Dr Ian Anthony

Ian Anthony

Born: 1960
Citizenship: United Kindom
Position at SIPRI: Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation Programme Director

Regional expertise: Europe
Languages: English, Swedish
Contact: Email; Phone: +46 8 655 9759

Ian Anthony is the Research Coordinator at SIPRI and the Director of the SIPRI Programme on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. He has published numerous books on issues related to arms control, disarmament and export control. Recent publications include Reforming Nuclear Export Controls: The Future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. SIPRI Research Report No. 22 (Oxford University Press: Oxford 2007). 

Current activities
  • The role of nuclear weapons in NATO
  • Russia and next steps in nuclear arms control
  • European and Chinese perspectives on nuclear security
  • European Union approaches to non-proliferation and threat reduction
Former positions
  • Project Leader, European Arms Export Control Project, 1998–2003
  • Project Leader, SIPRI Arms Transfer Project, 1993–1998
Recent publications
  • Anthony, I. and Jansson, J., The Future of Nuclear Weapons in NATO, International Policy Analysis, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, April 2010. 
  • Anthony, I., ‘Managing the transfer of nuclear technologies under the NPT’.