SIPRI Yearbook 1996

This yearbook continues SIPRI's annual analyses of developments in major armed conflicts, in conflict prevention, management and resolution, and in peacekeeping, developments in chemical and biological weapons, new military technology, world military expenditure, nuclear explosions, arms production, the arms trade, and nuclear, chemical, and biological arms control.

Special studies in this volume:
* area studies of China and Korea, the Middle East, the former Yugoslavia, and Europe
* the Nordic Rapid Reaction Forces
* military research and development in the OECD countries
* multilateral security-related export control measures
* negotiations on a comprehensive nuclear test ban and a ban on the production of fissile material
* conventional arms control in Europe
* the nuclear non-proliferation regime after the NPT Review and Extension Conference
* efforts to strengthen the constraints on `inhumane' conventional weapons

The Yearbook has unique collections of official documents concluded during the year in the field of arms control, disarmament and international security. The annual accounts and analyses are heavily footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.