SIPRI expert launches policy brief at Call to Europe conference in Copenhagen
SIPRI expert Giovanna Maletta launched a new policy brief at the Call to Europe conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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SIPRI co-hosts 2025 Armament and Disarmament Summer School
SIPRI and its partners hosted the Armament and Disarmament Summer School, an annual initiative that provides an important learning and networking space for early-career professionals working in disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control.
SIPRI briefs the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence on the impact of the war in Ukraine on EU arms export controls
On 29 November, Giovanna Maletta, Senior Researcher with the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, and Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Director and Senior Researcher with the Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme, participated in a public hearing of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence. The hearing was entitled ‘The War in Ukraine: Implications for Arms Export Policies at the EU Level’.
SIPRI to co-host intensive course on WMD non-proliferation and disarmament pathways
SIPRI and the European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) are pleased to host an intensive introductory course on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), mechanisms to control their further spread and pathways to disarmament.
SIPRI authors report on the further development of the EU common position on arms exports
A new paper on the further development of the EU common position on arms exports, prepared by SIPRI experts for the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE), has been published online.
New SIPRI papers on the proliferation challenges associated with transfers of software and technology and 3D printing
SIPRI is pleased to announce the publication of two new papers, entitled ‘The challenge of software and technology transfers to non-proliferation efforts: Implementing and complying with export controls’ and ‘The challenge of emerging technologies to non-proliferation efforts: Controlling additive manufacturing and intangible transfers of technology’.
SIPRI hosts workshop on Intangible Transfers of Technology (ITT)
On 1-2 February, SIPRI, together with the US Department of State, hosted a workshop on ‘Controlling Intangible Transfers of Technology (ITT): Mapping Key Challenges and Good Practices and Identifying Areas of Improvement’.
SIPRI’s Arms Trade Treaty database now covers East Asia and South East Asia
SIPRI is pleased to announce that it has expanded and improved its online database for Mapping Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)-relevant cooperation and assistance activities to include East Asia and South East Asia.
EU Non-proliferation Consortium final report for 2014–17 released
The EU Non-proliferation Consortium's final report is now available. The report summarizes the key developments in non-proliferation in 2014–17, with a focus on an analysis of the EU’s main achievements, and the major obstacles and future challenges it faces.
SIPRI study examines the challenges associated with implementing effective Internal Compliance Programmes
SIPRI publishes Concept Paper and set of Good Practice Guides examining the challenges facing the establishment and implementation of an effective Internal Compliance Programme (ICP) by companies and research institutes subject to dual-use and arms export controls.
SIPRI advises European Union on the implementation of its arms export control system
Dr Sibylle Bauer, Director of SIPRI’s Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, was the main speaker at a European Parliament workshop for the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE).
SIPRI hosts event on global arms trade at Arms Trade Treaty meeting
SIPRI hosted an event on the global arms trade and the role that transparency instruments can play in stopping illegal and irresponsible arms transfers.
SIPRI hosts ICP roundtable
SIPRI host two-day Internal Compliance Programme (ICP) roundtable workshop.
SIPRI launches new publication on ATT-related activities in Latin America and the Caribbean
SIPRI is pleased to announce the launch of the new publication ‘ATT-related activities in Latin America and the Caribbean: identifying gaps and improving coordination’.
SIPRI participates in 'Caribbean Encounter on Forensic Ballistics' event
SIPRI Research Assistant Alfredo Malaret participated in the event 'Caribbean Encounter on Forensic Ballistics' held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5–6 December.
SIPRI presents Arms Trade Treaty assistance database at conference in Colombia
SIPRI Research Assistant Alfredo Malaret presented the Arms Trade Treaty assistance database at the conference ‘Armed Violence and Vulnerable Populations: Improving arms control and violence prevention in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru’.
SIPRI co-organizes event on Arms Trade Treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean
SIPRI, UNLIREC and the government of Sweden co-hosted a side-event, ‘Arms transfer and SALW controls in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent developments and lessons learned’ at the Second Conference of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty in August.
SIPRI expands Arms Trade Treaty activity database to Latin America and the Caribbean
SIPRI and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) have joined efforts to map ATT-relevant cooperation and assistance activities carried out in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2012–2016.