Rising Military Spending in the Context of Falling Development Assistance
A Budget for a Fifth Year of War: Military Spending in Russia’s Budget for 2026
As the Russia–Ukraine War enters its fifth year, with few signs of an ending, SIPRI has published a new paper that provides unique insights into Russia’s military spending and budget for 2026.
Impact of Military Artificial Intelligence on Nuclear Escalation Risk
Preparing for a Fourth Year of War: Military Spending in Russia’s Budget for 2025
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Clearing the Path for Nuclear Disarmament: Confidence-building in the Korean Peninsula
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This paper explores possibilities for building confidence in the Korean peninsula to address the conflict dynamics and militarization in the region. It argues that a key reason for the failure of past diplomatic efforts has been the coercive approach in pursuit of immediate nuclear disarmament in North Korea.
Advancing Governance at the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons
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The rapid advancement of military artificial intelligence (AI), especially its potential integration into nuclear systems, presents significant risks to strategic stability and established deterrence practices. Despite these concerns, no dedicated governance framework currently exists to address the specific challenges of the AI–nuclear nexus. Existing initiatives have primarily focused on ensuring human control over nuclear decision-making.
Climate, Peace and Security in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addressing Fragility through Integrated Peacebuilding
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The world today is facing unrelenting and interrelated environmental, ecological, demographic, socio-economic and political pressures that challenge resources at local, national, regional and global levels. Addressing these crises requires integrated approaches that respond to their compounding nature as well as new funding modalities to spur effective collaboration.
Unveiling Challenges and Gaps in Climate Finance in Conflict Areas
This SIPRI Insights addresses challenges related to climate finance distribution in conflict-affected countries, where vulnerabilities to climate change are significantly exacerbated. The paper’s analysis, covering both bilateral and multilateral ODA flows between 2015 and 2021, highlights significant disparities in per capita climate adaptation funding.
Climate Change Adaptation in Areas Beyond Government Control: Opportunities and Limitations
This SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security explores both opportunities for and limitations of climate change adaptation in areas beyond government control.