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SIPRI and the Stimson Center host event on arms transfers in a changing global order

Airmen from the 51st Munitions Squadron unload guided bomb units (GBU's) during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Bulldog 11-01 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 25, 2011.
Airmen from the 51st Munitions Squadron unload guided bomb units (GBU's) during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Bulldog 11-01 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 25, 2011. Photo: US Air Force, United States Government Work/Flickr
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On 11 March, SIPRI and the Stimson Center hosted a virtual discussion on the geostrategic implications of recent trends in global arms transfers. Under the title ‘The Re-making of International Security: Arms Transfers Trends in a Changing Global Order’, the event featured newly released SIPRI data on recent trends in international arms transfers.

Amidst an increasingly unsettled global environment, fears about deteriorating security are raising questions about the durability of international partnerships and the relationships fuelling military power. Together with Elias Yousif, Fellow and Deputy Director of the Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center, Siemon T. Wezeman, SIPRI Senior Researcher, discussed how arms transfers reflect uncertainty in a global order. Rachel Stohl, Senior Vice President of Research Programs and Director of the Conventional Defense Program at the Stimson Center, moderated the discussion.

Click here to read more about SIPRIs work on international arms transfers.

Event contact (SIPRI)