SIPRI for the media

The SIPRI Communications Director can assist journalists in arranging interviews, identifying story angles and topics of interest.

Communication activities at SIPRI include the launch of the SIPRI Yearbook and all SIPRI publications, the SIPRI newsletter, the web site, welcoming visitors and all marketing and outreach activities nationally and internationally.

Here you can read the latest press releases, discover which topics the various SIPRI experts are available to be interviewed about. Contact the SIPRI Communications Director Stephanie Blenckner with any questions and sign up for our media list here. 

SIPRI will pre-launch THREE major data sets before the Yearbook is published in June:

• 27 February: Launch of the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies --- the 100 largest companies in the arms industry
• 19 March: Launch of SIPRI's international arms transfers data --- details of all international sales, transfers and gifts of major weapons in 2011
• 17 April: Launch of SIPRI's world military expenditure data --- comprehensive information on global, regional and national trends in military spending
• June (date tbc): Launch of the SIPRI Yearbook --- cutting-edge information and analysis on the state of the world's nuclear forces, the international peacekeeping agenda and steps to control WMD.