Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme

The programme consists of three projects: the Chemical and Biological Security Project, the Export Control Project and the Nuclear Weapons Project. The programme is headed by Dr Ian Anthony who is also SIPRI's Research Coordinator.

Current research areas include:

• The changing role of nuclear weapons in international security and the political and technological dimensions of nuclear arms control and non-proliferation issues.
  
  
• The role and responsibility of the Swedish biomedical research community in preventing acts of mass impact terrorism.
  
  
• Disease surveillance and response with a focus on Asia.
  
  
• Legal, technical and historical aspects of the implementation of international prohibitions against chemical and biological warfare, including the verification of non-production of chemical weapons within the chemical industry and national defence research establishments, and the security implications of dual-use research and technologies in the life sciences.
  
  
• The national export control systems of states, with a primary focus on Europe, as well as international cooperation to expand the scope and strengthen the effectiveness of export controls.