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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2015, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Key findings include: (1) all the nuclear weapon-possessing states are working to develop new nuclear weapon systems and/or upgrade their existing ones; and (2) the number of personnel deployed with peace operations worldwide continues to fall while the number of peace operations increases.

According to the report Scenarios for South Sudan in 2020, released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Dutch peace organisation PAX, there is hope for a peaceful future in South Sudan if the 2015 peace agreement is implemented and the peace process opened up beyond the current parties. Otherwise, the human cost will likely be tremendous and the country might even risk complete fragmentation.

SIPRI Senior Researcher Jair van der Lijn has coedited the book Peacebuilding and Friction. The book aims to understand the processes and outcomes that arise from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local forces meet. 

As part of the second phase of the New Geopolitics of Peace Operations Initiative, SIPRI co-organized a series of dialogue meetings with diplomats, military representatives and academics in five subregions of Africa: West Africa (Abuja), the Greater Horn of Africa (Addis Ababa), Central Africa (Douala), Southern Africa (Maputo) and Sahel-Saharan Africa (Bamako).

Reports from each of the dialogue meetings are now available for download from the SIPRI website. Each report highlights several key themes that emerged from the regional dialogues.

SIPRI releases of a new map showing all multilateral peace operations active as of September 2016.

SIPRI release a new report as part of the New Geopolitics of Peace Operations II initiative.

SIPRI presents the findings of the report African Directions: Towards an Equitable Partnership in Peace Operations.

Dr Jaïr van der Lijn, Head of the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme, featured on a panel discussion on peacekeeping arrangements between intergovernmental organisations at the recent Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, 13–14 November 2017.

SIPRI launched the third phase of the New Geopolitics of Peace Operations–which focuses on the role of peace operations in dealing with non-traditional security challenges–with the publication of the Background Paper, ‘Multilateral peace operations and the challenges of terrorism and violent extremism’, and the organization of a dialogue meeting on the same topic.

As part of SIPRI’s new initiative looking at non-traditional security challenges posed to multilateral peace operations, SIPRI launches a new background paper exploring the role that peace operations play in preventing and combating organized crime, particularly in weak or collapsed states.

SIPRI today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2018, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security.

SIPRI is pleased to release a new map showing all multilateral peace operations active as of May 2018.

On 17 November, Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Chair of the SIPRI Governing Board and Dr Marina Caparini, Senior Researcher in SIPRI’s Peace and Development Programme, participated at the Swedish Forum on Human Rights.

On 12 April, SIPRI, in cooperation with the Swedish Police Authority, organized a seminar discussion on ‘Policing Organized Crime in the Context of UN Peace Operations’.

In two days, on 14 November, the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) will be renewed, as will the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), next month.

On 13 November, SIPRI held a launch event for two new Policy Briefs on the EU Civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Compact, which was established in November 2018.

While the number of United Nations and non-UN multilateral peace operations increased slightly in 2019, the number of personnel deployed in them decreased, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

SIPRI is pleased to release a new map showing all multilateral peace operations active as of May 2020.

On 6 October, a webinar co-hosted by SIPRI and the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (UNDPO) explored the many impacts of Covid-19 on peace operations.

On 18 November, SIPRI held a launch event for the new Insights paper, ‘Strengthening EU Civilian Crisis Management: The Civilian CSDP Compact and Beyond’.

On 22–25 November, SIPRI and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) held two dialogue events as part of a series that seeks to enhance understanding of United Nations and non-UN multilateral peace operations and non-traditional security challenges.

On 17–18 March 2022, SIPRI hosted an expert workshop titled ‘Towards a New Civilian CSDP Compact’. The workshop took place in a hybrid format in Stockholm and virtually.

As part of the 'Climate-related Peace and Security Risks' project, SIPRI co-hosted an expert round table on maintaining the operational resilience of peacekeeping operations in the face of climate-related disruptions. The event was held on 10 May in New York.

SIPRI is pleased to launch a new video series on perceptions of civilian crisis management and the efforts to strengthen the civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions of the European Union (EU). The series features interviews with officials from EU member states and experts from the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management and other relevant European organizations.

On 15 November, SIPRI held a launch event for the new SIPRI Research Policy Paper ‘Delivering the Compact: Towards a More Capable and Gender-balanced EU Civilian CSDP’.

SIPRI had an active presence and co-hosted several events during the 2023 Munich Security Conference, 17–19 February. Topics for discussion included the food–climate–security nexus, how the war in Ukraine could fuel global instability and the European Union civilian crisis management.

The panel discussion addressed the key findings of the published ECDPM report Supporting Peacebuilding in Times of Change: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies, and brought together expertise from the ECDPM, SIPRI, the British Government’s Department for International Development and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

On 8–14 November, SIPRI will convene the seventh annual Stockholm Security Conference, this year under the heading of ‘Trends of Conflict and Warfare in the 21st Century: Effects and Impact of the War in Ukraine’.