Last week, Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir General Carter outlined the future of Britain's military in a speech. In it, he listed the places where the British military might play a role. If you named all countries & regions he spoke of, he identified threats in the following:

These were:
1.Afghanistan
2.Algeria
3.Australia (twice)
4.Bahrain (twice)
5.Bahrain
6.Bangladesh (twice)
7.Bhutan
8.Bosnia
9.Brunei
10.Cambodia
11.Canada
12.Chile
13.China (four times)
14.Cook Island
15.Crimea
16.Cyprus
17.Egypt (twice)
18.Ethiopia

19.Fiji
20.French Polynesia
21.Greece
22.India (twice)
23.Indonesia
24.Iran (three times)
25.Iraq (three times)
26.Iraq
27.Israel (twice)
28.Israel
29.Japan
30.Jordan (twice)
31.Kenya
32.Kiribati
33.Kosovo
34.Kuwait (twice)
35.Lebanon (twice)
36.Libya

37.Laos
38.Malaysia (twice)
39.Maldives
40.Marshall Islands
41.Micronesia
42.Mongolia
43.Morocco
44.Myanmar
45.Nauru
46.Nepal
http://47.New  Caledonia
http://48.New  Zealand
49.Niue
50.North Korea (twice)
51.Oman (twice)
52.Pakistan (twice)
53.Palau

54.Palestine (twice)
55.Papua New Guinea
56.Peru
57.Philippines
58.Qatar (twice)
59.Russia
60.Samoa
61.Saudi Arabia (twice)
62.Singapore
63.Solomon Islands
64.Somalia
65.South Korea
66.Sri Lanka
67.Syria (three times)
68.Tanzania
69.Thailand

70.Timor-Leste
71.Tonga
72.Tunisia
73.Turkey (twice)
74.Tuvalu
75.Ukraine
76.United Arab Emirates (twice)
77.United States
78.Vanuatu
79.Vietnam
80.Yemen

This list does not include the nebulous 'parts of Africa' he referred to.

Clearly the British Military has a very global vision indeed.