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  • 12 Feb.: Testing times in North Korea

    After weeks of speculation, North Korea appears to have fulfilled its pledge to conduct a third nuclear weapon test. According to the North's official news agency, an underground nuclear explosion was carried out in a tunnel at the Punggye-ri test site in the north-east of the country. North Korea previously conducted two nuclear tests at the site (in 2006 and in 2009), although the first test was widely viewed as a failure.

    Read the expert comment by SIPRI Senior Researcher Shannon Kile.

  • 1 Feb.: New vacancy

    SIPRI is recruiting an in-house editor to join its publications and communications team. Read more.

  • 30 Jan.: New SIPRI Update out now!

    Read it online. Do not miss the essay on responsibility while protecting by SIPRI's Xenia Avezov.

     

  • 29 Jan.: New SIPRI paper on transfers of small arms and light weapons to fragile states

    Insights2013_1.png The need for security forces in a fragile state to beadequately trained and equipped is recognized as a precondition for stability and development. However, supplying arms to security forces in fragile states can contribute to armed conflict and instability.

    The risks associated with supplying arms and ammunition to fragile states, include the risk that the arms will be diverted to actors seeking to undermine stabilization efforts; the risk that the arms will contribute to the renewal or intensification of armed conflict; and the risk of corruption in the transaction. 

    Read more and download the paper.

  • 29 Jan.: Chronology of armaments, disarmament and international security 2012

    Chronology2012_small.pngThis chronology lists the significant events in 2012 related to armaments, disarmament and international security. In addition to the headline-grabbing events, it also records the less publicized, but no less important, advances and setbacks in arms controls and international security.

    Read more and download the new SIPRI Fact sheet.

 

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In Focus

North Korea's nuclear test (February)

Conflict in Mali (January)


SIPRI Yearbook 2013: launch dates

  • 18 Feb.: Top 100 arms-producing companies
  • 18 Mar.: International arms transfers data
  • 15 Apr.: World military expenditure data
  • June (date tbc): Launch of the SIPRI Yearbook


Upcoming events

March 18-19, New Delhi

Workshop on the economic analysis of conflict

SIPRI,  together with Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict (TAMNEAC) and the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), is organising a workshop on the Economic Analysis of Conflict in Central, South and Southeast Asia. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together cutting edge empirical and theoretical economic research on the nature, causes and consequences of violent conflict, as well as the risk management strategies of individuals and households to cope with conflict.

This workshop will focus in particular on peace research and analysis of conflict in countries of Central, South and Southeast Asia. It will aim to foster networking among young and senior researchers from Europe and Asia. Please see attached Call for Papers (PDF) for further details.


February 14-16-, Washington, DC

The missing peace symposium 2013

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), and SIPRI North America have convened a group of scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and military and civil society actors to examine the issue of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings, identify gaps in knowledge and reporting, and explore how to increase the effectiveness of current responses to such violence.

This Symposium is by invitation only. However, you may still participate by watching the live webcast of the event beginning at 8:30am EDT on February 14, 2013 at www.usip.org/webcast. 

Read more about the symposium.



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