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In a time of competing crises, environmental action matters more than ever
Last week saw the launch of SIPRI’s major policy report Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk.
The logic of avoiding nuclear war
On 3 January, the leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA, the P5) jointly stated that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. It had never been affirmed simultaneously by all five.
Russia’s anti-satellite test should lead to a multilateral ban
On 15 November, Russia conducted a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) test, destroying one of its own space objects, a defunct satellite, in low-earth orbit.
Security, insecurity and the Anthropocene
In this essay, the volume editors present the key themes of their new book Anthropocene (In)securities: Reflections on Collective Survival 50 Years After the Stockholm Conference, published this week by SIPRI and Oxford University Press.
Why is Iran producing 60 per cent-enriched uranium?
On 13 April, Iran announced its intention to enrich uranium to 60 per cent U-235.
How much of a proliferation threat is Iran’s uranium enrichment?
Iran’s atomic energy agency announced last week that it had produced 55 kilograms of 20 per cent-enriched uranium in barely four months.
Joe Biden’s arms control ambitions are welcome—but delivering on them will not be easy
A deadly pandemic to control. An urgent nationwide vaccination programme to roll out. An economic crisis to navigate. Political divisions and distrust deep enough to spark mob violence and terrorism. The 46th President of the United States faces a barrage of critical domestic challenges from day one.
No lasting peace without climate security
This SIPRI Essay was originally published in the print edition of the East African on 28 November and in the onli
Diluted disarmament in space: Towards a culture for responsible behaviour
Humankind depends on outer space for numerous services, ranging from telecommunications and navigation to disaster management and national security. While the use of space was once associated only with governments, the private sector has become increasingly involved in providing some of these services.
Cultural reconstruction is critical after Islamic State occupation
The scars left by the Islamic State group’s three-and-a-half-year occupation in northern Iraq are deep.