- 27 Feb., Malmö
Kristofer Bergh gave a lecture for the Malmö Association of Foreign Affairs on the security and geopolitics of the Arctic. The lecture was attended by approximately 30 students from Malmö University. Read more about the lecture. - 25 Feb., Tokyo
Sibylle Bauer gave a presentation at the 20th annual Asian Export Control Seminar entitled 'Internalization of international regimes and United Nations Security Council resolutions: controls lists'. The conference included participants from around 30 countries, as well as from international organizations and research institutes. It was organized by the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Centre for Information on Security Trade Control (CISTEC). - 20–21 Feb., Münster
Sibylle Bauer participated in the annual Export Control Conference organized by the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) and the Centre for Foreign Trade Law at the University of Münster. The theme of this year's meeting was the limits and goals of export controls. SIPRI Director Tilman Brück also gave a presentation on the costs of war at the event, which was attended by many German exporters of arms and dual-use items as well as the different German agencies and ministries involved in export controls. - 19 Feb., Stockholm and Washington, DC
SIPRI, Economists for Peace and Security (EPS) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) co-published a blog post on future developments in research on the economics of violent conflict, by Patricia Justino. - 18 Feb., Stockholm
Neil Melvin briefed Sweden's Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt, on emerging Russian and Chinese relations in the Arctic at a meeting of Sweden's strategiska rådet (Strategic Council), a forum for strategic discussions between policymakers and experts on key emerging foreign and security policy issues. - 18 Feb., Brussels
Sibylle Bauer and Pieter Wezeman participated in a round table seminar organized by the Flemish Peace Institute and Transparency International, on the subject of parliamentary control of security and defence policy in Belgium. The round table featured discussions with researchers on methodological questions, and with Belgian parliamentarians on parliamentary scrutiny of arms procurement and arms exports. - 11–13 Feb., Nairobi
Gary Milante convened a Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Inclusive Development research workshop with national stakeholders and partners including The Hague Institute, Africa Research Network, Peacenet, and the Africa Centre for Security and Strategic Studies. Over 40 participants joined the workshop to comment on the new research project as well as suggest ways forward for stakeholder consultations, interviews and case studies on the SSR process in Kenya. Read more about the workshop. - 13 Feb., Warsaw
John Hart attended the fifth and final Chemical Munitions Search and Assessment (CHEMSEA) project meeting. The CHEMSEA project was a three-year, European Union-funded scientific investigation of dumped chemical munitions in the Baltic Sea. SIPRI was an associated partner for this project. - 5 Feb., Stockholm and Washington, DC
SIPRI, Economists for Peace and Security (EPS) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) co-published the second installment in a two-part blog post on the governance of natural resources in hybrid political orders, by Gilles Carbonnier and Lara Atanasijevic. - 1 Feb., Stockholm
The European Union Non-Proliferation Consortium, of which SIPRI is a member, published a Discussion Paper by Mark Bromley and Paul Holtom, entitled 'Arms Trade Treaty assistance: identifying a role for the European Union' (PDF).
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