What were the important developments in the military sector in 1988, and what progress did the world community make in their attempts to control military activity and reduce tension and the chances of war? The SIPRI Yearbook 1989 presents, in addition to its regular features, special studies on the arms trade regulations of seven weapon-exporting countries, and discusses ballistic missile proliferation in the Third World and the enhanced role of the United Nations in regional conflict resolution. An invaluable sourcebook that provides authoritative, factual information on issues of armaments and disarmament, the Yearbook will interest those involved in strategic studies, war studies, peace studies, and international relations.

SIPRI Yearbook 1989: World Armaments and Disarmament (SIPRI Yearbook Series)

History

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Military

This twenty-first edition of the SIPRI Yearbook presents detailed information on arms and arms control issues in a format that is both concise and standardized for ease of use.  The Yearbooks attract worldwide attention and are useds by governments, arms control negotiators, United Nations delegations, parliaments, scholars, students, the media, and citizens as unique and indispensable reference works. The SIPRI Yearbook 1990 continues SIPRI's review of the latest developments in nuclear weapons, nuclear explosions, world military expenditure, the international arms trade, chemical and biological weapons, the military use of outer space, ongoing armed conflicts and European arms control, and presents the unique annual calendar of military activities required by the Stockholm Document.  Efforts to control the arms race - in nuclear, chemical, biological, conventional, and space weapons - are described, and the status of negotiations and agreements is analysed. In addition to these regular features and statistics, this latest SIPRI Yearbook contains special studies on debt and international security, on the prospects for the 1990 Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, on laser isotope separation technology, and on the NATO debate over the modernization of short-range nuclear missiles.  Its comprehensive coverage makes it an invaluable sourcebook for anyone seeking authoritative, factual information on issues of armaments and disarmament and thus to anyone interested in strategic studies, war studies, peace studies, and international relations.

SIPRI Yearbook 1990: World Armaments and Disarmament (SIPRI Yearbook Series)

Plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are the basic materials used in nuclear weapons. Plutonium also plays an important part in the generation of nuclear electricity. Knowing how much plutonium and HEU exists, where and in which form is vital for international security and nuclear commerce. This book is a thorough revision of the World Inventory of Plutonium and highly Enriched Uranium, 1992. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the amounts of plutonium and HEU in military and civilian programmes, in nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, and in countries seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. The capibilities that exist for producing these materials around the world are examined in depth, as are the policy issues raised by them. Containing much new information, this book is indispensable to all those concerned with the great contemporary issues in international nuclear relations: arms reductions in the nuclear weapon states, nuclear proliferation, nuclear smuggling, the roles of plutonium and enriched uranium in the nuclear fuel-cycle, and the disposition of surplus weapon material.

Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories, Capabilities, and Policies (SIPRI Monograph Series)

Business & Money

WALKER, WILLIAM

Albright, David

Berkhout, Frans

Economics

Surveying both the technological and political logistics behind satellite monitoring, this collection of essays discusses the technological requirements for a satellite monitoring agency, the present state of remote sensing technology in Europe, the various political roles of monitoring stations, and the possibility of an international constellation of agencies.

Satellites for Arms Control and Crisis Monitoring (SIPRI Monograph Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Bringing together a wide range of opinion regarding the political, technological and legal implications of a ballistic missile defense system, this collection of essays is based on a SIPRI conference on space weapons and international security that included experts from the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan, Europe and non-aligned nations.

Space Weapons and International Security (SIPRI Monograph Series)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

This volume examines the extent to which global deficiencies and degradation of natural resources, coupled with their uneven distribution, can lead to unlikely alliances, national rivalries, and even war. The study evaluates the influence of such factors as geographical distribution, availability, scarcity, and depletion of the world's natural resources--including oil, natural gas, minerals, fresh water, ocean fisheries, and food crops--on strategic and military policy-making. Westing also studies the effect of differential population growth on the actual and perceived availability of resources and presents an expanded, environmentally based view of international security.

Global Resources and International Conflict: Environmental Factors in Strategic Policy and Action (SIPRI Monograph Series)

Now in its eighteenth year, the Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament brings together information on world armaments and the efforts made to limit or reduce them. Compiled from open sources by an international staff working on neutral ground, the yearbook examines pressing issues such as nuclear and space weapons, chemical and biological warfare and military technology, and military expenditure and the arms trade. The 1987 Yearbook devotes a special features section to such critical topics as the Chernobyl reactor accident, comprehensive test ban and verification issues, and South Africa.

SIPRI Yearbook 1987: World Armaments and Disarmament (SIPRI Yearbook Series)

Although a realistic appraisal of Soviet defense efforts is crucial to strategic planning and foreign policy analysis, knowledge in this area is limited to incomplete Soviet figures and unsatisfactory U.S. estimates. Using newly available sources of economic, scientific, and technical military information, an international team of defense authorities here reviews the current knowledge of Soviet defense expenditure, and introduces the most recent and original alternative methods of understanding and appraisal. What emerges is a fascinating account of what is perhaps the single most important "unknown" factor in the study of international affairs.

The Soviet Defence Enigma: Estimating Costs and Burden (SIPRI Monograph Series)

For three decades there has been an effort to restrict nuclear explosions and tests--the most visible manifestations of the arms race. While some see testing as essential for the development of nuclear weapons and deterrence postures, others are concerned about the possible health hazards and believe that test bans are an indispensable step in halting the buildup of nuclear weaponry. This volume, part of a joint study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the Canadian Institute for International Peace, examines the complex technical and political issues involved in a possible cessation or limitation of nuclear tests. Containing papers by leading physicists, nuclear weapon designers, seismologists, international lawyers, strategic analysts, political scientists, and former government advisors and negotiators, the book offers a wide range of authoritative expertise and opinion about the feasibility of achieving a meaningful test limitation.

Nuclear Weapon Tests: Prohibition or Limitation? (SIPRI Monograph Series)

Since the early 1980s, information technology, particularly artificial intelligence, has steadily grown in importance as a potential element in many military projects, including the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), the automated tactical battlefield, and arms control verification. In this volume, thirteen experts look at the major technical, strategic, and political aspects of the issue, assessing its promises and dangers. The first broad overview of the proposed military applications of computers, Arms and Artificial Intelligence considers the conceptual and technical framework of artificial intelligence, the implications for weapon systems and strategy, and the possible applications to arms control verification and modelling. A valuable reference for researchers, students, and policymakers involved in arms control, defense, and foreign affairs, this is a comprehensive and balanced analysis of a momentous international issue.

Arms and Artificial Intelligence: Weapon and Arms Control Applications of Advanced Computing (SIPRI Monograph Series)

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

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