SIPRI Yearbook 2005: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.SIPRI SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook 2005: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, publ. by Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-19-928401-6, c. 840 pages, $150.00US. The 36th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyzes key developments in 2004 in security and conflicts, military spending and armaments, nonproliferation non·pro·lif·er·a·tion adj. Of, relating to, or calling for an end to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by additional nations: a nonproliferation treaty. , arms control, and disarmament. This major publication also contains extensive annexes on arms control and disarmament One of the major efforts to preserve international peace and security in the twenty-first century has been to control or limit the number of weapons and the ways in which weapons can be used. Two different means to achieve this goal have been disarmament and arms control. agreements, and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control. The Yearbook is divided into 18 chapters, plus an introduction and two annexes. Chapter headings: Chapter 1. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions Chapter 2. Major armed conflicts Chapter 3. Multilateral peace missions: challenges of peace-building Chapter 4. Governing the use of force under international auspices: deficits in parliamentary accountability Chapter 5. The greater Middle East Chapter 6. Latin America and the Caribbean: security and defence in the post-cold war era The Post-Cold War era is a time period following the end of the Cold War. Its beginning is dated either in 1989, when the Revolutions of 1989 occurred in Eastern Europe and amicable relations developed between the United States and the Soviet Union, or it is dated in 1991 with the Chapter 7. Financing security in a global context Chapter 8. Military expenditure Chapter 9. Arms production Chapter 10. International arms transfers Chapter 11. Arms control and the non-proliferation process Chapter 12. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation Chapter 13. Chemical and biological warfare biological warfare, employment in war of microorganisms to injure or destroy people, animals, or crops; also called germ or bacteriological warfare. Limited attempts have been made in the past to spread disease among the enemy; e.g. developments and arms control Chapter 14. Libya's renunciation The Abandonment of a right; repudiation; rejection. The renunciation of a right, power, or privilege involves a total divestment thereof; the right, power, or privilege cannot be transferred to anyone else. of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles Chapter 15. Conventional arms control Chapter 16. International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance Chapter 17. Transfer controls Chapter 18. The Proliferation Security Initiative The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is an international effort led by the United States to interdict transfer of banned weapons and weapons technology. The PSI is primarily focused on combating proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and materials. : international law aspects of the Statement of Interdiction INTERDICTION, civil law. A legal restraint upon a person incapable of managing his estate, because of mental incapacity, from signing any deed or doing any act to his own prejudice, without the consent of his curator or interdictor. 2. Principles Highlights on military spending and armaments: * In the new security environment, which focuses on insecurity in the South and greater global security interdependence, there is an increasing awareness of the ineffectiveness of military means for addressing threats and challenges to security and a growing recognition of the need for global action. * World military expenditure exceeded $1-trillion in 2004. The USA accounted for 47 per cent of this spending. * The combined arms sales of the top 100 arms-producing companies in 2003 were 25 per cent (in current dollars) higher than in 2002. * China is almost completely dependent on Russia for its arms imports, but its relationship is changing from a recipient of complete weapons to a recipient of components and technology to be used in Chinese weapon platforms. There are indications that China is anxious to gain access to other than Russian technology, partly because that technology is becoming outdated. SIPRI is an independent international institute for research into problems of peace and conflict, especially those of arms control and disarmament. |
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