The SIPRI Yearbook was first published in 1969 and is now in its 40th edition. SIPRI Yearbook 2009 presents a combination of original data in areas such as world military expenditure, international arms transfers, arms production, nuclear forces, major armed conflicts and multilateral peace operations with state-of-the-art analysis of important aspects of arms control, peace and international security. The Yearbook is written by both SIPRI researchers and invited outside experts.

CONTENTS
Introduction. International security, armaments and disarmament in 2008 2
Part I. Security and conflicts, 2008
1. Mass displacement caused by conflicts and one-sided violence: national and international responses
2. Trends in armed conflicts: one-sided violence against civilians 4
3. The legitimacy of peace operations 6
4. Security and politics in Afghanistan: progress, problems and prospects 8
Part II. Military spending and armaments, 2008
5. Military expenditure 10
6. Arms production 12
7. International arms transfers 14
8. World nuclear forces 16
Part III. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 2008
9. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation 17
10. Reducing security threats from chemical and biological materials 18
11. Conventional arms control 19
12. Controls on security-related international transfers 20

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The SIPRI Yearbook is a compendium of data and analysis in the areas of

• Security and conflicts
• Military spending and armaments
• Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament

This booklet summarizes the 40th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook, which includes coverage of developments during 2008 in

• mass displacement caused by conflicts
• trends in armed conflicts
• peacekeeping
• the conflict in Afghanistan
• military expenditure
• arms production
• international arms transfers
• world nuclear forces and stocks of fissile materials
• nuclear arms control and non-proliferation
• the control of chemical and biological materials
• conventional arms control
• controls on security-related international transfers
• multilateral arms embargoes

The SIPRI Yearbook also has extensive annexes on arms control and disarmament agreements and international security cooperation bodies, and a chronology of events during 2008 in security and arms control.

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ABOUT STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an independent international institute for research into problems of peace and conflict, especially those of arms control and disarmament. SIPRI was established in 1966 to commemorate 150 years of unbroken peace in Sweden.

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