Sipri Yearbook 2010

Preface; Acknowledgements; Abstracts; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction. International security, armaments and disarmament in 2010; 1. A world without nuclear weapons: fantasy or necessity?; 2. Armed conflict, crime and criminal violence; Appendix 2A. Patterns of major armed conflicts, 2000-2009; Appendix 2B. The Global Peace Index 2010; 3. Civilian roles in peace operations; Appendix 3A. Multilateral peace operations, 2009; 4. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions: rebalancing in the midst of global change; 5. Military expenditure; Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 2000-2009; Appendix 5B. The reporting of military expenditure data; 6. Arms production; Appendix 6A. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2008; Appendix 6B. Major arms industry acquisitions, 2009; 7. International arms transfers; Appendix 7A. The suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons, 2005-2009; Appendix 7B. The financial value of the arms trade, 1999-2008; Appendix 7C. Transparency in arms transfers; 8. World nuclear forces; Appendix 8A. Global stocks of fissile materials, 2009; Appendix 8B. Nuclear explosions, 1945-2009; 9. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation; 10. Reducing security threats from chemical and biological materials; 11. Conventional arms control; 12. Controls on security-related international transfers; Appendix 12A. Multilateral arms embargoes, 2009; Annex A. Arms control and disarmament agreements; Annex B. International security cooperation bodies; Annex C. Chronology 2009; About the authors; Errata; Index