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Shifting the paradigm: Power and responsibility
Principles for Peace SecretariatAhead of the 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI is pleased to share guest blog posts from partner organizations.
Pandemic pressure and peace: Building effective partnerships in fragile states
Jorge Moreira da SilvaAhead of the 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI is pleased to share guest blog posts from partner organizations.
Vital access to health care and vaccines: Challenges in territories controlled by armed groups
Geneva CallAhead of the 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI is pleased to share guest blog posts from partner organizations.
Emergency law responses and conflict-affected states in transition
Christine Bell, Asanga Welikala, Erin Houlihan, Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher and Sean MolloyAhead of the 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI is pleased to share guest blog posts from partner organizations.
Monitoring international arms transfers: The difficult case of production under licence
Siemon T. WezemanThe SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is a record of how certain military technological capabilities are transferred from state to state. Its fundamental aim is to inform, and ideally stimulate, discussion that might lead to a better understanding of the state of peace and security around the world.
Overcoming barriers to grassroots inclusion in peace processes
José Francisco Alvarado Cóbar and Dr Marina CapariniWhile grassroots participation in peace processes is increasingly recognized as a way of achieving more inclusive and sustainable peace, moving beyond the realm of traditional diplomacy among high-level actors remains a challenge.
USA–India strategic continuity in the Biden administration transition
Dr Lora SaalmanFollowing the declassification of the United States’ National Security Council’s (NSC) US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific, and the transition from Donald J.
India’s no-first-use dilemma: Strategic consistency or ambiguity towards China and Pakistan
Dr Lora SaalmanOn 14 October 2020, in a statement to the Conference on Disarmament, Indian ambassador, Pankaj Sharma, reiterated India’s commitment to a policy of no first use (NFU) of nuclear weapons.
Russia’s nuclear doctrine moves the focus from non-Western threats
Dr Petr TopychkanovIn June 2020 Russia made its nuclear doctrine more transparent in terms of why, when and how it would use nuclear weapons. Without naming potential adversaries, Russia is now more explicit about the regional scenarios that could lead to nuclear warfare.
China’s detachment from the South Asian nuclear triangle
Dr Lora SaalmanIn contrast with coverage of the recent China–India border conflict, Chinese analysis of nuclear issues in South Asia has been decreasing.