SIPRI will host the 2026 Stockholm Forum on the theme ‘From Rupture to Repair: New Visions for Peace and Development’.
The second quantum revolution is enabling key advances in quantum computing. In response, states are increasingly treating quantum computers as strategic technology, applying export controls and other technology security policies to them. Since 2023, European Union member states, South Korea and the United States, which are all key technology partners in the development of quantum computers, have adopted export controls on quantum computing technology.
On 15 and 18 September, SIPRI experts took part in the annual EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) Consultative Meeting in Brussels.
On 24 September, SIPRI, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN, the Open Society Foundations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) organized a side event during UN General Assembly High-level Week 2026 in New York.
Applications are now open for an intensive online course on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) non-proliferation and disarmament in an era of technological convergence.