Appendix 7A. Global stocks and production of fissile materials, 2010 »
Type: appendix
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199695522.005.0011
Chapter: 7. World nuclear forces
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author: Alexander Glaser, Zia Mian
AlexanderGlaserZiaMian*Appendix 7A. Global stocks and production of fissile materials, 2010Materials that can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction are essential for all types of nuclear explosives, from first-generation fission weapons to advanced thermonuclear weapons. The most common of these fissile materials are highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium of almost any isotopic composition. This appendix gives details of current stocks of HEU (table 7A.1) and separated plutonium (table 7A.2), including in weapons, and details of the current capacity to produce these materials (tables 7A.3 and7A.4,
Appendix 7A. The suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons, 2005–2009 »
Type: appendix
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199581122.005.0008
Chapter: 7. International arms transfers
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
The SIPRI Arms Transfers ProgrammeAppendix 7A. The suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons, 2005–2009I. IntroductionThe SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme maintains the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, which contains information on deliveries of major conventional weapons to states, international organizations and non-state armed groups since 1950.1 SIPRI ascribes a trend-indicator value (TIV) to each weapon or subsystem included in the database. SIPRI then calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all of the above-listed entities using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. TIV
Appendix 7B. The financial value of the arms trade, 1999–2008 »
Type: appendix
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199581122.005.0009
Chapter: 7. International arms transfers
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Mark Bromley
MarkBromleyAppendix 7B. The financial value of the arms trade, 1999–2008Table7B.1 presents official data on the financial value of the arms trade in 1999–2008. The countries included in the table are those that provide official data on the financial value of ‘arms exports’, ‘licences for arms exports’ or ‘arms export agreements’ for at least 6 of the 10 years covered and for which the average of the values given exceeds $10 million. In all cases, the ‘Stated data coverage’ follows the language used in the official publication from which the data has been extracted. National
Appendix 7C. Transparency in arms transfers »
Type: appendix
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199581122.005.0010
Chapter: 7. International arms transfers
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Mark Bromley, Paul Holtom
MarkBromleyPaulHoltomAppendix 7C. Transparency in arms transfersI. IntroductionOfficial and publicly accessible data on arms transfers is important for assessing states’ arms export and arms procurement policies. However, publishing data on arms sales and acquisitions is a sensitive issue for nearly all states. This appendix analyses recent developments in official international, regional and national reporting mechanisms which aim, in whole or in part, to increase the quality and quantity of publicly available information on international arms transfers.Section II describes trends in reporting to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA), while section
Appendix 8A. Global stocks of fissile materials, 2009 »
Type: appendix
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199581122.005.0011
Chapter: 8. World nuclear forces
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Alexander Glaser, Zia Mian
AlexanderGlaserZiaMian*Appendix 8A. Global stocks of fissile materials, 2009Tables8A.1 and8A.2 detail global stocks of highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium, respectively.Table 8A.1. Global stocks of highly enriched uranium (HEU), 2009National stockpile (tonnes)aProduction statusCommentsChina20 ± 4bStopped 1987–89Francec35 ± 6bStopped early 1996Includes 5.0 tonnes declared civilianIndiad0.6 ± 0.3bContinuingIsraele0.1Pakistan2.1 ± 0.4bContinuingRussiaf770 ± 300bStopped 1987 or 1988Includes 100 tonnes assumed
Appendix 8B. Nuclear explosions, 1945–2009 »
Type: appendix
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199581122.005.0012
Chapter: 8. World nuclear forces
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2010
Author: Vitaly Fedchenko
VitalyFedchenkoAppendix 8B. Nuclear explosions, 1945–2009I. IntroductionIn May 2009 the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) conducted what is widely believed to be a nuclear test explosion. This was North Korea’s second nuclear explosion, following one conducted in October 2006, and brought the total number of nuclear explosions recorded since 1945 to 2054. This appendix describes the available information on the North Korean explosion and then presents up-to-date data on the number of nuclear explosions conducted since 1945.1II. The nuclear test in North KoreaIII. Estimated number of nuclear explosions, 1945–2009
2. Armed conflict »
Type: chapter
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199650583.003.0003
Chapter: 2. Armed conflict
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2012
Author: Marie Allansson, Jonas Baumann, Samuel Taub, Lotta Themnér, Peter Wallensteen Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Marcus Nilsson, Camilla Schippa, Thomas Morgan Institute for Economics and Peace
MarieAllanssonJonasBaumannSamuelTaubLottaThemnérPeterWallensteen Uppsala Conflict Data ProgramMarcusNilssonCamillaSchippaThomasMorgan Institute for Economics and Peace2. Armed conflictOverviewDuring 2011 the sudden and dramatic popular uprisings in parts of the Middle East and North Africa, which together constituted the Arab Spring, produced diverse patterns of conflict. From the street protests that led to the flight into exile of Tunisia’s president, to the serious armed confrontations that developed in Libya and Syria, the emergence of mass opposition to the region’s ruling regimes was the precursor to dynamic and complex
1. Armed conflict »
Type: chapter
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780199678433.003.0002
Chapter: 1. Armed conflict
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2013
Author: Neil Melvin
NeilMelvinAbstract and keywords to be supplied1. Armed conflictOverviewIn 2011–12 conflict continued to be a major concern for the international community, most notably in the Middle East, western Asia and Africa, but also with increased levels of interstate tension in East Asia. Nevertheless, deaths resulting from major organized violence worldwide remained at historically low levels.At the same time, the decline in both numbers of conflicts and fatalities that has characterized post-cold war international security has largely levelled off, albeit with spikes in some years (seesectionIIIin this chapter). Indeed, there are
2. Armed conflict »
Type: chapter
Chapter: 2. Armed conflict
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2014
Author: Neil Melvin
OverviewThere has been an overall decline in ‘peacefulness’ in recent years, as measured by the indicators of the Global Peace Index (seesectionIVin this chapter). This has been paralleled by an upward trend in fatalities caused by state-based conflicts (seesectionIII). Some regions of the world, notably the Middle East, have experienced significant rises in the number of battle-related deaths. There has also been a rise in internationalized intrastate conflict. These developments suggest a worrying upward trend in lethal violence related to state-based conflicts.In the post-cold war period, a leading response of the
2. Armed conflict »
Type: chapter
DOI: 10.1093/sipri/9780198712596.003.0003
Chapter: 2. Armed conflict
Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2014
Author: Neil Melvin, Isak Svensson, Magnus Lundgren, Peter Wallensteen, Patrik Johansson, Lotta Themnér, Camilla Schippa, Daniel Hyslop
NeilMelvinIsakSvenssonMagnusLundgrenPeterWallensteenPatrikJohanssonLottaThemnérCamillaSchippaDanielHyslopOxChapML2.27OUP TCI20140403.0Medicine-USSIPRI Yearbook Series2. Armed conflictOverviewThere has been an overall decline in ‘peacefulness’ in recent years, as measured by the indicators of the Global Peace Index (seesectionIVin this chapter). This has been paralleled by an upward trend in fatalities caused by state-based conflicts (seesectionIII). Some regions of the world, notably the Middle East, have experienced significant rises in the number of battle-related deaths. There has also been a rise