Trends in armed conflicts
New data: Patterns of major armed conflicts, 2001–2010, UCDP
New SIPRI yearbook chapter:
Other new publications:
Melvin, Neil J. and Umaraliev, Tolkun, New Social Media and Conflict in Kyrgyzstan, SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security no. 2011/1 (August 2011).
de Koning, Ruben, Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Aligning Trade and Security Interventions, SIPRI Policy Paper no. 27 (June 2011).
The continuous critical analysis of violent conflicts around the world - their causes, dynamics and consequences - constitutes the core task of the programme. The principal output of this research is the chapter on trends in armed conflicts produced for the SIPRI Yearbook, but this work also feeds into the development of particular thematic research projects (please follow links below). Read more...
Natural resources, arms and conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The civilian contribution to peace operations
Rule of law and transitional justice in post-conflict peacebuilding
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