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Welcome to SIPRI
Established in 1966, SIPRI is an independent research institute focusing on international security, arms control, and disarmament. SIPRI has built its reputation on authoritative, balanced research, including its flagship publication, the SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI was recently named as one of the world’s leading think tanks in the ‘Think Tank Index’ issued by the journal Foreign Policy. Read more about SIPRI >>News
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Ukrainian translation of SIPRI Yearbook 2008 available now
The Ukrainian translation of SIPRI Yearbook 2008: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security has now been published and is available from the Razumkov Centre—Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies (UCEPS), Kyiv. The translation of the SIPRI Yearbook is funded by a grant from the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, which also supports Chinese and Russian translations.
For more information, contact the Razumkov Centre, Kyiv. For more information on other translations of the Yearbook, click here.
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New Background Paper: The EU non-proliferation clause: a preliminary assessment
Lina Grip
The European Union (EU) introduced the non-proliferation clause in 2003 as a way to encourage its non-EU partners to enhance their participation in and implementation of multilateral non-proliferation instruments. This paper examines how the EU has fared—and sometimes failed—in its efforts to include the WMD clause in agreements with third countries. Read more.
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Launch of SIPRI Report in Beijing 3 Nov and Washington Nov 19
Why has China increased its peacekeeping presence and where? What sort of operations are they doing? How well are they working with the soldiers and police from other parts of the world? What is motivating China’s more active peacekeeping role? Read more about the Beijing event here and the Washington event here.
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New Background Paper: Artisanal mining and post-conflict reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
SIPRI Researcher Ruben de Koning
For at least two decades mineral resources have been a curse rather than a blessing for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Although the civil war formally ended in 2003, armed conflicts continue in the east of the country while the country as a while remains highly militarized. Re-establishing civil control over militarized mining areas must be a first priority for the Congolese Government. Read more.
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Kensuke Ebata
All of us at SIPRI are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kensuke Ebata. Ken, who was a Visiting Fellow at SIPRI in 1995, was one of Japan's leading independent experts on security and defence issues, and a long-time friend and supporter of SIPRI. We send our deepest condolences to his wife and professional partner, Yumiko Ebata, and to all his family and friends.
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New Policy Brief: Building air traffic capacity in Africa: options for improving security and governance
SIPRI Researcher Hugh Griffiths
Air transport development programmes in Africa have the potential to significantly improve security and governance in regions affected by conflict and transnational organized crime. This Policy Brief is part of an ongoing study into weapon transfers and raw material flows in the DRC funded by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Read more.
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9 October 2009: Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize
SIPRI Director Bates Gill has issued a brief statement in response to today's news. Read the statement here.
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Read SIPRI's Statement on the Security Council Resolution 24 Sept
by Dr. Ian Anthony, SIPRI Research Coordinator and Programme Leader for the SIPRI Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Programme here.
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Speeches available from SIPRI Foreign Minister's Roundtable on the Eastern Partnership, Sept 4
The Eastern Partnership is an EU initiative that aims to enhance the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Its aims include concluding new association agreements that include free trade agreements, gradual integration of the partners into the EU economy, and visa liberalization. The Eastern Partnership also tackles issues such as illegal immigration, energy security, democracy and good governance.
Download the speeches by
Mr Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr Cristian Diaconescu, Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr Frank Belfrage, Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
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New Background Paper on Arms transfers to the conflict in Chad
SIPRI Researcher Pieter Wezeman
Supplying arms to Chad may fuel the conflict or facilitate human rights abuses there or in the Darfur region of Sudan. Although some states have restricted arms transfers, it is estimated that arms imports by Chad were five times higher in 2004–2008 than in 1999–2003.
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New Background Paper on Arms transfers to the Middle East
SIPRI Researcher Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman
The levels of military expenditure and arms imports in the Middle East have increased in recent years. The region receives a high level of major conventional arms transfers relative to its economic size. Many states in the region are modernizing their military equipment holdings.
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SIPRI Director Dr Bates Gill to witness for the House of Lords, UK
On June 25, Dr. Bates Gill, SIPRI Director, was invited to present testimony before the United Kingdom House of Lords Subcom-mittee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy on the issue of China-Europe relations. His appearance is part of a series of hearings held by the subcommittee on this issue in May and June 2009. Transcripts of the hearings can be found here >> -
New series of fact sheets on international peacekeeping
Kirsten Soder
SIPRI is pleased to announce the publication of a new series of fact sheets on Multilateral Peace Operations.The fact sheets use data from SIPRI’s Multilateral Peace Operations Database to illuminate, in a concise and user-friendly way, some of the most significant developments in peace operations during 2008 and over the decade since 1999.
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New Background Paper on Arms transfers to the Americas
SIPRI Researcher Mark Bromley
Arms transfers to the Americas, particularly to South America, have risen sharply in recent years. At the same time, a number of transparency and confidence-building measures have been developed in the Americas.
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New Handbook of Applied Biosecurity for Life Science Laboratories
SIPRI Senior Researcher Dr Peter Clevestig
Biosecurity covers a broad spectrum of potential risks and threats ranging from criminal activities to bioterrorism and espionage. This handbook—the first of its kind—focuses on laboratory-related activities and basic components of applied biosecurity that are relevant to all laboratory employees.
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Same air cargo companies deliver both humanitarian aid and weapons, says SIPRI
(Stockholm, 12 May 2009) Air cargo companies involved in illicit or destabilizing arms transfers to African conflict zones have also been repeatedly contracted to deliver humanitarian aid and support peacekeeping operations, according to a report released today.
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In Focus: Peacekeeping
The new report on China's role in peacekeeping is being launched today at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China in Beijing. Download the report, the executive summary in Chinese and the press release here.See also SIPRI's recently published series of fact sheets on peacekeeping in 2008: (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) Personnel.
Information on all UN and non-UN peace operations conducted since 2000 can be found in the SIPRI Multilateral Peace Operations Database (below).
Databases
SIPRI Multilateral Peace Operations Database
The SIPRI Multilateral Peace Operations Database is a unique source of transparent and reliable data on all multilateral peace operations (both UN and non-UN) conducted around the world. It contains information on where an operation is located, the dates of its deployment and operation, the mission mandate, the participating countries, the approved and actual number of personnel deployed, broken down into personnel types, the financial costs and the number of fatalities suffered. Enter the database here.
Activities
Nov 19, 10:00, United States Institute for Peace, Washington
SIPRI briefing on China's expanding role in UN peace operations
SIPRI Director Dr Bates Gill and Chin-hao Huang of the University of Southern California will present their new SIPRI Policy Paper, China's Expanding Role in Peacekeeping: Prospects and Policy Implications for the media and interested members of the public. The panel event will take place at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP). Read the full programme here and all information about the new report here.
Nov 16, Stockholm
SIPRI Director to speak on SIPRI's goals and role in international relations
On the occasion of the 62nd Session of the Institute des Hautes Études de la Défense Nationale (IHEDN), SIPRI Director Dr Bates Gill will speak on SIPRI's goals and relevance in international relations. The address will form part of a one-year training for high-ranking decision makers on different aspects of defence and sovereignty. The invited audience will comprise French members of parliament, senators, business executives, journalists and military representatives. Contact SIPRI
Communications Officer Stephanie Blenckner.
Nov 6-8, Stockholm
International NGO conference on disarmament
The Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament will host an international NGO conference on the topic Reaching Nuclear Disarmament: The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The goal of the conference is to gather the International Movement against Nuclear Weapons and to facilitate coordination of strategies that will lead to a successful NPT Review Conference in 2010. SIPRI Governing Board Chairman Amb. Rolf Ekéus and SIPRI Deputy Director Daniel Nord will participate. For further information read here or contact SIPRI Project CoordinatorTheresa Höghammar.
Oct 21, 14:00, SIPRI
SIPRI lecture: Achieving a Non-Nuclear Korean Peninsula: Options for Diplomacy in Northeast Asia
Ambassador James Goodby, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
is a specialist on nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and security issues, both at a global level and with regard to Northeast Asia. To register for the event, contact SIPRI
Communications Officer Stephanie Blenckner.
Oct 6, Washington
China and Climate Security at Kissinger Institute, Washington
SIPRI Senior Researcher Linda Jakobson gave a talk on China and Climate
Security at the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States on 6
Oct. The event assembled an informed audience of more than 100
specialists in the field of international security, environment and
China studies. Watch the live stream of the event here.
Oct 5, SIPRI
SIPRI lecture: Iran's Middle East Policy—Navigating the Region's Geopolitics
Dr Uzi Rabi, Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History and a senior researcher at the Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University, will address the challenging position of Iran in a regional context. To register for the event, contact SIPRI Communications Officer Stephanie Blenckner.
Sept 24, New York
SIPRI hosts dialogue for a successful Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review in 2010
As the UN prepared to debate nuclear disarmament, SIPRI hosted a dialogue-dinner meeting with foreign ministers and senior foreign ministry officials from more than 17 non-nuclear weapon states. The dialogue focused on how a greater consensus can be generated among the non-nuclear weapon states on shaping—in cooperation with the nuclear weapon states—a successful outcome to the 2010 NPT Review Conference. The meeting also discussed how to promote concrete progress toward the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons, as called for by four retired US officials and leading statesmen—George Shultz, Sam Nunn, Henry Kissinger and William Perry, who also attended the dinner event. For more information, contact SIPRI Deputy Director Daniel Nord.
Sept 21, Mediterranean Museum
Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges: outcome from the seminar on Mediterranean relations
On the International Day of Peace, SIPRI co-hosted with the Anna Lindh Foundation a one-day event bringing together civil society representatives, experts and media from around the Mediterranean to discuss challenges for intercultural dialogue in the region and to exchange good practice in reconciliation and peacebuilding initiatives. Download the event's press release, the welcome address by Frank Belfrage, Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and follow the discussions captured in this liveblog.
Sept 10, SIPRI
Panel on China's role in global climate security
Co-hosted by SIPRI and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), this panel event will examine how climate security concepts are changing security thinking in China as well as the impacts of climate change on China's broader international role. For more information, contact SIPRI Communications Officer Stephanie Blenckner.
Sept 4, SIPRI
Lecture, Robot Wars: The Ethical Issues
Robotic weapons are likely to play a central role in future wars. Unmanned systems (UMS) for military roles are being developed and deployed by many countries. Dr Rob Sparrow of Monash University in Australia will offer a comprehensive survey of the ethical issues raised by the use of UMS in warfare. To register for the event, contact SIPRI Communications Officer Stephanie Blenckner.
