[wanabidii] SIPRI Update December 2014: External actors in Africa, the SIPRI Top 100 and more ...

Message not displaying correctly? View the online version. SIPRI Update: Global Security & Arms Control           December 2014         UPCOMING EVENTS RECENT NEWS SIPRI IN THE MEDIA NEW PUBLICATIONS The challenge of external engagement in African security While many African countries depend on the economic, development and security-related activities of external actors, external engagement also presents challenges. Civil society now has an opportunity to play a major role in shaping African security efforts, writes Elisabeth Sköns. Continue reading ... Sales by largest arms companies fell again in 2013 Sales of arms and military services by the world's largest arms-producing companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totalled $402 billion in 2013, a decrease of 2 per cent in real terms compared to 2012, according to new SIPRI data on international arms production launched this week. Continue reading ... SIPRI Yearbook 2014 summaries now available Summaries of SIPRI Yearbook 2014: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (published by Oxford University Press) are now available to download in Catalan, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, thanks to our translation partners. Continue reading ... UPCOMING EVENTS 17 December 2014, Brussels The global arms industry: new data, trends and global developments On the occasion of the launch of the new SIPRI data on the international arms industry, the Egmont Institute, the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and SIPRI are pleased to invite you to a discussion featuring Dr Yudit Kiss, author of the SIPRI monograph on arms industry transformation in East Central Europe, published in 2014. Read the full event invitation or register online. RECENT NEWS >> SIPRI launches field research report in Mali >> SIPRI Governing Board member to chair OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons >> In brief: SIPRI activities in December 2014 More SIPRI news ... SIPRI IN THE MEDIA >> The latest SIPRI monograph, Security Activities of External Actors in Africa, has been widely covered in the African media, including in the Namibia Economist, on Radio Africa, in Modern Ghana, African Manager (Tunisia) and Defence Web (South Africa). >> Siemon Wezeman commented on the report regarding the shooting down of Malaysia Arlines flight for German television programme Tagesschau, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and others. >> Mathieu Duchâtel commented on China's air defence zone in an article in the South China Morning Post. More SIPRI in the media ... FEATURED PUBLICATION SIPRI Yearbook 2014 SIPRI Yearbook 2014 is a compendium of data and analysis in the areas of security and conflicts; military spending and armaments; and non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. Sample sections from each of the chapters in SIPRI Yearbook 2014 are now available for download via the SIPRI website. Summaries of the Yearbook are also available in a number of languages. The full text of the Yearbook will be translated into Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian. Find out more about the SIPRI Yearbook by viewing the digital brochure or visiting the Oxford University Press website. RECENT PUBLICATIONS Violence against healthcare workers in complex security environments Russia’s Evolving Arctic Strategy: Drivers, Challenges and New Opportunities The Arms Trade Treaty: challenges for the First Conference of States Parties   © SIPRI 2014. ISSN 1654-8264. Contact SIPRI by email: sipri@sipri.org; telephone: +46 8 655 97 00; or post: SIPRI, Signalistgatan 9, SE-169 70 Solna, Sweden. Visit us online at www.sipri.org. This message was sent to wanabidii@googlegroups.com. If you would prefer not to receive emails from SIPRI simply unsubscribe.