SIPRI Director Karim Haggag joined two events in Barcelona as part of SIPRI’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
On 22 October, Haggag joined a conversation on the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2026 at an event organized by FundiPau and the International Catalan Institute for Peace. The event also marked 20 years of FundiPau translating the SIPRI Yearbook summary into Catalan and Spanish.
One key focus of the discussion was the growing use of nuclear weapons as an instrument of power. The event aimed to provide rigorous and independent data to inform public debate on the role that disarmament, arms control and peacebuilding should play.
Haggag also joined a breakfast organized by the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs and FundiPau, with support from the International Catalan Institute for Peace, to discuss the current state of international security at a time of profound geopolitical transformation. The discussion covered the latest SIPRI assessment of global military expenditure, the changing global landscape and the accelerating erosion of the security architecture.
About the SIPRI Yearbook
The SIPRI Yearbook is known worldwide as an authoritative and independent source for politicians, diplomats, journalists, scholars, students and citizens on armaments, disarmament and international security.
FundiPau is one of SIPRI’s translation partners, and the summary of SIPRI Yearbook 2026 is now available in 14 languages.
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