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  • 16 May.: A more inclusive Arctic Council faces new challenges

    The Arctic Council's ministerial meeting in Kiruna, Sweden, this week highlighted the global interest in the Arctic region. The fact that six non-Arctic states—China, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore—were granted permanent observer status indicates an opening up of the Council to the world and signifies a breakthrough that rejects ideas of Arctic isolationism. 

    Read the Expert Comment     by SIPRI researchers Kristoffer Bergh and Ekaterina Klimenko and SIPRI associate Linda Jakobson.

    See also the recent SIPRI paper on China's Arctic aspirations.

  • 3 May.: New SIPRI paper on the Proliferation Security Initiative

    SIPRI Policy Paper 36The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) was conceived in 2003 as a response to a growing threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. As it marks its 10th anniversary, the initiative faces a continually evolving set of challenges in its efforts to target the transport of consignments of proliferation concern: despite the participation of over 100 states, a number of key states remain opposed, and questions about its legality, activities and effectiveness persist.

    Read more and download the report.

  • 30 Apr.: New SIPRI Update out now!

    Read it online. Do not miss the essay on the global market in natural uranium by the Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme Programme Director Ian Anthony and Researcher Lina Grip.

  • 22 Apr.: Sweden to honour former SIPRI Director

    SIPRI’s former Director, Professor Bates Gill, is to receive an award from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The Royal Order of the Polar Star recognizes Professor Gill’s distinguished service to Sweden during his five years as SIPRI Director. The award will be presented to Professor Gill by the Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, His Excellency Sven-Olof Petersson, at a Canberra reception on 24 April 2013.

  • 15 Apr.: New SIPRI data on military expenditure—world military spending falls, but China, Russia’s spending rises

    World military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5 per cent in real terms since 2011, according to figures released today by SIPRI.

    The fall—the first since 1998—was driven by major spending cuts in the USA and Western and Central Europe, as well as in Australia, Canada and Japan. The reductions were, however, substantially offset by increased spending in Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America. China, the second largest spender in 2012, increased its expenditure by 7.8 per cent ($11.5 billion). Russia, the third largest spender, increased its expenditure by 16 per cent ($12.3 billion). 

    • Read the full press release in English (online), and Swedish, French, Catalan and Spanish (PDF).

    Access the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.

    Download the Fact Sheet.

 

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In Focus

SIPRI Yearbook 2013 data launches

We have now completed our series of three data-set pre-launches in the lead-up to the publication of SIPRI Yearbook 2013.

 

 

 

SIPRI Yearbook 2013 will be launched on 3 June. Download a summary of SIPRI Yearbook 2012 or visit the Oxford University Press website for information about ordering copies of the SIPRI Yearbook.



Upcoming events

June 14-15, Stockholm

SIPRI hosts 17th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security

SIPRI is pleased to announce that the 17th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security will be held at SIPRI in Stockholm, Sweden, on 14–15 June 2013. The conference is co-organized by SIPRI and Economists for Peace and Security.




May 17, Stockholm (10:00-12:00)

SIPRI seminar: How effective are targeted sanctions?

The UN Security Council has imposed targeted sanctions on arms flows, financial resources, travel and aviation connections, and specific export commodities for particular individuals, non-state actors and states—with varying success. The Stockholm Process was a Swedish initiative undertaken in 2001–2003 to strengthen the implementation and monitoring of so-called targeted sanctions. It was the last stage of a broad review of sanctions that also included the Interlaken and Bonn processes. This seminar is an opportunity to examine the key developments and challenges to United Nations targeted sanctions that have emerged in the decade since the Stockholm Process findings were first presented to the Security Council. Read the full programme.

Please confirm your participation with your name and full affiliation no later than Wednesday, 15 May
2013 with  Cynthia Loo, phone: 08-655 97 51, email:
cloo@sipri.org

 

 

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