Dr Ian Anthony

Programme Director

Dr Ian Anthony

Dr Ian Anthony worked at SIPRI between 1987 and 2023. He led the SIPRI Arms Transfers Project in 1992–98. In 1999 he became leader of the SIPRI Project Internet Database on European Export Controls. From 2004 to 2014 he served as Director of the Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation Programme. In 2014 he became Director of SIPRI’s European Security Programme. Also in 2014 he served briefly as Acting Director of the Institute. He has published numerous books on issues related to arms control, disarmament and export control.

Subject expertise

Arms control, disarmament, export control, nuclear security, non-proliferation and threat reduction

Regional expertise

Europe, Russia, China

Languages

English, Swedish

SIPRI COMMENTARY

Environmental accountability, justice and reconstruction in the Russian war on Ukraine (Topical backgrounder, January 2023 )
Maritime disputes in the eastern Mediterranean: Why and why now? (Essay, October 2020 )
Escalating violence in Nagorno-Karabakh: Local solutions offer the main hope (Expert comment, September 2020 )
The Belarus election: A challenge to stability and security in Northern Europe (Expert comment, August 2020 )
European Union–Eastern Partnership relations: Future opportunities (Expert comment, November 2019 )
Reducing the risk of naval incidents (Essay, June 2019 )
Key actions to reduce nuclear security risk in the Black Sea region (Essay, December 2018 )
Strengthening the ban on chemical weapons: The case of Syria (Essay, February 2018 )
The forgotten science of cooperative threat reduction (Expert comment, October 2017 )
President Trump’s speech in Warsaw: Problematising ‘Western values’ and the case for inclusivity (Blog, July 2017 )

SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS

Anthony, I. , The Centre for Chemistry and Technology and the Future of the OPCW (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2024)
Anthony, I., Su, F., and Saalman, L., Naval Incident Management in Europe, East Asia and South East Asia (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2023)
Promoting China–European Union Cooperation on Green and Sustainable Finance (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2021)
A Strategic Triangle in the Arctic? Implications of China–Russia–United States Power Dynamics for Regional Security (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2021)
China–EU Connectivity in an Era of Geopolitical Competition (SIPRI, Stockholm: March 2021)
Preventing Violent Extremism in Germany: Coherence and Cooperation in a Decentralized System (SIPRI, Stockholm: August 2020)
Anthony, I, Zhou, J. and Su, F., EU Security Perspectives in an Era of Connectivity: Implications for Relations with China (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2020)
Strengthening Global Regimes: Addressing the Threat Posed by Chemical Weapons (SIPRI, Stockholm: November 2020)
Anthony, I., Reducing Military Risk in Europe (June 2019)
Su, F. and Anthony, I. (eds), Reassessing CBRN Threats in a Changing Global Environment (SIPRI, Stockholm: June 2019)
Fedchenko, V. and Anthony, I., Nuclear Security in the Black Sea Region: Contested Spaces, National Capacities and Multinational Potential (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2018)
Secure Cities: Inclusivity, Resilience and Safety (August 2017)
Saalman, L. (ed.), Lukonin, S., Cheng, Y. et al., China–Russia Relations and Regional Dynamics: From Pivots to Peripheral Diplomacy (March 2017)
Anthony, I., The Role of Parliamentarians in Building Security in and for Europe (December 2015)
Anthony, I., Exports of Dual-use Chemicals to Syria: An Assessment of European Union Export Controls (SIPRI, Stockholm: January 2014)
Strengthening the European Union's Future Approach to WMD Non-proliferation (June 2013) 52 pp.
Africa and the Global Market in Natural Uranium: From Proliferation Risk to Non-proliferation Opportunity (November 2013) 52 pp.
Anthony, I., The Role of the European Union in Strengthening Nuclear Security (SIPRI, Stockholm: November 2013)
The Future of Nuclear Weapons in NATO (April 2010)
Reforming Nuclear Export Controls: The Future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group2007)
Reducing Threats at the Source: A European Perspective on Cooperative Threat Reduction2004) 120 pp.
Relics of Cold War: Europe's Challenge, Ukraine's Experience2003) 67 pp.
A Future Arms Control Agenda: Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 118, 19992001) 371 pp.
Sources and Methods for SIPRI Research (January 1995) 19 pp.
The Future of Defence Industries in Central and Eastern Europe1994) 142 pp.
Arms Export Regulations1991)
The Naval Arms Trade1990) 221 pp.
West European Arms Production: Structural Changes in the New Political Environment1990) 71 pp.

2. Armed conflicts and peace processes (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2018)
4. European Security (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
14. Conventional arms control (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
6. European security (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
14. Conventional arms control and military confidence building (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
1. Introduction. International security, armaments and disarmament (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
3. The Ukraine conflict and its implications (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
1. Aspects of the conflict in Syria (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
Introduction. International security, armaments and disarmament (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
9. Conventional arms control and military confidence building (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
10. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2013)
7. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2013)
9. Conventional arms control and military confidence building (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2013)
10. Conventional arms control (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2012)
12. Controls on security-related international transfers (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
11. Controls on security-related international transfers (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2008)
11. Reducing risks by controlling possession and use of civil materials (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2007)
15. Controls on security-related international transfers (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2007)
12. Reflections on continuity and change in arms control (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2006)
16. Transfer controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2006)
11. Arms control and the non-proliferation process (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2005)
16. International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2005)
17. Transfer controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2005)
14. Major trends in arms control and non-proliferation (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2004)
18. Transfer controls and destruction programmes (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2004)
1. The Euro-Atlantic system and global security (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2003)
2. Major armed conflicts (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2003)
14. Arms control in the new security environment (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2003)
18. Supply-side measures (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2003)
14. Multilateral export controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2002)
5. Sanctions applied by the European Union and the United Nations (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2002)
9. Arms control after the attacks of 11 September 2001 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2002)
9. Multilateral weapon and technology export controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2001)
11. Responses to proliferation: the North Korean ballistic missile programme (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2000)
15. Non-cooperative responses to proliferation: multilateral dimensions (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1999)
9. Multilateral security-related export controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1998)
9. The trade in major conventional weapons (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1997)
10. Multilateral military-related export control measures (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1997)
11. The trade in major conventional weapons (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1996)
12. Multilateral military-related export control measures (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1996)
15. Multilateral weapon-related export control measures (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1995)
14. The trade in major conventional weapons (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1995)
13. Arms production and arms trade (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 1994)

External publications

Anthony, I., Strengthening global nuclear export controls in Bunn, M., Malin, M. B., Potter, W. C., Spector, L. S. eds. 'Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology', (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2018)
Anthony, I., Here’s how data could make our cities safer, World Economic Forum (May 2018)
Anthony, I., Military Dimensions of a Multipolar World: Implications for Global Governance, Strategic Analysis Journal, Vol. 42 (May 2018)
Anthony, I and Grip, L., Africa and the Global Market in Natural Uranium: From Proliferation Risk to Non-proliferation Opportunity, SIPRI Policy Paper no. 39, Nov. 2013.
Anthony, I. and Jansson, J., The Future of Nuclear Weapons in NATO (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Stockholm, Apr. 2010).
Anthony, I., Alström, C. and Fedchenko, V., Reforming Nuclear Export Controls: The Future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, SIPRI Research Report No. 22 (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007).