II. Developments in the arms industry, 2009–10 »
Type: section
Chapter: 5. Arms production
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author: Susan T. Jackson
II. Developments in the arms industry, 2009–102Despite the financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing global economic recession, arms producers and military services companies continued toincrease arms sales in 2009.3 Specifically, the total 2009 arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies (excluding those based in China) increased by $14.8 billion to reach $401 billion. Between 2002 and 2009, the total arms sales of the Top 100 increased by a total of 58 per cent in real terms.4Also indicative of overall growth is that, while in 2009 no mega-deal acquisitions—deals with
II. Developments in United Nations arms embargoes »
Type: section
Chapter: 12. Controls on security-related international transfers
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Pieter D. Wezeman, Noel Kelly
II. Developments in United Nations arms embargoesIn December 2009 the UN Security Council imposed open-ended sanctions on Eritrea.4 This was a reaction to the findings by the latest UN Monitoring Group on Somalia that Eritrea had provided political, financial and logistical supportto armed groups in Somalia and to Eritrea’s refusal to withdraw its armed forces from territory disputed by Eritrea and Djibouti and engage in diplomatic dialogue about this issue. The sanctions include an embargo on transfers of all arms and related materiel and services to and from Eritrea.Since 2005 the UN Monitoring Group
II. Developments in United Nations arms embargoes »
Type: section
Chapter: 11. Strategic trade controls: countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author: Pieter D. Wezeman, Noel Kelly
II. Developments in United Nations arms embargoesIn June 2010 the UN Security Council widened the scope of its sanctions on Iran related to transfers of conventional arms.3 This was in reaction to Iran’s failure to comply with the demands made in earlier UN resolutions that it suspendits activities related to nuclear reprocessing, heavy water and uranium enrichment. While UN sanctions imposed in December 2006 prohibited the supply of technology related to nuclear weapon delivery systems, the 2010 sanctions included a ban on the supply of major conventional weapons as defined by the UN Register of
II. European arms control »
Type: section
Chapter: 11. Conventional arms control
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Zdzislaw Lachowski
II. European arms controlThe 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe is the most elaborate conventional arms control regime worldwide. Its implementationhas resulted in more than a 50 per cent decrease in the aggregate holdings of the treaty-limited equipment (TLE)—battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery of at least 100-mm calibre, combat aircraft and attack helicopters—of the parties (seetable11.1). However, it is built on an outdated bipolar concept: an equilibrium of major categories of heavy conventional armaments and equipment between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the now defunct Warsaw Treaty Organization in
II. European arms control: the CFE regime »
Type: section
Chapter: 10. Conventional arms control and military confidence building
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author: Zdzislaw Lachowski
II. European arms control: the CFE regimeThe CFE Treaty is the most elaborate conventional arms regime worldwide.1 During the period 1992–2010 its implementation led to more than a 50 per cent decrease in the parties’ aggregate holdings of the treaty-limitedequipment (TLE)—battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery of at least 100-mm calibre, combat aircraft and attack helicopters.2 The treaty is built on past efforts to balance major categories of TLE between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the now defunct Warsaw Treaty Organization in its Atlantic-to-the-Urals zone of application. The 1999 Agreement on
II. Global trends »
Type: section
Chapter: 3. Civilian roles in peace operations
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Kirsten Soder, Krister Karlsson
II. Global trendsA total of 54 peace operations were conducted in 2009, taking place in 34 different locations. Six operations closed during 2008 and no new operation was launched in 2009, resulting in the first fall in the total number of operations since 2002 (seefigure3A.1). However, the upward trend in the number of deployed personnel continued into 2009: deployment totals increased by 16 per cent over 2008 to reach 219 278, 89 per cent of which were military personnel and 11 per cent were civilian staff (seefigure3A.2).3 The known cost
II. Global trends »
Type: section
Chapter: 3. Peace operations: the fragile consensus
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author: Sigrún Andrésdóttir
II. Global trendsA total of 52 peace operations were conducted in 2010, taking place in 33 locations. One new peace operation was launched in 2010, the European Union (EU) Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM). Two peace operations closed during 2010, the EU Mission in Support of Security Sector Reform in Guinea-Bissau (EU SSR Guinea-Bissau) and the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), making 2010 the second consecutive year in which the total number of operations fell, and the third year in which the total fell during the period 2001–10 (seefigure 3A.1).
II. Highlights and changes »
Type: section
Chapter: 2. Armed conflict, crime and criminal violence
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Tim Macintyre, Camilla Schippa
II. Highlights and changesIn the Global Peace Index 2010, New Zealand is ranked as the country most at peace for the second consecutive year, followed by Iceland and Japan. Small, stable and democratic countries are consistently ranked highly; 15 of the top 20 countries are Western or Central European countries. This is an increase from 14 last year, and reflects an improvement in Hungary’s score. Qatar and Australia remain in the top 20, in 15th and 19th places, respectively. All five Scandinavian counties are in the top 10 of the 2010 GPI, although the scores and ranks of
II. Highlights and changes »
Type: section
Chapter: 2. Resources and armed conflict
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author: Camilla Schippa, Daniel Hyslop
II. Highlights and changesIn the Global Peace Index 2011 Iceland is ranked as the country most at peace, replacing New Zealand. Iceland topped the GPI in 2008, but dropped to fourth place in 2009 amid the country’s unprecedented economic collapse and political crisis, which saw an increase in the number of police and security officers and an increase in the incarceration rate. This year Iceland has regained first place due to restored stability in the country’s political scene and a drop in its level of military capability and sophistication, as austerity measures led to reductions in the already
II. Limiting the military capabilities of others: developments in arms export control »
Type: section
Chapter: 10. Conventional arms control
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2012
Author: Lina Grip, Mark Bromley, Glenn Mcdonald, Pieter D. Wezeman, Noel Kelly, Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Wolfgang Zellner
II. Limiting the military capabilities of others: developments in arms export controlMARK BROMLEY AND GLENN MCDONALDDuring 2011 efforts to improve controls over the export of items specially designed, developed or modified for military use included those in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-use Goods and Technologies as well as in the European Union (EU). Meanwhile, ongoing efforts to reduce the risks associated with the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW)—including attempts to improve export controls—continued in the Organization of American States (OAS), the