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ANNUAL REVIEW 2013

CONTENTS
Welcome 1
January: Controlling the trade in dual-use items 2
February: Tracking the global arms industry 4
March: The international arms trade 6
April: Trends in military spending 8
May: Arctic futures 10
June: The SIPRI Yearbook 12
July: Transport and security 14
August: World nuclear forces 16
September: Regional dialogues and dynamics 18
October: Peacebuilding in Mali 20
November: Understanding and managing conict 22
December: Chemical weapons in Syria 24
Facts and outreach 26
Finances 28
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STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL
PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
SIPRI is an independent international
institute dedicated to research into
conict, armaments, arms control and
disarmament. Established in 1966,
SIPRI provides data, analysis and
recommendations, based on open
sources, to policymakers, researchers,
media and the interested public.
GOVERNING BOARD
Jayantha Dhanapala, Acting
Chairman (SriLanka)
Dr Dewi Fortuna Anwar (Indonesia)
Dr Vladimir Baranovsky (Russia)
Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger
(Germany)
Professor Mary Kaldor (United
Kingdom)
The Director
DIRECTOR
Dr Ian Anthony (United Kingdom)
SIPRI 2014
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WELCOME
Welcome to SIPRIs new Annual Review.
SIPRIs vision is a world in which sources of insecurity are identied and
understood, conicts are prevented or resolved, and peace is sustained.
Our mission is to make this vision a reality by undertaking research and
activities on security, conict and peace; providing policy analysis and
recommendations; facilitating dialogue and build capacities; promoting
transparency and accountability; and delivering authoritative information
to global audiences.
SIPRI continues to hold its position as one of the worlds leading think
tanks focusing on security, conict and peace. Our researchers deliver
high-quality analyses, publications, outreach activities and dialogues;
our databases provide transparent and reliable information; and our
support staf underpin this work with their publications, IT, library and
communications expertise.
The dissemination of our research continues to
expand, through the many events held at SIPRI and at
partner organizations, our website, our ever-increasing
social media presence, and our strong presence in
traditional broadcast and print media.
In 2013, SIPRI embarked on an ambitious journey to adapt and reform its
innovative intellectual agenda in order to maintain its relevance in a fast-
changing world. We will continue to follow this agenda, to further secure
SIPRIs reputation as we approach our 50th anniversary in 2016.
Dr Ian Anthony
Director
SIPRIs vision is a world in which sources of insecurity
are identied and understood, conicts are prevented
or resolved, and peace is sustainede
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CONTROLLING THE TRADE IN DUAL-USE ITEMS
Dual-use items are goods, materials and technologies that may be used
for both civilian and military purposes. To take one example, the deadly
nerve agent sarin is manufactured using the same uoride compounds
found in toothpaste. While toothpaste is a harmless consumer product,
the international community wants to prevent the production of chemical
weapons altogether.
Laws governing the trade in dual-use items vary from country to country.
Malaysia, for example, applies the death penalty to violations of its export
control laws, while in other countries violations are subject to nes or other
administrative sanctions.
SIPRIs Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme seeks to raise the
quality of information on and awareness of the current state of national and
international export control systems. The programme contributes to the
enhancement of dual-use and arms trade controls through its publications
and research, the development of tools and concepts, and the conduct of
seminars and other awareness-raising and capacity-building activities, such
as the course in Dubai.
Professor Tilman Brck of Germany
takes ofce as SIPRIs 8th Director
New Director
Beijing. Chinese and
European experiences of
protecting nationals abroad
SIPRISIS seminar
Think tank rankings
SIPRI ranked no. 4 in Global
Go-to Think Tanks index
1 18 22 29 20 13
New SIPRI Insights paper
Transfers of small arms and light weapons to fragile
states, by Mark Bromley, Lawrence Dermody, Hugh
Grifths, Paul Holtom and Michael Jenks
January 2013
SIPRI holds a counter-
proliferation and
strategic trade controls
course in Dubai for
export licensing, customs
and law enforcement
ofcials belonging to Gulf
Cooperation Council
member statesthe rst
of its kind
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The ouride in toothpaste can also be used to
manufacture sarin gas
Image: Flickr/ Kristin and Adam
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TRACKING THE GLOBAL ARMS INDUSTRY
The production of arms, military equipment and other hardware is a
worldwide, multibillion dollar industry. Similarly, armed conicts and
publicly funded interventions produce their own economies, populated
by private service providers. SIPRIs Arms Production Project monitors,
describes and analyses trends and developments in arms production
worldwide.
The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies
are listed each year in the SIPRI Yearbook and are publicly accessible
via the SIPRI website. In 2011, sales of arms and military services by
these companies totalled $395 billion. While the volume of sales by arms-
producing companies has been inccreasing for over a decade, in 2011 sales
by the Top 100 declined by 4 per cent.
Despite this fall in arms sales, brought on in part by austerity measures
introduced after the global nancial crisis, arms-producing companies
have continued to seek and make prots by acquiring other companies and
diversifying into other markets and industries. The growth of the market
for cybersecurity services, to take one example, raises questions that SIPRI
seeks to answer about the extent to which public security tasks will be
taken over by private actors.
SIPRI in the media
armscontrolwonk.com Tamara
Patton analyses satellite imagery
of Irans Parchin complex
SIPRI North America seminar
The Missing Peace: Sexual
Violence in Conict and Post-
conict Settings
New SIPRI activities
Berlin. The German Federal Ofce for Economics
and Export Control (BAFA) announces that
the SIPRI Dual-use and Arms Trade Control
Programme will advise it on its Chemical,
Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN)
Centres of Excellence (COE) Initiative
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SIPRI in the media
Susan T. Jackson gives an
interview on Al Jazeera about
the SIPRI Top 100 data launch
SIPRIs data on the
Top100 arms-producing
and military services
companies for 2011 shows
that these companies
continue to nd ways to
make prots despite
austerity measures and
budget cuts
February 2013
SIPRI Expert Comment
Shannon N. Kile writes that North Korea is gradually
mastering the technology needed to develop a long-range
ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon
5
Trade expos such as the Eurosatory arms fair in Paris
ofer a glimpse into the arms-producing economy
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THE INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme conducts research into the
measurement, transparency and control of international arms transfers.
SIPRI also maintains the Arms Transfers Database, which includes
information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons
since 1950, as well as a database of arms embargoes.
In 2012, for the rst time since the end of the cold war, China became one
of the worlds largest arms exporters. Chinas rise has been driven primarily
by exports to Pakistan and states in Africa and the Middle East, and comes
at a time of heightened tensions over territorial disputes in the East and
South China seas. The release of SIPRIs arms transfers data prompted the
Chinese Foreign Ministry to state that China has rigorously managed arms
exports in accordance with domestic laws and regulations.
In contrast to global conventions prohibiting the transfer of chemical,
biological and nuclear weapons, there is no global convention controlling
conventional weapons. The United Nations General Assemblys adoption of
an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on 2 April 2013 was a signicant step forward
for eforts to control the global arms trade. SIPRI researchers advised on
the formulation of the ATT and will continue to conduct projects on the
ATT and engage in assisting states parties in implementing the treaty.
New York. Hugh
Grifths quoted in a
front-page New York
Times story on arms
airlifts to Syrian rebels
SIPRI in the media
Arms trade control capacity
building: lessons from dual-use
trade controls, by Sibylle Bauer
New SIPRI Insights paper
New Delhi and New York. SIPRI launches its arms
transfers data during a side event at the nal UN
conference on the ATT, and at a meeting in New Delhi
co-organized with the Observer Research Foundation
SIPRI data launches
SIPRI Yearbook
Kiev. Launch of the Ukrainian
translation of SIPRI Yearbook
2012, published by the
Razumkov Centre
Lawrence Dermody outlines the
challenges involved in implementing
the new sanctions against North Korea
SIPRI Expert Comment
11 14 18 20 25
The launch of SIPRIs
arms transfers data has
become an international
media event: this year,
attention focuses on
China, the worlds fth-
largest exporter of arms
March 2013
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The United Nations General Assembly votes to adopt
a global arms trade treaty, 2 April 2013
Image: UN Photo/ Devra Berkowitz
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TRENDS IN MILITARY SPENDING
The SIPRI Military Expenditure Project monitors and analyses trends in
military expenditure, looking at their economic, political and security
drivers and their implications for global peace, security and development.
The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, which is freely available online,
covers 172 countries and contains consistent data from 1988 to the present.
The worlds military expenditure in 2012 totalled $1.75 trillion, or about
$250 for each person alive. More than 80 per cent of all military spending in
2012 was accounted for by just 15 states. While expenditure in these states
is actually falling, spending by states in Eastern Europe (especially Russia),
the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere is accelerating.
Most countries provide at least some information about their military
spending, but this may often lack detail or omit signicant extra-budgetary
items. The Military Expenditure project also considers the question of
how military budgeting processes are formed, their basis in defence and
security policy, and what opportunities exist for input into these processes
by parliament and civil society.
Berlin. Carina Solmirano speaks
to Deutsche Welle Espaol about
Latin American arms imports
SIPRI in the media
Stockholm. The Hu Jintao
Decade in Chinas Foreign and
Security Policy (200212)
SIPRI conference
The number of followers of the SIPRI
Twitter account (@SIPRIorg) passes
5000
Social media
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The Future of the Chemical Weapons
Convention, by Mohamed Daoudi,
John Hart, Ajey Lele and Ralf Trapp
New SIPRI Policy Paper
Geneva.SIPRIs military expenditure data launched
by Sam Perlo-Freeman at an event co-hosted by the
International Peace Bureau and the United Nations
SIPRI event
The release of SIPRIs
military expenditure data
coincides with the
International Peace
Bureaus Global Day of
Action on Military
Spending
April 2013
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The true extent of a countrys military expenditure
may be camoaged or disguised
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ARCTIC FUTURES
The Arctic is emerging as a distinct subregion in an increasingly globalized
world. Improved access to the Arcticwhich is caused by climate change
is presenting new challenges and opportunities for the people and states
of the Arctic region, and for the broader international community. As
never before, the Arctic has become part of a complex set of political and
economic dynamics linking actors within and outside the region.
At the heart of these processes are local, national, regional and
international claims regarding identity, stewardship and sovereignty in
respect to the territories and resources of the region. If the opening of
the Arctic is to be stable and peaceful over the long term, it will be critical
to fashion political and security arrangements capable of managing the
Arctics transformation and integrating the various claims on the region in
a cooperative fashion.
The SIPRI project Arctic Futures: Managing Competition and Promoting
Cooperation is designed to examine the challenges emerging around these
issues. As changes in the region bring new opportunities and complications,
SIPRI aims to produce knowledge benecial to the continued peaceful and
cooperative development of the Arctic.
The Proliferation
Security Initiative: Legal
Considerations and
Operational Realities, by
Aaron Dunne
SIPRI Policy Paper
Stockholm. How efective are targeted sanctions?
Revisiting the Stockholm Process 10 years on
SIPRIIFSH seminar
SIPRI Yearbook
Beijing. Launch of the Chinese
translation of SIPRI Yearbook
2012, published by CACDA
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A more inclusive Arctic
Council faces new
challenges, by Kristofer
Bergh, Linda Jakobson
and Ekaterina Klimenko
SIPRI Expert Comment
The Arctic Councils
ministerial meeting in
Kiruna, Sweden,
highlighted the global
interest in the Arctic
region, and SIPRIs
research into the security
and international politics
of the Arctic
May 2013
New SIPRI publications
Decoding Pakistans Strategic Shift in Afghanistan,
by Moeed Yusuf, and Europe, Afghanistan and the
Transatlantic Relationship after 2014, by Erik Brattberg
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The Nenets Autonomous Okrug region and an icy
Pechora Sea in Arctic north-western Russia
Image: ESAEuropean Space Agency
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THE SIPRI YEARBOOK
The rst edition of the SIPRI Yearbook was released in 1969, with the aim
of producing a factual and balanced account of a controversial subjectthe
arms race and attempts to stop it. The 44 editions of the Yearbook
published so far have gathered important data on world military spending,
the arms trade and nuclear forces, among other topics. Over the years
new data sets have been added, improving the accuracy of the Yearbooks
sources and rening its methods of calculation.
As SIPRIs agship publication, the Yearbook is known worldwide
as an authoritative and independent source for politicians, diplomats,
journalists and analysts seeking insight on issues of armaments and arms
control, armed conicts and conict resolution, security arrangements
and disarmament, as well as the most important longer-term trends in
international security.
The SIPRI Yearbook is published in print and online by Oxford University
Press. Learn more at www.sipriyearbook.org.
Hong Kong. Neil Melvin and Linda Jakobson
quoted in a South China Morning Post article
on China and the Arctic
SIPRI in the media
SIPRI hosts the 17th Annual
International Conference on Economics
and Security
SIPRI conference
Berlin. Neil Melvin, Jar van der Lijn and
Xenia Avezov give presentations at a joint
workshop on peacekeeping policy
SIPRIFES workshop
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New SIPRI Policy Paper
Strengthening the European Unions Future
Approach to WMD Non-proliferation, by
Ian Anthony and Lina Grip
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SIPRI Yearbook 2013 is
a compendium of data and
analysis on developments
in security and conicts,
military spending and
armaments, and non-
proliferation, arms
control and disarmament
June 2013
SIPRI Yearbook
Stockholm. SIPRI Yearbook launch event and seminar
on responses to allegations of chemical weapon use
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TRANSPORT AND SECURITY
On 16 July the President of Panama announced that his country had seized
a North Korean ship, the Chong Chon Gang, which was transporting
undeclared military cargo from Cuba destined for North Korea. The ships
cargo ostensibly consisted of sugar, but also included missile components
prohibited under a United Nations arms embargo. As the story of the
seizure unfolded, SIPRI experts were called on by multiple international
news outlets, including Reuters, BBC World News and The New York Times.
North Koreas recent missile and nuclear tests have isolated the country
further and have led to a tightening of UN sanctions that provide explicit
wording on the inspection of suspect North Korean vessels, such as the
Chong Chon Gang. While barter trade and associated military transfers
will continue to occur, greater international cooperation and information
sharing may also lead to an increase in the number of seizures.
SIPRIs Countering Illicit TrafckingMechanism Assessment Projects (CIT-
MAP) focus on the sea and air transport of conict-sensitive, destabilizing
or illicit commodities such as military equipment, dual-use goods, narcotics
as well as on smuggling of tobacco, oil and counterfeit goods.
www.sipri.org/media/blogs. SIPRI, Economists for
Peace and Security, and the United States Institute of
Peace co-launch a new blog, Economists on Conict
New collaborative blog
New Non-proliferation Paper
WMD-related dual-use trade control ofences in
the European Union: penalties and prosecutions,
by Sibylle Bauer, Non-proliferation Paper no. 30
Bruce Koepke outlines the
challenges ahead for Irans
new president
SIPRI Expert Comment
29 10 17 18 14
SIPRI Yearbook
Oxford. SIPRI Yearbook 2013 published in
print and online by Oxford University Press
SIPRI experts are quoted
in multiple international
news outlets on the
subject of the North
Korean ship seized in
Panama en route from
Cuba
July 2013
15
More than 60% of ships involved in sanctions busting
or illicit transfers are owned by companies based in
the EU, NATO or other OECD states
16
WORLD NUCLEAR FORCES
Nuclear weapons continue to play centraland in some case expanded
roles in national defence plans and security strategies. Although there has
been a signicant reduction in overall global nuclear weapon inventories
since the end of the cold war, large stockpiles of weapons and weapon-
usable ssile material remain in place.
At the start of 2013, nine states possessed approximately 4400 operational
nuclear weapons. If all nuclear warheads are counted, the total came to
approximately 17 270 nuclear weapons. All ve legally recognized nuclear
weapon states, as dened by the 1968 Non-Proliferation TreatyChina,
France, Russia, the UK and the USA are modernizing their nuclear forces,
reecting a trend toward fewer but newer nuclear weapons. Outside of the
NPT, India and Pakistan are working to increase the size and sophistication
of their nuclear arsenals.
Since its founding in 1966, SIPRI has been collecting data on world
nuclear forces, with a particular focus on monitoring increases or
improvements in national nuclear weapon arsenals. This data is released
annually in the SIPRI Yearbook and provides an internationally-respected
reference resource through which policymakers, journalists and civil
society groups can follow trends and developments in global nuclear
weapon inventories and doctrines.
Berlin. Phillip Schell discusses North
Koreas recent expansion of its Yongbyon
nuclear plant for Deutsche Welle
SIPRI in the media
SIPRI Yearbook
Moscow. Launch of the Russian translation of
SIPRI Yearbook 2012, published by the Institute
of World Economy and International Relations
Ian Anthony discusses the
signicance of the defeat of the
vote in the British Parliament
seeking authorization for
military strikes on Syria
SIPRI Expert Comment
14 21 25 30
Hong Kong. Oliver Bruner
comments on military relations
between China, Taiwan and the
United Statesin the South China
Morning Post
SIPRI in the media
6 9
2013 marked the 68th
anniversary of the
destruction of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki by atomic
bombsSIPRIs world
nuclear forces data,
released each year, reect
the extent of the nuclear
disarmament challenge
August 2013
17
US nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll, July 1946
Image: US Department of Defense
18
REGIONAL DIALOGUES AND DYNAMICS
By bringing together key actors in structured dialogues, and by conducting
research on regional issues, SIPRI hopes to provide policymakers with
recommendations that contribute to the strengthening of regional policies
that support durable stability and security.
SIPRIs Wider Central Asia Initiative convenes dialogue meetings with
experts and government ofcials in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan,
and Central Asia. The insights gained through these dialogue meetings will
feed into the design of more efective policy on critical security issues.
SIPRIs New Geopolitics of Peace Operations Initiative identies potential
future challenges for peace operations through a series of regional dialogue
meetings with emerging powers and troop-contributing countries.
SIPRIs China and Global Security Project aims to advance peace and
security studies through research, analysis, policy-relevant publications
and other outputs, with a particular emphasis on Chinas role in and impact
on global, non-traditional and transnational security.
Shanghai. Chinese and European
experiences of protecting energy
interests abroad
SIPRISIIS workshop
3 5 11 23
Ian Anthony discusses international
eforts to disarm Syria, arguing
that the current crisis provides an
opportunity for Russian leadership
SIPRI Expert Comment
21 30
Brussels. SIPRI experts, including
Sibylle Bauer and Paul Holtom, speak
at the Second EU Non-Proliferation
and Disarmament Conference
EUNPC conference
Theresa Hghammar
outlines options for
Swedens future
involvement in
Afghanistan
SIPRI Expert Comment
SIPRIs Wider Central
Asia initiative launches
its third publication, on
Irans policy on
Afghanistan, and an
Expert Comment on
Swedens future
involvement in
Afghanistan
September 2013
Berlin. John Hartexplains how weapon
inspectors work for Tagesspiegel
SIPRI in the media
19
A young girl walks across rooftops in Herat, Afghanistan
Image: UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein
20
PEACEBUILDING IN MALI
Mali has been through a tumultuous period since armed violence broke
out in northern Mali in January 2012. Two months later, in the wake of a
coup dtat that deposed the Malian Government, armed groups gained
control of an area in northern Mali comprising more than half of the
countrys territory. Since then, a process has been initiated to restore
peace and stability. Most of the armed violence has been quelled by the
French military intervention, democratic elections have been held and a
United Nations-mandated peacekeeping and stabilization mission has been
initiated.
While some level of security and government legitimacy has therefore
been achieved in Mali, much remains to be done. Civil society has an
important role to play both in the elaboration of a comprehensive and
sustainable peace strategy and in its implementation.
SIPRIs Mali Civil Society and Peacebuilding Project aims to strengthen
the capacity of civil society in Mali by providing support and resources for
civil society actors to generate increased knowledge and understanding
of conict dynamics and develop a joint strategy for their contributions to
peace, security and development.
Beijing. Security in Afghanistan and
its Neighbourhood: The Regional
Dimension of Stability after Transition
SIPRI workshop
20 10 18 22 28
Moscow. Russias Strategy for
Developing the Arctic Region
until 2020: Economics,
Security, Environment and
International Cooperation
SIPRI workshop
New SIPRI Policy Paper
Chinas Exports of Small Arms and Light
Weapons, by Paul Holtom, Mark Bromley
and Mathieu Duchtel
New York. Pieter Wezeman
comments on Chinas arms industry
in theInternational New York Times
SIPRI in the media
A new SIPRI project aims
to assist civil society
organizations in their
contributions to peace,
security and development
in Mali
October 2013
21
A pirogue boat anchored on the banks of the Niger
River near Bamako, Mali
22
UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING CONFLICT
The continuous critical analysis of violent conicts around the worldtheir
causes, dynamics and consequencesconstitutes one of SIPRIs core
research tasks.
SIPRIs Armed Conict and Conict Management Programme is responsible
for producing the chapter on trends in armed conicts in the SIPRI
Yearbook, which incorporates data and analysis on armed conicts
produced by the Uppsala Conict Data Program at Uppsala University.
The programme also produces the Yearbook chapter on peace operations,
collates comprehensive information on multilateral peace operations and
analyses signicant trends in peacekeeping and their impact on post-
conict peacebuilding policies.
In recent years, the programme has led SIPRIs work on security and
non-proliferation issues related to Iran, and will continue to work with its
partners in the region to increase transparency and encourage peaceful
dialogue.
Macroeconomics of Security Programme to
explore scal implications of security and
the socio-economic aspects of development
New SIPRI programme
New SIPRI Background Paper
South Koreas export control
system, by SIPRIKorea
Foundation intern Jaewon Lee
28
Beijing. Chinese Government
responds to SIPRI Policy Paper
on Chinas exports of small
arms and light weapons, stating
that it is ready to make joint
eforts with the international
community to eliminate the
hazard of illegal trade in light
and small arms
SIPRI in the media
5 19 29 6 18
Stockholm. Right Livelihood Award
winner Paul Walker on building a
world free of chemical weapons
SIPRI lecture
Stockholm. Transparency
Internationals Mark Pyman on the
role of parliaments in increasing
transparency in the military sector
SIPRI lecture
Majid Takht Ravanchi, a
leading member of Irans
nuclear negotiation team,
ofers insights into the
new Iranian political
environment in a SIPRI
lecture in Stockholm
November 2013
23
SIPRI Governing Board Chairman Gran Lennmarker
presents a copy of SIPRI Yearbook 2013 to Ambassador
Majid Takht Ravanchi of Iran
24
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA
The conict in Syria has now claimed over 100 000 lives. Allegations that
the regime of Syrian President Bashir al-Assad used chemical weapons
against civilians on 21 August 2013 prompted a urry of international
reactions. While the United States weighed up the option of military strikes,
a motion in the British Parliament on 30 August that would have opened the
way for a military strike against Syria was defeated. Then, on 9 September
the Russian Foreign Minister called on Syria to destroy its stockpiles and
join the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
Eventually, a verication team from the Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was allowed into Syria to collect samples.
Regardless of who was responsible for the chemical weapon attack, Syrias
decision to join the CWC and destroy its stockpile represents a positive step
towards full disarmament, with only six states now outside the convention.
SIPRIs Chemical Weapons Project has conducted many years of
research into chemical weapons, and has helped inform the actions of the
international community to disarm Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile.
12 14 5 18
SIPRI Yearbook
Cairo. Arabic translation of
SIPRI Yearbook 2013 published
by Centre for Arab Unity Studies
Chinas Policy on North Korea: Economic
Engagement and Nuclear Disarmament,
by Mathieu Duchtel and Phillip Schell
New SIPRI Policy Paper
Bamako. The launch of SIPRIs Mali
Project is covered in the local media
SIPRI in the media
New York. Siemon Wezeman comments
on global defence spending in an article
in Bloomberg Business Week
SIPRI in the media
16
SIPRI co-hosts a seminar
at the Swedish
Parliament in honour of
the winner of the 2013
Nobel Peace Prize, the
Organisation for the
Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons
December 2013
25
UN and OPCW inspectors arrive in The Hague after collecting
samples related to alleged chemical weapon use in Syria
Image: OPCW/ Henry Arvidsson
26
FACTS AND OUTREACH
The average number of employees at SIPRI in 2013 was 51, of whom
28were men and 23 women
In 2013, 15 diferent nationalities were represented among the staf of
the Institute
The number of full-time research staf was 34 persons and during the
year 23 interns and 8 guest researcher visited SIPRI
SIPRI published 28 titles in 2013, including 10 on behalf of the
European Union Non-Proliferation Consortium
Full translations of the SIPRI Yearbook were also published in Arabic,
Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian, and summaries in Catalan, Dutch,
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish and, for the rst time,
Mongolian
On average, 2700 people visit the SIPRI website each day; the website
recorded more than 1.6 million unique page views in 2013
At the end of 2013, SIPRI counted more than 7000 followers on Twitter
and more than 5000 on Facebook, a threefold increase since 2012
During 2013 SIPRI was quoted in approximately 20 000 media outlets
in more than 130 countries
The total readership of SIPRIs media outlets was estimated to be over
100 million people in 2013
SIPRI is an international
institute, attracting
scholars, researchers,
policymakers and visiting
experts and delegations
from all over the world
JanuaryDecember 2013
27
SIPRI staf take part in emergency drills at a former
Swedish Fire Brigade training centre
28
FINANCES
2013 2012
Income
Grant from Swedish Government 24 397 000 24 094 000
Grant from other funders 27 126 492 29 393 428
Royalties and sales 115 014 153 962
Other 297 566 13 170
Total 51 936 072 53 654 560
Expenditure
Project expenditure from grants 12 196 039 13 703 341
Administrative expenditure 9 903 335 10 568 948
Staf costs 31 585 156 29 412 847
Depreciation 168 796 102 360
Operating prot 1 917 254 132 936
Financial income
Financial net amount 327 891 386 205
Net prot/loss for the year 1 589 363 253 269
SIPRIs annual accounts
have been prepared in
accordance with the
Swedish Bookkeeping Act
JanuaryDecember 2013
C
The SIPRI building in Frsunda, Solna, was originally
used by the Swedish Signal Regiment

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