West still dominant in global arms industry Sales of arms and military services by the largest arms-producing companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totalled $401 billion in 2014 according to new international arms industry data launched on 14 December by SIPRI.
Read the press release and download the report. |  | SIPRI researchers contribute to EU’s dual-use policy review In support of the EU’s ongoing review of its policy on dual-use export controls, SIPRI has contributed to two initiatives by the European Commission and the European Parliament. SIPRI researchers led a data collection project aimed at helping to assess the impact of current control practices and of potential changes, including those on cyber-surveillance technologies. They also co-produced a study for the European Parliament’s think tank analysing possible review options.
Read more about SIPRI's involvement or contact SIPRI Programme Director Dr Sibylle Bauer for further information. |  | | UPCOMING EVENTS |  | 20 January 2016, Museum of the Mediterranean, Stockholm, Sweden
SIPRI Director Dan Smith launches his new book on the state of the Middle East
Dan Smith will discuss the state of the Middle East and the possibility for peace and long-term stability in a conversation moderated by Bitte Hammargren, Middle East Expert and former Middle East Correspondent for Svenska Dagbladet.
Read the invitation here and register for the event with Cynthia Loo.
| | RECENT EVENTS | | 3–5 November 2015, Hong Kong
SIPRI organizes workshop for transport service providers
SIPRI Senior Researcher Vitaly Fedchenko attended a workshop hosted by the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong aimed at engaging transport service providers as counterproliferation partners. The workshop generated public and private sector interest with participants from the Hong Kong and Australian border forces. It was the second of two regional workshops, following an earlier workshop in Malta in September.
Read more about the workshop or contact Vitaly Fedchenko for more information.
16–18 November 2015, Bamako, Mali
SIPRI concludes series of five regional dialogue meetings in Africa
As part of the project New Geopolitics of Peace Operations: Africa, SIPRI organized a dialogue meeting in Bamako, Mali. It was the final meeting in a series of five regional dialogue meetings that focused on the future of peace operations and conflict management in Northern Africa.
Read more about the meeting or contact SIPRI Researcher Xenia Avezov.
September–November 2015, Brussels, Washington DC, Stockholm, Kabul
SIPRI report on the Afghan private sector launched on three continents
SIPRI Researcher Richard Ghiasy and SIPRI Research Assistant Jiayi Zhou launched the report ‘Afghanistan’s private sector: Status and ways forward’ at four events on three continents. The final event was held in Kabul and attracted a wide range of participants to discuss the current state of Afghanistan’s private sector and possible steps for the future.
For more information, download the report, read about the report launches or contact Richard Ghiasy.
| | LATEST PUBLICATION | | SIPRI publication on the UK’s role in NATO’s nuclear deterrent programme SIPRI issued a new report ‘The British bomb and NATO: six decades of contributing to NATO's strategic nuclear deterrent’ by Dr Ian Davis.
British strategic nuclear weapons have been a constant contribution to NATO nuclear doctrine since the late 1950s, but the exact nature of that contribution has become increasingly obscure since the end of the cold war. This report reviews the NATO political and military structures that influence the UK's nuclear weapons policy, how the UK's contribution to NATO's nuclear forces is valued by NATO allies, and the implications for NATO–UK relations of a decision not to replace Trident. The author finds that the British Government and the NATO Nuclear Planning Group should clarify in public statements how they see the UK’s nuclear weapons contributing to NATO’s continuing effectiveness and deterrent capability. In particular, the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review provided the perfect opportunity for the British Government to explain how it saw the proposed Trident replacement system contributing to NATO going forward. This discussion should be part of a wider debate on the future of deterrence.
Download the full publication.
|  | | OTHER PUBLICATIONS | | New report on Iran’s nuclear programme
SIPRI Programme Director Tariq Rauf and SIPRI Associate Senior Research Fellow Robert Kelley analyse the International Atomic Energy Agency's final assessment of possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme.
Read their report or contact Tariq Rauf or Robert Kelley for more information.
Access all earlier pieces in their series on the Iran nuclear programme.
| | 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.
Browse the contents page.
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