SIPRI YEARBOOK 2004

SIPRI YEARBOOK 2004

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Oxford University Press
Año de edición:
2008
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Relaciones internacionales
ISBN:
9780199274208

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The 35th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 23 ino Security and conflictso Military spending and armamentso Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmamentThe SIPRI Yearbook contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control.Studies in this volume:o Iraq: the legacyo Euro-Atlantic organizations and relationshipso The Iraq war: enduring controversies and challengeso Major armed conflicts and multilateral peace missionso Post-conflict justice: developments in international courtso China’s new security multilateralism and implications for the Asia-Pacific regiono National defence reform and the African Uniono Security sector reform in the Western Balkanso Sciences and technology-based military innovation: the United States and Europe.o World military expenditure and arms productiono Military expenditure in the Middle East and the Iraq waro Arms industries in Belarus, Russia and Ukraineo International arms transfers and the suppliers of ballistic missile technologyo Biological weapons and potential indicators of offensive biological weapon activitieso Major trends in arms control and non-proliferationo Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation, world nuclear forces and ballistic missile defenceo Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms controlo The SARS epidemic and biochemical weapon threatso Conventional arms controlo Transfer controls and arms destruction programmeso Withdrawal from arms control treatiesThe annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.

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