SIPRI Yearbook 2001

The 32nd edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2000 in
o Security and conflicts
o Military spending and armaments
o Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament

It contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of security- and arms control-related events.

Studies in this volume:
o major armed conflicts
o armed conflict prevention, management and resolution
o analyses of the breakdown of the peace processes in Sierra Leone and in the Middle East
o regional study of Europe and the enlargement of European security institutions
o world military expenditure and arms production
o in-depth study of Russian military expenditure and arms production
o transfers of major conventional weapons
o the international trade in small arms and light weapons and their use in conflicts
o nuclear arms control and missile defence
o chemical and biological weapon developments and arms control
o analysis of the 2000 NPT Review Conference
o illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials
o conventional arms control and confidence- and security-building measures
o the European Union's approaches to arms control and disarmament
o multilateral weapon and technology export controls