Publications
Featured publication
Trends in world military expenditure, 2012
From 15 April 2013 the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database includes newly released information on military expenditure in 2012. This Fact Sheet describes the global, regional and national trends in military expenditure that are revealed by the new data, with a special focus on security spending in Central America.
SIPRI Yearbook Chapters
Chapter 4 - Military Expenditures
Perlo-Freeman, S.,Solmirano, C., Ismail, O., Sköns, E., Wilandh, H., & Kelly, N.SIPRI Yearbook 2012 (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2012), 147-216.
Chapter 4 - Military Expenditures
Perlo-Freeman, S., Cooper, J., Ismail, O., Sköns, E. & Perdomo, C.SIPRI Yearbook 2011 (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2011), pp. 157-229.
Chapter 5 - Military Expenditures
Perlo-Freeman, S., Ismail, O. & Perdomo, C.SIPRI Yearbook 2010 (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2010), pp. 177-249.
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Other publications
Military expenditure and the global culture of militarism',
Perlo-Freeman, S.Chapter 11 in Kassimeris, C. & Gouliamos, K. (eds), The marketing of war in the age of neo-militarism, London: Routledge, 2012.
Measuring transparency in military expenditure: the case of China
Perlo-Freeman, S.University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Co-operation, North-East Asia Defense Transparency Project Policy Brief 2011-4,
October 2011.
Promoting further transparency in military matters: an assessment of the United Nations Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures
Perlo-Freeman, S. and Kryvonos, Y.,UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Occasional Paper no. 20,
November 2010.
In search of a peace dividend, The Statesman's Yearbook 2007:The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World
Sköns, E.,(Palgrave Macmillan: New York and Basingstoke, 2007).
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Other SIPRI publications
Transparency in Military Spending and Arms Acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bromley, M. and Solmirano. CSIPRI Policy Paper no. 31,
January 2012.
Budgetary priorities in Latin America: military, health and education spending
Perlo-Freeman, S.SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security No.2011/2, December 2011.
Military spending and arms procurement in the Gulf states
Solmirano, C. and Wezeman, Pieter D.SIPRI Fact Sheet,
Unpublished papers
Can Russia afford to modernize its military?
Cooper, J.Presentation Paper in SIPRI,
November 2012.
Why arms procurement goes wrong
Perlo-Freeman, S. & Solmirano, C.Background paper prepared for Oxfam GB,
February 2012.
Military spending in the Russian federal budget, 2012-2015
Cooper, J.A research note prepared as background to the SIPRI Yearbook chapter on military expenditure, August 2012.
The developmental impact of military budgeting and procurement – implications for an arms trade treaty
Perlo-Freeman, S. & Perdomo, C.Report prepared for Oxfam GB,
