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The role of safeguards in nuclear weapon-free zonesSafeguards measures should play a vital role in international efforts to monitor technologies related to reprocessing and enrichment of nuclear materials. This is also true in the context of the proposed nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East, argues Tariq Rauf. Continue reading ... |
SIPRI launches data on largest arms companiesOn 31 January SIPRI launched its data on the world's largest arms-producing companies (the SIPRI Top 100) for 2012 at a press event at the Munich Security Conference. This was the first of three data launches over the coming months ahead of the release of SIPRI Yearbook 2014. Continue reading ... |
New SIPRI European Security ProgrammeSIPRI is pleased to announce a new research programme which analyses the European security discourse and seeks to deepen understanding of the ways in which it is changing. The programme was launched at an event at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month. Continue reading ... |
Sochi and the Caucasus conflictsAs the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games got underway, SIPRI's Neil Melvin reflected on the extent to which the Games themselves have already become part of the region’s conflicts, arguing for a comprehensive political approach to building a durable peace in the Caucasus. Continue reading ... |
A pragmatic approach to the Iran nuclear fileNegotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme will need to lead to pragmatic measures which assure the international community of the peaceful nature of the programme, and which lead to the removal of all United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran, argues Tariq Rauf. Continue reading ... |
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09.00–12.30, 17 March, Paris SIPRI and Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'École Militaire (IRSEM) are pleased to invite you to a roundtable on the global arms market. This roundtable will bring together French-speaking experts to address contemporary developments in arms exports by key countries and regions, and will include a launch of SIPRI data on international arms transfers for 2013. Please confirm your participation by sending an email with your full name and affiliation to inscription.irsem@defense.gouv.fr. The location for the event is Ecole Militaire, Paris (5, pl. Joffre, 75007, Métro 8), Amphithéâtre Louis. The number of places at this event is limited. For more information contact Stephanie Blenckner, SIPRI Communications Director (+46 08-655 97 47, blenckner@sipri.org) or Caroline Verstappen at IRSEM, Responsable des partenariats (+33 01 44 42 52 93, caroline.verstappen@defense.gouv.fr). 27–28 March, Stockholm Building on its long-standing reputation in the field of international security, SIPRI is currently broadening its research focus to include issues of security and development, examining the links between socioeconomic development, conflict, peace and security. In March 2014, as part of these ongoing research activities, SIPRI will host a high-level global event, the inaugural Stockholm Forum on Security and Development, with the support of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Contact Rachel Irwin for more information about the Forum. |
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Tariq Rauf appointed new SIPRI Programme Director SIPRI is pleased to announce that Tariq Rauf has been appointed Director of SIPRI's Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme. Rauf is an internationally respected authority on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues. From 2002 to 2011 he was Head of the Verification and Security Policy Coordination Office at the International Atomic Energy Agency, reporting to the Director General, in which capacity he dealt with high-priority verification cases involving Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, South Korea and Syria. |
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Researcher/Senior Researcher SIPRI seeks a Researcher or Senior Researcher to conduct research and advisory work on dual-use and arms trade control issues. |
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