Today, SIPRI had the privilege of hosting a visit from Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria for a conversation with SIPRI experts on current security challenges.

Russian military expenditure has increased, but not to a dramatic extent: from 3.6% of GDP in 2021 to 4.4% in 2022.

Professor Julian Cooper, SIPRI Associate Senior Fellow, analyses Russia’s🇷🇺 military expenditure during its war on Ukraine🇺🇦➡️doi.org/10.55163/UVUX1…

‘ #Japan 🇯🇵 is undergoing the most significant changes to its security strategy since the end of World War II’—in this SIPRI blog, Dr Jingdong Yuan explores what these changes may mean for security in the Indo–Pacific region.

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With heated rhetoric and intensified #military activity along its borders with #NATO neighbours, what does SIPRI data reveal about the status of 🇧🇾Belarus's military? Read more in SIPRI’s latest topical backgrounder by Mathew George and Pieter Wezeman ➡️bit.ly/468FFhp

Exploring nuclear safety and security, non-proliferation, and other emerging threats. Our global agenda is fraught with challenges, underscoring the need for a united front and shared mission. Thank you SIPRI for facilitating this important roundtable.

‘The continuous rise in global military expenditure in recent years is a sign that we are living in an increasingly insecure world’—SIPRI’s Nan Tian and recent military expenditure quoted in this NTD News article: ntd.com/war-in-ukraine…

These two reports analyse the contribution of World Food Programme programming to the prospects for peace in South Sudan🇸🇸 ➡️doi.org/10.55163/ZTIS2… and in Sri Lanka🇱🇰 ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/JKVI4…

#ClimateSecurity has risen on the agendas of the EU🇪🇺, NATO and the OSCE in recent years, but strengthening discourse is not enough. Read more in this recent SIPRI Policy Report ➡️doi.org/10.55163/RDOU1…

This year’s #SthlmForum is seeking solutions for turbulent times. Complex crises, #climate -related security risks and #FoodSecurity are some of the topics being discussed on day one.

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Join members of SIPRI’s international Governing Board in Stockholm on 22 May for a conversation on how to untangle the complexity of the world’s crises and where to start.

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What are the complementarities and synergies between the responses of the EU🇪🇺, NATO and the OSCE to climate-related security risks?

Anniek Barnhoorn recommends ways for policymakers to advance multilateral cooperation in response to these risks ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/RDOU1…

#ClimateChange adaptation projects have the potential to influence conflict dynamics. In this policy brief, published by SIPRI for the Stockholm Hub on Environment, Climate and Security, Karen Meijer, Emilie Broek, Nella Canales and Biljana Macura propose3⃣steps to better include…

Over the past few years the EU🇪🇺, NATO and the OSCE have formulated ambitious policies to respond to climate-related security risks.

In this latest SIPRI Policy Report I compare responses between the organizations ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/RDOU1…

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If #ClimateChange exacerbates #conflict risks, can climate #adaptation be part of the solution? Today, SIPRI publishes a policy brief for the Stockholm Hub on Environment, Climate and Security on enhancing the conflict sensitivity of national adaptation plans ➡️…

World military expenditure rose by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a record high of $2240 billion. Global spending grew by 19% over the decade 2013–22 and has risen every year since 2015. New SIPRI data on #MilitarySpending out now.

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Total world military spending accounted for 2.2% of global #GDP in 2022. Global spending grew by 19% over the decade 2013–22 and has risen every year since 2015.
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Military expenditure grew in4⃣of the5⃣geographical regions in 2022. The largest increase was in Europe (⬆️13%), followed by the Middle East (⬆️3.2%), Asia and Oceania (⬆️2.7 %) and the Americas (⬆️0.3%). Spending decreased in Africa (⬇️5.3%).

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Total global #MilitarySpending increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion—the highest level ever recorded in SIPRI data. New SIPRI data out now.

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Total global #MilitaryExpenditure increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion. Military expenditure in Europe saw its steepest year-on-year increase in at least 30 years.

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HAPPENING SOON: Join SIPRI today at 16:30 CEST for ‘Thinking Security’, a panel on a new era of risk with Dan Smith, Line Gordon and Robert Egnell.

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