News and events

On 11 March, SIPRI and the Stimson Center hosted a virtual discussion on the geostrategic implications of recent trends in global arms transfers. Under the title ‘The Re-making of International Security: Arms Transfers Trends in a Changing Global Order’, the event featured newly released SIPRI data on recent trends in international arms transfers.

Last week the Nordic Dialogues on Human Security series continued in Helsinki, discussing how human-centred approaches can support Finland’s security and foreign policy objectives in a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.

On 3 March, SIPRI and the Department of National Defence of Canada (DND) held a side event at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems (CCW GGE on LAWS) in Geneva to present findings and recommendations from SIPRI’s new report titled ‘Responsible Procurement of Military Artificial Intelligence’.