On 17 March SIPRI and the Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'École Militaire (IRSEM) co-hosted a roundtable on the global arms market at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
The roundtable brought together French-speaking experts to address contemporary developments in arms exports by key countries and regions, and included a launch of SIPRI data on international arms transfers for 2013. Download the agenda from the event in English or French (PDF).
Approximately 170 people attended the round table. Researchers from SIPRI, IRSEM, Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), the Asia Center and the Higher Education Institute for Management, Translation and Interpreting (ISIT) presented their views on major exporter and importer states and regions of the world, using SIPRI data to analyse the trends in the global arms market.
Speakers included Lucie Béraud Sudreau, who previously worked as a Research Associate at SIPRI; Aude Emmanuelle Fleurant, Head of the Armament and Defence Economy Research Group at IRSEM; Louis Marie Clouet, Head of Research at ISIT; Emmanuel Puig, a researcher at the Asia Centre in Paris; and Luc Mampaey, the Director of GRIP.
Read the SIPRI Fact Sheet, 'Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2013', or read a French translation of the press release from the data launch (PDF).
Download SIPRI Yearbook 2013, Résumé en français (PDF).