About
SIPRI
SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public.
SIPRI YEARBOOK 2010
Armaments, Disarmament and International Security
The SIPRI Yearbook is the authoritative source of data and analysis on:
- Security and conflicts
- Military spending and armaments
- Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament
With a focus on the conflict in Afghanistan, the impact of the global financial crisis and nuclear disarmament, the 41st edition of the SIPRI Yearbook includes coverage of developments in 2009 in
- Major armed conflicts
- Multilateral peace operations
- Military expenditure
- Arms production
- International arms transfers
- World nuclear forces, stocks of fissile materials and nuclear explosions
- Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation
- Reducing security threats from chemical and biological materials
- Conventional arms control
- Controls on security-related international transfers
- Multilateral arms embargoes
as well as special studies on
- A world without nuclear weapons
- Armed conflict, crime and criminal violence
- Civilian actors in peace operations
- Euro-Atlantic security and institutions
and extensive annexes on
- Arms control and disarmament agreements
- International security cooperation bodies
- Events during 2009 in the area of security and arms control