SIPRI Yearbook 2005

Armaments, Disarmament and International Security

‘Today's world cannot be secure without security for all, yet the events of the past few years have done little to bring global solutions closer. The UN Secretary-General was right to seek suggestions for new approaches from the High-level Panel that reported in December 2004, and right to endorse their major proposals for consideration at the 2005 UN General Assembly.’

From the Introduction by SIPRI Director Alyson J. K. Bailes

The 36th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2004 in

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

These pages contain summaries and the full text of the Yearbook's chapters, appendices and annexes, details of translations into Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian, and summaries in a number of other languages.

Contents

Introduction. Global security governance: a world of change and challenge

Part I. Security and conflicts, 2004

1. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions
2. Major armed conflicts
3. Multilateral peace missions: challenges of peace-building
4. Governing the use of force under international auspices: deficits in parliamentary accountability
5. The greater Middle East
6. Latin America and the Caribbean: security and defence in the post-cold war era

Part II. Military spending and armaments, 2004

7. Financing security in a global context
8. Military expenditure
9. Arms production
10. International arms transfers

Part III. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 2004

11. Arms control and the non-proliferation process
12. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation
13. Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control
14. Libya's renunciation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles
15. Conventional arms control
16. International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance
17. Transfer controls
18. The Proliferation Security Initiative: international law aspects of the Statement of Interdiction Principles

Annexes

Annex A. Arms control and disarmament agreements
Annex B. Chronology 2004

Summaries

PDF versions of the pocket-size summaries, produced by SIPRI and in partnership with institutions worldwide, can be downloaded here

Press launch
Stockholm, 7 June 2005
  • Press conference video stream
  • Presentation: Introduction to SIPRI Yearbook 2005
    Alyson J. K. Bailes, SIPRI Director
  • Presentation: The revelation of the A. Q. Khan proliferation network
    Shannon N. Kile, SIPRI Non-proliferation and Export Control Project
  • Press release