SIPRI convened an online event focused on integrating the WPS agenda into peacebuilding.

This Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet is focused on the Lake Chad region and the series of conflict- and climate-related issues that face the region. The fact sheet offers a range of recommended...

In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan border region face considerable threats to their safety, and existing protection mea...

In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan border region face considerable threats to their safety, and existing protection mea...

This topical backgrounder examines how the increase in dual-use by design research blurs the traditional distinction between publicly funded civilian and military research in Europe.

SIPRI will host the 2026 Stockholm Forum on the theme ‘From Rupture to Repair: New Visions for Peace and Development’.

Experts and officials are grappling with the future of African peacekeeping operations amid a new reality of rising terrorism and shrinking international funding. Financial support and personnel for United Nations peacekeeping operations dropped to a 25-year low in 2025, according to a May report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The U.N. deployed

SIPRI tracks the trends and developments in nuclear forces and doctrines, with a particular focus on monitoring global inventories of nuclear weapons.

This SIPRI Fact Sheet presents the latest SIPRI data on multilateral peace operations, along with analysis of developments and trends in 2025.

Die Ausgaben für militärisches Gerät steigen und steigen, sagt der Experte für Rüstungsexporte am Stockholmer Friedensforschungs-Institut. Er warnt: Ohne Diplomatie führt Abschreckung zu nichts.

In einer Welt, die immer mehr in militärische Sicherheit investiert, wird der Beitrag von humanitärer Hilfe und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit systematisch unterschätzt. Doch wer Sicherheit ernst nimmt, k...

On 22–25 June, SIPRI hosted an in-person course on weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation and disarmament in an era of technological convergence.

The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database contains information on all transfers of major conventional arms from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year. It is a unique resource for researchers, policymaker...

Despite an invitation to dialogue extended by the president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Lee Jae Myung, to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), the long-standing conflic...

Relations between Beijing and Canberra have improved over the past four years, but China’s ambassador is now warning of a ‘Cold War mentality.”

News News: On the morning of August 6, 1945, the now well-known city of Hiroshima became the backdrop to perhaps the biggest transformation in modern warfare and.

This paper analyses two examples—Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone—of United Nations peace operations being involved in security sector reform.

Die Kriege in der Ukraine und im Nahen Osten haben die weltweite Lebensmittelversorgung bislang nicht lahmgelegt. Kommt jedoch ein starkes Wetterphänomen wie El Niño hinzu, vervielfachen sich die Risi...

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