www.cfr.org/article/us-forces-middle-east-mapping-military-presence
)
Map 19. Iran’s Major Nuclear Facilities (as of June 2014).
Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle
Source: An Arms Control Association Briefing Book (
https://www.armscontrol.org/files/ACA_Iran_Briefing_Book_2013.pdf
)
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