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SIPRI Yearbook 2001

Armaments, Disarmament and International Security

The Yearbook is SIPRI's annual compendium of data and analysis of developments in security and conflicts, military spending and armaments and non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.

These pages contain summaries of the Yearbook's chapters, appendices and annexes and details of translations into Russian and Ukrainian.

About SIPRI Yearbook 2001

The 32nd edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2000 in

  • Security and conflicts
  • Military spending and armaments
  • Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament

with annexes on arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of security- and arms control-related events.


Press launch

Press launch, panel
Download the press release from the launch on 13 June 2001.

Contents

Introduction. The organizing principles of global security

Part I. Security and conflicts, 2000

1. Major armed conflicts
2. Armed conflict prevention, management and resolution
3. Europe: an emerging power

Part II. Military spending and armaments, 2000

4. Military expenditure and arms production
5. Transfers of major conventional weapons

Part III. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 2000

6. Nuclear arms control and ballistic missile defence
7. Chemical and biological weapon developments and arms control
8. Conventional arms control
9. Multilateral weapon and technology export controls

Annexes

Annexe A. Arms control and disarmament agreements
Annexe B. Chronology 2000

Plus a glossary of terms and membership of multilateral organizations, tables, figures, maps, data appendices and extensive documentation as well as detailed accounts of some of the conflicts in 2000.

SIPRI Yearbook 2001 cover

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