SIPRI YEARBOOK 2004

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.

Readership: Scholars and students of strategic studies, international relations, peace studies, and war studies

Alyson J. K. Bailes: Introduction Iraq: The Legacy
Part I: Security and Conflicts 2003
1: Pàl Dunnay and Zdzislaw Lachowski: Euro-Atlantic Organizations and Relationships
2: Andrew Cottey: The Iraq War: The Enduring Controversies and Challenges
3: Renata Dwan and Micaela Gustavsson: Major Armed Conflicts
Mikael Eriksson and Peter Wallensteen: Appendix 3A: Patterns of Major Armed Conflicts 1990-2003
Mikael Eriksson and Peter Wallensteen: Appendix 3B: Definitions, Sources, and Methods for the Conflict Data
4: Renata Dwan and Sharon Wiharta: Multilateral Peace Missions
5: Sharon Wiharta: Post-conflict Justice: Developments in International Courts
6: Bates Gill: China's New Security Multilateralism and its Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
7: Rocky Williams: National Defence Reform and the African Union
8: Marina Caparini: Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans
Part II: Military Spending and Armaments 2003
9: Björn Hagelin: Science- and Technology-based Military Intervention: The United States and Europe
10: Elisabeth Sköns, Catalina Perdomo, Sam Perlo-Freeman, and Petter Stålenheim: Military Expenditure
Petter Stålenheim, Catalina Perdomo, Wuyi Omitoogun, and Elisabeth Sköns: Appendix 10A: Tables of Military Expenditure
Petter Stålenheim: Appendix 10B: Tables of NATO Military Expenditure by Category
Petter Stålenheim: Appendix 10C: Sources and Methods for Military Expenditure Data
Elisabeth Sköns and Natasza Nazet: Appendix 10D: The Reporting of Military Expenditure Data
Wuyi Omitoogun: Appendix 10E: Military Expenditure in the Middle East After the Iraq War
11: Elisabeth Sköns, Sibylle Bauer, and Eamon Surry: Arms Production
Eamon Surry, Reinhilde Weidacher and the SIPRI Arms Industry Network: Appendix 11A: The 100 Largest Arms-producing Companies 2002
Eamon Surry and Hannes Baumann: Appendix 11B: Table of Acquisitions 2003
Julian Cooper: Appendix 11C: The Arms Industries of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus
12: Björn Hagelin, Mark Bromley, and Siemon T. Wezeman: International Arms Transfers
Björn Hagelin, Mark Bromley, and Siemon T. Wezeman: Appendix 12A: The Volume of Transfers of Major Weapons: by Recipients and Suppliers 1999-2003
Björn Hagelin, Mark Bromley, and Siemon T. Wezeman: Appendix 12B: Register of the Trade in and Licensed Production of Major Conventional Weapons 2003
Björn Hagelin and Siemon T. Wezeman: Appendix 12C: Sources and Methods for Arms Transfers Data
Siemon T. Wezeman: Appendix 12D: Suplliers of Ballistic Missile Technology
13: Roger Roffey: Biological Weapons and Potential Indicators of Offensive Biological Weapon Activities
Part III: Non-proliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament 2003
14: Ian Anthony: Major Trends in Arms Control and Non-proliferation
15: Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation
Hans M. Kristensen: Appendix 15A: World Nuclear Forces
Shannon N. Kile: Appendix 15B: Ballistic Missile Defence
16: Richard Guthrie, John Hart, Frida Kuhlau, and Jacqueline Simon: Chemical and Biological Warfare Developments and Arms ControL
James Thuo Njuguna: Appendix 16A: The SARS Epidemic: The Control of Infectious Diseases and Biological Weapon Threats
17: Zdzislaw Lachowski and Martin Sjögren: Conventional Arms Control
18: Ian Anthony and Sibylle Bauer: Transferable Controls and Destruction Programmes
19: Christer Ahlström: Withdrawal from Arms Control Treaties
Annexes