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NATO’s new spending target: challenges and risks associated with a political signal NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost?

NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost? Find out more about challenges and risks in this #SIPRI essay:
🔗 bit.ly/3U43G5k

#NATO #Milex #MilitaryBudget #GlobalSecurity

Solar Power and Environmental Peacebuilding in South-central Somalia This SIPRI Policy Brief explores how the International Organization for Migration’s approach to solar power and the facilitation of local public–private partnerships can support environmental peacebui...

How can the IOM’s approach to #SolarPower and the facilitation of local public–private partnerships (PPPs) support environmental #peacebuilding?

Find out more ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/CWH...

YouTube video by SIPRI Dr Jingdong Yuan and Fei Su on Nordic–Japan security cooperation

Why are 🇯🇵 Japan and the #Nordic countries deepening security ties? In this #SIPRIConversation, Dr Jingdong Yuan and Fei Su explore what’s driving cooperation—and what it means for future peace and security.

Watch now 🔗 youtu.be/x6ZXbRPMniQ

#peace #security #IndoPacific #NordicJapan

#FactFriday ➡️ The 9 nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—together possessed an estimated 12 241 warheads at the start of 2025. Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support SIPRI 🔗 bit.ly/4gI9QkX

What risks do AWS and AI-DSS pose in military targeting, and how are they different? This #SIPRI report by Alexander Blanchard and Laura Bruun compares their deployment, risks and legal implications🔗 doi.org/10.55163/YQB...

#AutonomousWeapons #AIDecisionMaking
#InternationalLaw #MilitaryAI #AWS

This SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of 1 May 2025 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the United Nations and regional organizations around the world.

Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFuNew

Last month, SIPRI published the #SIPRIYearbook 2025, its annual assessment of developments in armaments, disarmament, and international security.
Get the summary: bit.ly/4e2Guh7

#NuclearWeapons #NuclearRisk #ArmsControl #Disarmament #NonProliferation #SIPRI

Together with @sipri.org, @iom.int and Freehand Studios, we've created a comic book that explores the links between #ClimateChange, environmental degradation, displacement and conflict in #Somalia aimed at younger audiences.

👉Check it out and learn more: brnw.ch/21wU0iO

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the security interests of #Japan🇯🇵 and the five Nordic states are increasingly converging.
This SIPRI Policy Brief explores the limitations of Japanese–Nordic security cooperation and provides recommendations for ways forward ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/JTM...

NATO’s new spending target: challenges and risks associated with a political signal NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost?

#NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5% of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost? Read this SIPRI Essay by Dr Nan Tian, Lorenzo Scarazzato and Jade Guiberteau Ricard ➡️ bit.ly/3GhuT14

The Australia Group is key to stopping #CBW proliferation, but faces growing challenges. This @eunpdc.bsky.social report by @koljabrockmann.bsky.social offers recommendations to strengthen the regime amid rapid changes and geopolitical shifts. Full paper🔗 bit.ly/3I3KT7D

#NonProliferation

#Haiti 🇭🇹 is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of #ClimateChange due to its geographical location as well as political instability, extreme poverty and gang violence. Read more in the latest SIPRI–@nupinytt.bsky.social fact sheet 🔗 bit.ly/404xdPz

🎥 Watch now: As part of the 2025 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI interviewed Roberto Menéndez, Head of Mission, Mission to Support the Peace Process in 🇨🇴#Colombia. Full video 🔗 youtu.be/N6YQASobi88?...

#sthlmforum #ForumBackstage #Peace

Europe should help repair the damage to non-proliferation and international law from the attacks on Iran European leaders’ responses to the recent Israeli and United States attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities have been striking for both their muted tone and their apparent acceptance of violations ...

European leaders’ responses to the recent Israeli and United States attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities have been striking for both their muted tone and apparent acceptance of violations of international law.
Read the #SIPRI Essay: bit.ly/44NXGnj
#InternationalLaw #NuclearSecurity #MiddleEast

📣 #VacancyAlert: SIPRI is seeking a Management Assistant to join the Director’s Office in Solna (Stockholm), covering a parental leave for approximately 1 year, with possibility of extension. Rolling interviews, early applications are encouraged!

🔗 Apply here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I021/169...

#FactFriday ➡️ Military spending increased in all world regions, with particularly rapid growth in both Europe and the Middle East 🔗 sipri.org/databases/mi...

Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support #SIPRI: bit.ly/4gI9QkX

Spotlight: Alaa Murabit—500 Global As part of the 2025 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI interviewed Alaa Murabit, Executive Director, Sustainable Growth, 500 Global. This interview is part of a series exploring diverse perspectives on the evolving landscape of peacebuilding and conflict resolution. In the interviews, leaders, experts and practitioners offer their insights on the growing, interconnected challenges in this field, sharing their views on the concrete pathways and actors needed to address them. Read more about the 2025 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development: https://www.sipri.org/events/2025/2025-stockholm-forum-peace-and-development About Spotlight: The Spotlight series is a collection of short, on the spot interviews with leaders, experts and practitioners in diverse fields, filmed during their visits to SIPRI for events, seminars and workshops. The aim of the series is to capture an array of angles and viewpoints that will stimulate further discussion. While these interviews are designed to offer snapshots of timely and pivotal issues, they provide starting points for continued dialogue and a stronger understanding of the conditions needed for the peaceful resolution of armed conflicts and stable, sustained peace. The 2025 Stockholm Forum was hosted by SIPRI, co-convened with the Folke Bernadotte Academy @fba9391 and with the Swedish International Development Agency @SidaSverige. #SthlmForum #Peace #Development #security #SIPRI #FBA #Sida #ForumBackstage

🎥 New interview series out: As part of the 2025 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, #SIPRI interviewed
Alaa Murabit, Executive Director, Sustainable Growth, 500 Global. Watch now: bit.ly/44M6aLM

#sthlmforum #ForumBackstage #Sustainability #Peace #Development

On 11–12 June, SIPRI Researcher Abeer S. Ahmad spoke at the UN Women Expert Group Meeting in Cairo on #CareWork in conflict settings. Read more:

🔗 Health system resilience in conflict: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔗 #ODA & peacebuilding: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Today, #SIPRI releases a timely report by Dr Michal Krelina on #QuantumTechnology, aligning with the @ec.europa.eu’s new quantum strategy. It offers key insights and recommendations for the proposed Quantum Sensing Space & Defence Roadmap 🔗 doi.org/10.55163/ZVTL1529

www.sipri.org/publications...

NATO’s new spending target: challenges and risks associated with a political signal NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost?

At the 2025 NATO Summit, member states committed to a historic increase in defence spending, raising the bar to 5% of GDP. What are the budget implications and operational challenges behind the new spending target? Read more: www.sipri.org/commentary/e...

📢 Join SIPRI as a Management Assistant! #SIPRI is seeking a Management Assistant to join the Director’s Office.

🕐 Rolling interviews – early applications are encouraged!
📍Location: Solna, Stockholm

Apply now! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I021/169...

Engaging with the Unpredictable: What’s Next for the Korean Peninsula? | ISPI What future lies ahead for the Korean Peninsula amid shifting alliances and global uncertainty?

New external publication: #SIPRI's Fei Su has contributed to a new dossier on the future of the #KoreanPeninsula, published by ISPI.

Full dossier: bit.ly/3ZVgMoT
Explore the commentary on military cooperation with Russia and its implications for China–North Korea relations🇷🇺🇨🇳🇰🇵: bit.ly/4eyKkPl

#SIPRI is pleased to publish a video series in which a diverse group of peacebuilding experts and practitioners offer their insights into the current challenges facing #ConflictResolution and #Peacebuilding. Watch now🔗 bit.ly/4li59Rt

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NATO’s new spending target: challenges and risks associated with a political signal NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost?

#NATO’s new alliance-wide spending target of 5 per cent of GDP sends a strong political message, but at what cost? Find out more in this SIPRI Essay:
sipri.org/commentary/e...

#NATO #DefenseSpending #MilitaryBudget #GlobalSecurity #Geopolitics #SIPRI #5PercentGDP

What drove a recent wave of arms industry consolidation? This backgrounder investigates the circumstances behind a wave of consolidation in the arms industry. To do this, it uses data on mergers and acquisitions among European (excluding Russia) and North A...

What drove a recent wave of #ArmsIndustry consolidation?

This backgrounder uses data on mergers and acquisitions among European (excl. Russia) and North American companies appearing in the SIPRI Top 100 in the 10-year period 2014–23 to explore this question.

Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/4ekQHpd

New publication out now: This new paper by Nivedita Raju and Laura Grego analyses alliance dynamics at the space–nuclear nexus in Europe.

Read the full paper: doi.org/10.55163/GEP...

Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions.

Download the sample chapter of SIPRI Yearbook 2025 on world nuclear forces: bit.ly/4e0GhLf

‘The era of reductions in the number of nuclear weapons in the world, which had lasted since the end of the cold war, is coming to an end,’—@nukestrat.bsky.social‬ quoted in POLITICO Europe.

Full article:
www.politico.eu/article/nucl...

As Israel Targets Iran’s Nuclear Program, It Has a Secret One of Its Own

'Israel appears to be upgrading its plutonium production reactor site at Dimona'—SIPRI's latest update on world nuclear forces are featured in this article by @nytimes.com. Full article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/w...

YouTube video by SIPRI Central Asia in a Changing Global Order

📢 New webinar recording now available!
SIPRI and ITIC hosted a timely discussion on regional integration in Central Asia amid growing geopolitical and economic pressures.

Watch the event featuring top experts and policymakers:
🎥 youtu.be/npp77uNFlRo

#CentralAsia #RegionalCooperation #SIPRI #ITIC