lity of Norway

British Indian Ocean Territory:
defense is the responsibility of the
UK; the US lease on Diego Garcia expires in 2016

British Virgin Islands:
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Cayman Islands:
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Christmas Island:
defense is the responsibility of Australia

Clipperton Island:
defense is the responsibility of France

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
defense is the responsibility of Australia

Cook Islands:
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in
consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request

Coral Sea Islands:
defense is the responsibility of Australia;
visited regularly by the Royal Australian Navy; Australia has
control over the activities of visitors

Cuba:
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of
Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

Europa Island:
defense is the responsibility of France

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
defense is the responsibility of
the UK

Faroe Islands:
defense is the responsibility of Denmark

French Guiana:
defense is the responsibility of France

French Polynesia:
defense is the responsibility of France

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
defense is the responsibility
of France

Georgia:
a CIS peacekeeping force consisting of Russian troops is
deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN
military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is
deployed in South Ossetia

Gibraltar:
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Glorioso Islands:
defense is the responsibility of France

Greenland:
defense is the responsibility of Denmark

Guadeloupe:
defense is the responsibility of France

Guam:
defense is the responsibility of the US

Guernsey:
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
defense is the responsibility of
Australia

Holy See (Vatican City):
defense is the responsibility of Italy;
Swiss Papal Guards are posted at entrances to the Vatican City to
provide security and protect the Pope

Hong Kong:
defense is the responsibility of China

Howland Island:
defense is the responsibility of the US; visited
annually by the US Coast Guard

Iceland:
defense is provided by the US-manned Icelandic Defense
Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik

Jan Mayen:
defense is the responsibility of Norway