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Welcome to SIPRI
SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. SIPRI is named as one of the world's leading think tanks in Foreign Policy magazine's "Think Tank Index". Read more about SIPRI >>
News
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Sir Marrack Goulding, 1936–2010
All of us at SIPRI are saddened to learn of the passing of Sir Marrack Goulding. In addition to his long and distinguished service as a diplomat and senior United Nations official, he served with great distinction as a member of the SIPRI Governing Board from 1997 to 2007. The SIPRI Governing Board and all SIPRI staff send our deepest condolences to his family and to his friends around the world. -
Controlling conflict resources in the DRC
The continuing conflict in eastern DRC is fuelled by the sale of valuable minerals from mines controlled by both rebel groups and army units. In a new Policy Brief, SIPRI Researcher Ruben de Koning explores the challenges and opportunities of industry-, government- and donor-led proposals for regulating the DRC's mineral trade, explaining that the first essential step is to demilitarize mining sites. -
New Chairman of the Board of SIPRI appointed
On 23 June, the Swedish Government appointed Göran Lennmarker as the new Chairman of the Governing Board of SIPRI. He will formally take up this position in September 2010. He succeeds Ambassador Rolf Ekéus who will be stepping down, having served his mandated 10-year term. Read more -
Event: China and Global Security - Can Europe be Brought Back into the Game?
Has the EU's China policy failed? From non-proliferation to peacekeeping, Beijing shares most of the EU's security aims, but the scope of common actions has failed to live up to the initial expectations. In a new US-China dualism, how can Europe be brought back into the game? Read more about the event here. Read the press release about the key outcome here.
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Ukrainian translation of SIPRI Yearbook 2009 available now
The
Ukrainian translation of SIPRI Yearbook 2009: 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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SIPRI at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York
Read SIPRI's briefing on perspectives of non-nuclear weapon states concerning the 2010 NPT Review Conference here. Read the essay by SIPRI Chairman of the Board Amb Rolf Ekéus on a world free of nuclear weapons here.
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26 April: New SIPRI Report: China will seek to balance...
...between nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states at the upcoming non-proliferation conference in New York next week. Read the press release and the report on China's nuclear positions and future policies.
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12 April: 6 BAE Systems No. 1 in global arms sales in 2008
With arms sales reaching $32.4 billion in 2008, BAE Systems is the first non-US company to lead SIPRI's Top 100 list of the largest arms-producing companies. Following BAE in the top 5 are Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics (all of the USA). Read more. Picture: Lockheed Martin F-16
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6 April: Release of the US Nuclear Posture Review
In a statement released today, SIPRI Director Dr Bates Gill welcomed the release of the USA's Nuclear Posture Review and its core message. Read more >>>
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15 March: Launch of SIPRI Arms Transfer Data
The SIPRI Arms Transfer Programme monitors, measures and analyses international transfers of major conventional weapons. The comprehensive annual update of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is accessible since 15 March here. Download the report here.
Read the press release and contact info for interview requests here.
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New background paper on arms transfers to Europe and Central Asia
Paul Holtom
Military expenditure and arms imports in Europe and Central Asia have increased during the past decade. Military reform and modernization have been offered as justifications for the significant increase in military spending and arms procurement in Eastern Europe, but other factors such as unresolved border disputes, territorial claims and separatism also play a role.
Read more.
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New insight paper on demilitarizing mining areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ruben de Koning
The illegal economic exploitation of artisanal mining areas by military forces is a persistent problem in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), even in areas such as northern Katanga Province that are in transition to peace. There is little political will to completely demilitarize mining areas. Read more.
In Focus: SIPRI Yearbook
SIPRI Yearbook Media Launch 2 June, Issue Seminar 7 June
The 2010 SIPRI Yearbook is launched. Read the press release here. Check out the sample chapters and short summary here. SIPRI held a SIPRI Yearbook Issue Seminar on nuclear non-proliferation on 7 June. Read more.Databases
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database will be updated on 3 June with SIPRI's latest data. The database provides a consistent time series on the military spending of 172 countries since 1988. Data are provided by country in the following three formats:
- in local currency, at current prices. 1988-2009
- in US dollars, at constant (2008) prices and exchange rates, 1988-2009
- as a share (%) of gross domestic product (GDP), 1988-2008
Enter the database here.
Activities in June
June 21, Brussels
SIPRI Yearbook 2010 seminar in Brussels
SIPRI will present key findings of the 2010 SIPRI Yearbook at a lunch seminar in connection with the conference on NATO's European Dimension, organized by the Security and Defence Agenda at the Concert Noble. Read more about the event here and contact SIPRI Communications Director Stephanie Blenckner for further information.
June 21-22, SIPRI
Ukraine's integration into European security cooperation
SIPRI, together with the Polish embassy in Stockholm, will host a two-day conference on Ukraine's integration into European security cooperation. The purpose of the conference is to complement the agenda of the EU's Eastern Partnership (EAP) with a discussion of select security-related problems which are critical in facilitating Ukraine's 'European destiny' and building its sense of inclusion. Key speakers include Adam Kobieracki, Head of the Security Policy Department of the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and former NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations (2003-2007), Malena Mård, Deputy Director-General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Yevgen Perebyinis, Ukrainian Ambassador to Sweden. Contact SIPRI Senior Fellow Dr Zdzislaw Lachowski for further information. Register your interest to participate with SIPRI Communications Assistant Griselda Quintana.
June 9, Rosenbad, Stockholm
China and Global Security: the first China Seminar and launch of the Stockholm China Alliance
As part of the Stockholm China Alliance (SCA), SIPRI will host the first SCA seminar on China-EU security relations. Key speakers include Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, SIPRI Director Dr Bates Gill, SIPRI Senior Researcher Dr May-Britt Stumbaum and Dr Pan Zhongqi of Fudan University, Shanghai. Contact SCA Coordinator Prof. Thommy Svensson for registration and further information.
June 7, Museum of the Mediterranean
SIPRI Yearbook Issue Seminar on nuclear disarmament
SIPRI will launch the 2010 SIPRI Yearbook to the diplomatic community, academia and interested public at an expert roundtable seminar. Read more here and contact SIPRI Communications Assistant Griselda Quintana, phone: 655 97 87, no later than Friday 4 June 2010 to register your participation.
