- 12–14 June, Cyprus
Tariq Rauf presented a paper on establishing a zone free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East (the so-called Middle East NWF Zone) at an event organized by Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
- 17 June, Stockholm
SIPRI published a Workshop Report, authored by SIPRI Researcher Xenia Avezov, from the Middle East regional dialogue meeting held as part of the New Geopolitics of Peace Operations Initiative in Amman, Jordan, in March 2014.
- 18 June, The Hague
The Clingendael Institute published a report, Een wankele wereldorde [A Shaky World Order], with contributions from SIPRI Senior Researcher Jaïr van der Lijn, who co-wrote and edited the chapter entitled 'Peace operations in a changing world'. Download the full report (in Dutch).
- 18 June, Ispra, Italy
SIPRI Researcher Lawrence Dermody and Senior Associate Researcher Aaron Dunne participated in a meeting organized by the Maritime Affairs Unit of the European Union Joint Research Centre's Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen. The meeting provided an opportunity for participants to discuss developments in the fields of route-based risk analysis, maritime surveillance and export controls.
- 18 June, Paris
An article by SIPRI Researcher Helen Wilandh on the role of the European Union in the peace process in Mali appeared in Opinion Internationale.
- 18–20 June, Brussels
Tariq Rauf gave a presentation on a Middle East NWF Zone at a capacity-building workshop for Middle Eastern diplomats organized by the European Union Non-Proliferation Consortium.
- 19 June, Budva, Montenegro
Mark Bromley, Co-Director of the SIPRI Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, presented the results of an ongoing study on the implementation of controls on the re-export and re-transfer of arms and ammunition to a meeting of export licensing officials organized by the South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). The study—which has been commissioned by SEESAC—is co-authored by Bromley and Lawrence Dermody and will be published later in 2014. For more information contact Mark Bromley.
- 23–25 June, Vienna
Tariq Rauf took part in a workshop for journalists from the Middle East jointly organized by Atomic Reporters and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Rauf gave presentations on The history of the NPT and on Freeing the Middle East from nuclear weapons and other WMD. He also chaired two sessions at the event.
- 24 June, Stockholm
SIPRI and Economists for Peace and Security (EPS) published a new blog post by Michael Brzoska, entitled 'Heated debates but no consensus on climate change and violent conflict'.
- 24–25 June, Seoul
Mathieu Duchâtel, head of SIPRI's China and Global Security project gave a keynote speech at the 2014 NATO–Asia-Pacific Dialogue: Cooperative Security in a New Strategic Security Environment. Duchâtel spoke during the session entitled 'Cooperative security in a new strategic security environment—the case of maritime cooperation'.