Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 315,952 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures—dollar figure: $21.095 billion (FY97)

Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.9% (1995)

Transnational Issues

Disputes—international: Italy and Slovenia made progress in resolving bilateral issues; Croatia and Italy made progress toward resolving a bilateral issue dating from World War II over property and ethnic minority rights

Illicit drugs: important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market

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Geography

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba