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SIPRI Yearbook 2016

SIPRI Yearbook 2016
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and conventions
- Conventions
- Geographical regions and subregions
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Introduction
1. Introduction: international security, armaments and disarmament
- I. Overview
- II. Unfolding problems of insecurity and conflict, 2015
- III. Responding to insecurity
- IV. Conclusions
Part I. Armed conflicts and conflict management, 2015
2. Armed conflict in the Middle East
- Overview
- I. The Middle East: 2015 in perspective
- II. The aims, objectives and modus operandi of the Islamic State and the international response
- III. How are refugee flows changing the Middle East?
- IV. The Kurds in the Middle East, 2015
- V. Iran’s dynamics with other states in the Middle East
3. The role and impact of international sanctions on Iran
- Overview
- I. Nuclear-related targeted sanctions on Iran
- II. Financial sanctions
- III. Trade sanctions
- IV. Conventional arms and dual-use items
- V. Travel and transport sanctions
- VI. Conclusions
4. External support in civil wars and other armed conflicts
- Overview
- I. Historical trends in external support in civil wars
- II. External intervention in the Syrian civil war, 2015
- III. External intervention in the Ukraine conflict: towards a frozen conflict in the Donbas
5. The implementation of the peace process in Mali: a complex case of peacebuilding
- Overview
- I. Introduction: a chronology of the crisis in Mali
- II. Challenges to the peace process: complexity, fragmentation, extremism and crime
- III. The Mali peace process and the 2015 peace agreement
6. Armed conflict data trends
- Overview
- I. Progress in the collection of quantitative data on collective violence
- II. Patterns of armed conflict, 2006–15
- III. A reversal of peace? The role of foreign involvement in armed conflict: a case study on East Asia
- IV. The state of violence and conflict in the age of the SDGs
- V. Casualty recording in armed conflict: methods and normative issues
- VI. The Global Peace Index, 2016
7. Peace operations and conflict management
- Overview
- I. Global trends in peace operations
- II. Regional trends and developments
- III. A year of reviews
- IV. Sexual exploitation and abuse in peace operations
- V. Table of multilateral peace operations, 2015
Part II. Security and development, 2015
8. Women, peace and security
- Overview
- I. The development of the women, peace and security agenda
- II. The 15th anniversary of Resolution 1325: global perspectives
- III. Challenges and progress in implementing the women, peace and security agenda: two case studies
9. The challenges of relief and development in dangerous places
- Overview
- I. Development in dangerous places
- II. Humanitarian operations in 2015
- III. The impact of crisis response: the Nepal earthquake
- IV. Development and human security in Afghanistan
10. Information and communication technology, cybersecurity and human development
- Overview
- I. Information and communication technology access: a powerful tool for human development
- II. Cybersecurity: a precondition to sustainable information and communication technology-enabled human development
- III. Mapping key actors and efforts in cybersecurity for human development
11. Fragility and resilience in the European Union: an emerging discussion
- Overview
- I. The renewed EU internal security strategy
- II. The response to the multi-site terrorist attacks in Paris
- III. The global refugee crisis and its impact in Europe
12. Climate and security
- Overview
- I. Understanding the compound risks of climate change and fragility
- II. Climate security policy and initiatives
- III. Entry points for policy and practice
Part III. Military spending and armaments, 2015
13. Military expenditure
- Overview
- I. Global developments in military expenditure
- II. United States’ military expenditure
- III. China’s military expenditure
- IV. Military and social expenditure
- V. The reporting of military expenditure data to the United Nations
- VI. About SIPRI military expenditure data
14. Arms production and military services
- Overview
- I. Key developments in the arms industry, 2015
- II. Military industrialization: the case of Brazil
- III. The 2014 SIPRI Top 100 arms industry and military services, excluding China
15. International arms transfers
- Overview
- I. Developments in arms transfers, 2015
- II. Arms transfers to the Middle East and North Africa, and the military intervention in Yemen
- III. Transparency in arms transfers
- IV. The financial value of states’ arms exports
16. World nuclear forces
- Overview
- I. US nuclear forces
- II. Russian nuclear forces
- III. British nuclear forces
- IV. French nuclear forces
- V. Chinese nuclear forces
- VI. Indian nuclear forces
- VII. Pakistani nuclear forces
- VIII. Israeli nuclear forces
- IX. North Korea’s military nuclear capabilities
- X. Global stocks and production of fissile materials, 2015
Part IV. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 2015
17. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation
- Overview
- I. Resolving concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme
- II. The 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
- III. Other developments in multilateral arms control and disarmament
18. Chemical and biological security threats
- Overview
- I. Biological arms control
- II. Chemical arms control
- III. Investigation of alleged chemical weapon use in Syria and other locations in the Middle East
19. Dual-use and arms trade controls
- Overview
- I. The Arms Trade Treaty
- II. Multilateral embargoes on arms and dual-use goods
- III. The export control regimes
- IV. European Union export control developments
- V. The role of industry in dual-use and arms trade control
Annexes
Annex A. Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements
- I. Universal treaties
- II. Regional treaties
- III. Bilateral treaties
Annex B. International security cooperation bodies
- I. Bodies with a global focus or membership
- II. Bodies with a regional focus or membership
- III. Strategic trade control regimes
Annex C. Chronology 2015
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