SIPRI Update: Global Security and Arms Control is a monthly newsletter covering the latest developments in international security, arms control, non-proliferation and conflict. Each issue of the newsletter features an essay by a member of SIPRI's research network, details of upcoming events and vacancies, staff appointments, recent SIPRI activities and information on the latest SIPRI publications.
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2015
December: From the War on Terror to War on ISIS, the SIPRI Top 100 and more
November: Cities, autonomous weapons, anti-vehicle mines and more
October: Afghanistan’s private sector, peacekeeping fatality trends, Yearbook translations and more
September: Refugees, UN Register, Rules of the Road and more
July-August: South China Sea, Mali, mine accidents and more
June: Nuclear forces, NPT, 2015 Yearbook, migrant smuggling and more
April: New data on military expenditure, small arms control in Europe and more
March: New data on arms transfers, Russia in the Arctic, death of the CFE treaty and more
February: China in Iraq, the future of peace operations and more
January: Russia and Europe, the Paris terror attacks and more
2014
December: External actors in Africa, the SIPRI Top 100 and more
November: From fragility to complexity, Africa and security, the Istanbul Process and more
October: The new development landscape in Africa, the Ebola outbreak and more
September: The surprising peacekeeping consensus, SIPRI Yearbook 2013 in Chinese and more
July–August: Trust in Russia, new SIPRI Governing Board Chairman and more
June: European energy security, world nuclear forces data, peacebuilding in Mali and more
May: Arms industry transformation, negotiating in Ukraine, the NPT PrepCom and more
April: Monitoring international arms production, world military expenditure data and more
March: China's military budget, international arms transfers and more
February: Nuclear weapon-free zones, the SIPRI Top 100 and more
January: Transparency in military budgets, peacebuilding in the Caucasus and more
2013
2012
2011
2010