Sipri Yearbook 2004: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security

The 35th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2003 in
o Security and conflicts
o Military spending and armaments
o Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament

The SIPRI Yearbook contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control.

Studies in this volume:

o Iraq: the legacy
o Euro-Atlantic organizations and relationships
o The Iraq war: enduring controversies and challenges
o Major armed conflicts and multilateral peace missions
o Post-conflict justice: developments in international courts
o China's new security multilateralism and implications for the Asia-Pacific region
o National defence reform and the African Union
o Security sector reform in the Western Balkans
o Sciences and technology-based military innovation: the United States and Europe.
o World military expenditure and arms production
o Military expenditure in the Middle East and the Iraq war
o Arms industries in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
o International arms transfers and the suppliers of ballistic missile technology
o Biological weapons and potential indicators of offensive biological weapon activities
o Major trends in arms control and non-proliferation
o Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation, world nuclear forces and ballistic missile defence
o Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control
o The SARS epidemic and biochemical weapon threats
o Conventional arms control
o Transfer controls and arms destruction programmes
o Withdrawal from arms control treaties

The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.