SIPRI Yearbook 2025: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (SIPRI Yearbook Series)

The SIPRI Yearbook is an authoritative and independent source of data and analysis on armaments, disarmament and international security.It provides an overview of developments in military expenditure, arms production and the arms trade, weapons and technology, and armed conflict and conflict management, along with efforts to control conventional, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. This 56th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook covers developments during 2024, including:-Armed conflict and conflict management, with an overview of global and regional developments in armed conflicts and peace processes-Military expenditure, international arms transfers and developments in arms production, including the consequences of the expanded wars in Europe and the Middle East and ongoing geopolitical tensions-The proliferation of missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles, with a focus on their use in the Russia-Ukraine war-World nuclear forces, highlighting the nuclear modernization trends within the ni