Sipri Yearbook 2004: Armament, Disarmament & Intern. Security

Description:
The 35th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2003 in R S4curity and conflicts o Military spending and armaments o Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament The SIPRI Yearbook contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control. Studies in this volume: o Iraq: the legacy o Euro-Atlantic organizations and relationships o The Iraq war: enduring controversies and challenges o Major armed conflicts and multilateral peace missions o Post-conflict justice: developments in international courts o China's new security multilateralism and implications for the Asia-Pacific region o National defence reform and the African Union o Security sector reform in the Western Balkans o Sciences and technology-based military innovation: the United States and Europe. o World military expenditure and arms production o Military expenditure in the Middle East and the Iraq war o Arms industries in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine o International arms transfers and the suppliers of ballistic missile technology o Biological weapons and potential indicators of offensive biological weapon activities o Major trends in arms control and non-proliferation o Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation, world nuclear forces and ballistic missile defence o Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control o The SARS epidemic and biochemical weapon threats o Conventional arms control o Transfer controls and arms destruction programmes o Withdrawal from arms control treaties The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Iraq: The Legacy; PART I: SECURITY AND CONFLICTS 2003; 1. Euro-Atlantic Organizations and Relationships; 2. The Iraq War: The Enduring Controversies and Challenges; 3. Major Armed Conflicts; Appendix 3A: Patterns of Major Armed Conflicts 1990-2003; Appendix 3B: Definitions, Sources, and Methods for the Conflict Data; 4. Multilateral Peace Missions; 5. Post-conflict Justice: Developments in International Courts; 6. China's New Security Multilateralism and its Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region; 7. National Defence Reform and the African Union; 8. Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans; PART II: MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMAMENTS 2003; 9. Science- and Technology-based Military Intervention: The United States and Europe; 10. Military Expenditure; Appendix 10A: Tables of Military Expenditure; Appendix 10B: Tables of NATO Military Expenditure by Category; Appendix 10C: Sources and Methods for Military Expenditure Data; Appendix 10D: The Reporting of Military Expenditure Data; Appendix 10E: Military Expenditure in the Middle East After the Iraq War; 11. Arms Production; Appendix 11A: The 100 Largest Arms-producing Companies 2002; Appendix 11B: Table of Acquisitions 2003; Appendix 11C: The Arms Industries of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus; 12. International Arms Transfers; Appendix 12A: The Volume of Transfers of Major Weapons: by Recipients and Suppliers 1999-2003; Appendix 12B: Register of the Trade in and Licensed Production of Major Conventional Weapons 2003; Appendix 12C: Sources and Methods for Arms Transfers Data; Appendix 12D: Suplliers of Ballistic Missile Technology; 13. Biological Weapons and Potential Indicators of Offensive Biological Weapon Activities; PART III: NON-PROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL, AND DISARMAMENT 2003; 14. Major Trends in Arms Control and Non-proliferation; 15. Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation; Appendix 15A: World Nuclear Forces; Appendix 15B: Ballistic Missile Defence; 16. Chemical and Biological Warfare Developments and Arms ControL; Appendix 16A: The SARS Epidemic: The Control of Infectious Diseases and Biological Weapon Threats; 17. Conventional Arms Control; 18. Transferable Controls and Destruction Programmes; 19. Withdrawal from Arms Control Treaties; Annexes