SIPRI Yearbook 1997

This yearbook continues SIPRI's annual analyses of developments in major armed conflicts, in conflict prevention, management and resolution, and in peacekeeping, developments in chemical and biological weapons, new military technology, world military expenditure, nuclear explosions, arms production, the arms trade, and nuclear, chemical, and biological arms control.

Special Studies in this volume:

"SIPRI again confirms its well-earned reputation as by far the most authoritiative and comprehensive research institute to offer research and data to a wider public." - International Security Digest, vol.4 no.5, 1997

"Its value is threefold: hard data, evidence of trends, and analysis ... the SIPRI Yearbook provides the raw data from which new security concepts can, and need to be, fashioned. In its usual sober way, the Yearbook shows how far short we are of anything approaching a new world order, particularly for the parts of Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa engaged in internal conflicts." - Roger Williamson, Foundations: A Christian Action Journal

Preface
Acronyms
Glossary
Adam Daniel Rotfeld: Introduction
Part 1: Global and regional security conflicts, 1996
1: Margareta Sollenberg and Peter Wallensteen: Major armed conflicts
Appendix 1A: Major armed conflicts, 1996
2: Trevor Findlay: Armed conflict prevention, management and resolution
Olga Hardardottir: Appendix 2A: Multilateral observer, peacekeeping and electoral operations
3: Peter Jones: The Middle East
Appendix 3A: Documents on the Middle East peace process
4: Vladimir Baranovsky: Conflicts in and around Russia
5: Adam Daniel Rotfeld: Europe: In Search of Cooperative Security
Appendix 5A: Documents on European Security
Part 2: Military Expenditure, R&D, arms production and the arms trade, 1996
6: Paul George Evamaria Loose-Wientraub and Agnes Courades Allebeck: Military Expenditure
Appendix 6A: Tables of military expenditure
Appendix 6B: Sources and methods
7: Eric Arnett: Military research and development
8: Elisabeth Sk?ns: Arms Production
Appendix 8A: The 100 largest arms-producing companies, 1995
9: Ian Anthony, Pieter D. Wezeman, and Siemon T. Wezeman: The trade in major conventional weapons
Appendix 9A: Tables of the volume of the trade in major conventional weapons, 1987-96
Appendix 9B: Register of the trade in, and licensed production of major conventional weapons, 1996
Appendix 9C: Sources and methods
Part 3: Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 1996
10: Ian Anthony, Jean Pascal Zanders and Susanna Eckstein: Multilateral military-related export control measures
11: Shannon Kile: Nuclear arms control
William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris: Appendix 11A: Tables of nuclear forces as of January 1997
12: Eric Arnett: The comprehensive test ban treaty
Appendix 12A: The CTBT (excerpts)
Ragnhild Ferm: Appendix 12B: Nuclear Explosions, 1945-96
13: Jean Pascal Zanders, Susanna Eckstein, and John Hart: Chemical and biological weapon developments and arms control
14: Zdzislaw Lachowski: Conventional arms control
Appendix 14A: Implementation of CSBMs, the pan-European and subregional dimensions, developments in 1996
Appendix 14B: Documents on conventional arms control
ANNEXES
Ragnhild ferm: Annexe A: Arms control and disarmament agreements
Ragnhild Ferm: Annexe B: Chronology 1996
About the contributors
Abstracts
Index