Strengthening Threat Reduction: Intro

International Non-proliferation and Disarmament Assistance

The very large military capabilities developed during the cold war continue to represent a present danger to national, regional and international security as well as to the environment.

To reduce the risk that weapons or materials could be acquired by unauthorized state or non-state actors a number of practical measures have been defined to increase their physical security, safeguard against their diversion or misuse and in some cases eliminate them or render them unusable.

Many of these weapons and materials remain in Russia. As the region perhaps most acutely at risk from weapons and materials located in Russia, European countries have a self-interest and a responsibility to assist Russia in implementing practical measures to safeguard and eliminate military capacities of different kinds.

SIPRI has recently begun to examine these issues in cooperation with international partners in North America and in Europe.

Strengthening the G8 Global Partnership
European non-proliferation and disarmament assistance programmes

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