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3 Feb: SIPRI Director at Munich Security Conference!
SIPRI Director Bates Gill is present at this years' Munich Security Conference. On the agenda of the conference is amongst others Euro-Atlantic Security, Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe and Cybersecurity. Watch the live-stream of the conference here.
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30 Jan: New SIPRI study on maritime trafficking
Read more about SIPRI's maritime and air transport research here.More than 60% of ships involved in reported cases of sanctions-busting or illicit transfers of arms, drugs, other military equipment and sensitive dual-use goods that could be used in the development of missiles and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are owned by companies based in the EU, NATO or other OECD states, according to the first comprehensive study on maritime trafficking released today. Read the press release here .Download the full report here and the executive summary here.
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30 Jan: New Newsletter out!
Read it here. Do not miss the essay about the nuclear arms programme charges against Iran, by SIPRI Associated Senior Research Fellow Robert Kelley.
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24 Jan: New SIPRI paper on transparency and military spending in Latin America
While all states surveyed in Latin America now make information on their defence budgets available to the public, further transparency is needed in the reporting of off-budget funding for arms acquisitions. Read the press release here, and download the report here. -
19 Jan: SIPRI ranked a top global think tank again in 2011
SIPRI ranked 2nd in global think tank ranking (non-US) according to the 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings published by the University of Pennsylvania. Read the full report and complete ranking lists here. -
20 Dec: New SIPRI report on arms flows to Africa
States in sub-Saharan Africa have received major arms through legal transfers from a wide variety of countries worldwide. There is no hard evidence that there was widespread large illegal supplies from outside the region in 2006-10, but there have been regular instances of illegal weapons flows inside the region. Read the press release here, and download the report here. -
20 Dec: New SIPRI paper on military, health and education spending in Latin America
Military spending in many Latin American states has risen rapidly, while poverty and inequality continue to plague the region. This new SIPRI Insights paper examines the question of whether military spending increases are coming at the cost of social spending, using various statistical tools. Download the report here. -
6 Dec: SIPRI presents a statement at biological weapons convention review conference
Read the statement here. On December 9 SIPRI also presented a report on science and technology and their impact on the BTWC. Read the report here. -
EU Non-proliferation Consortium feeds debate as biological weapons convention review starts next week
SIPRI as part of the EU Non-proliferation Consortium is pleased to co-publish a set of reports on key challenges for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) in advance of the Seventh Review Conference held in Geneva 5-22 December 2011. Download the reports here.
In Focus
SIPRI engaged in the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiationsAvailable SIPRI resources - click on the cover to access the publication:
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SIPRI Yearbook 2012: launch dates
- 27 Feb: Top 100 arms-producing companies
- 19 March: International arms transfers data
- 17 April: World military expenditure data
- June: Launch of the SIPRI Yearbook
Activities in spring
March 1-2, Kiev
Combating Destabilizing Arms Transfers by Air
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is organizing a two-day expert seminar on arms trafficking by air within the framework of a European Union (EU) Council decision under the auspices of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The event will bring together national and international experts in the fields of civil aviation, peacekeeping, crisis management, disarmament, aviation intelligence, non-proliferation, export control, defence, law enforcement, customs and security. Its purpose is to promote effective information sharing, tools and techniques for the better monitoring and detection of air cargo actors engaged in destabilizing commodity flows and is one of a series of regional seminars aimed at establishing best practices in these fields. Attendance is by invitation only. A limited number of sponsored places are available. For further information email the SIPRI Countering Illicit Trafficking–Mechanism Assessment Projects (CIT-MAP) here.
February 3-4, Brussels
EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference
SIPRI Senior Researcher Aaron Dunne of the Export Controls project and Senior Researcher Hugh Griffiths of CIT-MAP will be among the expert speakers at the first international conference of the EU Non-proliferation Consortium, of which SIPRI is a member. SIPRI Research Coordinator Dr Ian Anthony will chair a session on nuclear security. The event, the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference, is being organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The EU Non-proliferation Consortium is a network of independent European think tanks working on non-proliferation issues. Read more about the conference agenda here and contact Linda Grip for more information.
Databases
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database was 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
NEW! Now also available in Excel form.
Access the database here.
