Cities and security Terrorist attacks in Ankara, Beirut and Paris have triggered not only tremendous shock and sorrow, but also anxiety and insecurity in cities in Europe and beyond. The rapid changes in economic, political, social and technological spheres are altering the nature of the security problems that need to be addressed. These evolving security challenges require new and different responses.
Read the essay by SIPRI's Dr Ian Anthony. |  | New SIPRI report on reviewing the legality of autonomous weapons The report outlines challenges related to the legal review of weapons that contain autonomous features, and calls for greater cooperation and information-sharing between states. The report was launched on 12 November 2015 at the United Nations office in Geneva on the occasion of the meeting of states parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Read the press release and download the report. |  | SIPRI and GICHD update interactive map on anti-vehicle mine accidents Following the official launch of the live map on anti-vehicle mine (AVM) accidents earlier this year, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and SIPRI have continued to monitor AVM accidents.
Find preliminary analysis and all recorded accidents with their location on the live map. Learn more about the current project and read the earlier report. Contact Dr Rachel Irwin or Emma Bjertén-Günther for further information. |  | Damage limitation for Vienna document Last month, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg raised the idea of updating the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures, a politically binding commitment to openness and transparency in military matters within an agreed zone of application across Europe—including the entire post-Soviet space. This appears timely when the role of the military in European security is being emphasized through efforts to boost military spending, modernize and change the deployment patterns of armed forces, and increase the number and scale of military exercises.
Read the expert comment by SIPRI’s Dr Ian Anthony. |  | | UPCOMING EVENTS |  | 1 December 2015, Portcullis House, London, UK
Nuclear Education Trust launches report with SIPRI on the UK's nuclear weapon contribution to NATO
The Nuclear Education Trust (NET) commissioned a study investigating the contribution that British nuclear weapons make to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. The resulting SIPRI-NET report, entitled 'The British Bomb and NATO: Six decades of “contributing” to NATO's strategic deterrent', reviews the NATO political and military structures that influence the UK's nuclear weapons policy, assesses how the UK's contribution to NATO's nuclear forces is valued by NATO allies, and examines the implications for NATO–UK relations of a decision not to replace Trident. The findings will be presented at an event in London by the report’s author, Dr Ian Davis, SIPRI’s Publications Director.
Read more and register for the event with Ms Madeline Held.
2 December 2015, London, UK
SIPRI co-hosts workshop on violence affecting healthcare delivery
SIPRI, in cooperation with the British Royal Society of Medicine and the Conflict and Health Research Group at King's College London, is hosting a workshop on violence affecting healthcare delivery. The event will be held on 2 December 2015 in London and is funded by the British International Studies Association.
Contact Dr Rachel Irwin for more information.
| | RECENT EVENTS | | 23–25 October 2015, Varberg, Sweden
SIPRI observers participate in International Peace Forum
SIPRI’s Suyoun Jang and Kate Sullivan attended the International Peace Forum and presented key takeaways during the closing session. The three-day programme, hosted by Varberg municipality, featured a keynote address by 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, as well as a range of seminars and artistic performances. The International Peace Forum is part of the year-long ‘VARBERG CALLING for Peace’ series of events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 1915 General Peace Congress of Varberg.
Read more.
29 October 2015, UN, New York, USA
SIPRI co-sponsored event on Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) ratification, accession and implementation in Africa
SIPRI, alongside the Swedish and Nigerian Permanent Missions to the UN, Control Arms and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, co-hosted an event titled 'ATT Ratification, Accession and Implementation in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities' at the UN in New York. The event featured a presentation by Ambassador Emmanuel Imohe, Chairman of the Nigerian Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons and President of the 2016 ATT Conference of States Parties, and was chaired by Ambassador Paul Beijer from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event also included a presentation by Mark Bromley, Co-Director of the SIPRI Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, on the online database for ATT-related cooperation and assistance activities being developed by SIPRI and the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa with funding from the UK Foreign Office.
Read more about the ATT database and find out more about SIPRI’s work on the ATT. Contact Mark Bromley for further information.
| | LATEST PUBLICATION | | New SIPRI publication on the Caucasus SIPRI is pleased to present a new Policy Brief ‘Managing conflict and integration in the South Caucasus: a challenge for the European Union’ by SIPRI’s Dr Neil Melvin.
Parallel extra-regional integration projects in the South Caucasus culminated in June 2014 with Georgia’s conclusion of a European Union (EU) Association Agreement and in January 2015 with Armenia’s accession to the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. Azerbaijan remains outside either project. The implementation of these projects risks an increase in regional fragmentation and a further destabilization of the South Caucasus, notably the protracted conflicts of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia. To counter the potential negative impacts of its integrationist policies in the South Caucasus, the EU should increase political and diplomatic engagement to mitigate conflict dynamics, and seek ways to lessen the destabilizing aspects of EU–Russia competition in the South Caucasus. To this end, this policy brief offers four recommendations to strengthen the EU’s conflict-resolution and stability-building policies in the region.
Download the publication.
|  | | FEATURED PUBLICATION | | SIPRI Yearbook 2015 The 46th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook is a compendium of data and analysis in the areas of security and conflicts; military spending and armaments; and non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. It covers developments during 2014, including: - aspects of the ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine;
- regional military-security trends in East Asia;
- military spending in the USA;
- the continued negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear programme; and
- the entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty.
Download a summary of SIPRI Yearbook 2015.
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