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SIPRI appoints Tariq Rauf as new Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme Director
SIPRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Tariq Rauf as the new Director of its long-standing Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Programme. Rauf will assume his position at SIPRI on 14 February.
SIPRI statement on the passing of Nelson Mandela
SIPRI mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela and pays tribute to his long struggle against the apartheid regime, his status as the father of democracy in South Africa and his legacy as a peacemaker.
World military spending falls, but China, Russia’s spending rises, says SIPRI
World military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5 per cent in real terms since 2011, according to figures released today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).*
SIPRI Top 100 arms sales decreased in 2011: companies pursue diverse strategies in response to austerity measures
Sales of arms and military services by the largest arms-producing companies - the SIPRI Top 100 - totalled $410 billion in 2011 according to new data on international arms production released today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).