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Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms—new SIPRI Yearbook out now
(Stockholm, 16 June 2025) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Key findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2025 are that a dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at a time when arms control regimes are severely weakened.
Deployments fall more than 40% in a decade, as geopolitical tensions and funding cuts increase pressure on multilateral peace operations
A total of 61 multilateral peace operations were active in 36 countries or territories during 2024.
2025 Stockholm Forum opens—a space to rethink peace and conflict resolution in the face of a shifting landscape
Over the next two days, more than 400 participants from over 70 countries will gather in Sweden’s capital for the 12th annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.
Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges
(Stockholm, 28 April 2025) World military expenditure reached $2718 billion in 2024, an increase of 9.4 per cent in real terms from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the cold war.
Ukraine the world’s biggest arms importer; United States’ dominance of global arms exports grows as Russian exports continue to fall
Ukraine became the world’s largest importer of major arms in the period 2020–24, with its imports increasing nearly 100 times over compared with 2015–19.
SIPRI appoints new Director
(Stockholm, 5 March 2025) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Karim Haggag as its new Director.
World’s top arms producers see revenues rise on the back of wars and regional tensions
Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $632 billion in 2023, a real-terms increase of 4.2 per cent compared with 2022.
SIPRI statement on the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
(Stockholm, 11 October 2024) SIPRI congratulates Nihon Hidankyo on the award of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, ‘for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again’.
Role of nuclear weapons grows as geopolitical relations deteriorate—new SIPRI Yearbook out now
SIPRI today launches its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security.
2024 Stockholm Forum opens, focuses on a divided world
(Stockholm, 6 May 2024) Over the next three days, more than 400 participants from over 40 countries and over 70 partner organizations will convene in person for the 11th annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.