The 30th edition of the Yearbook analyses developments in 1998 in: Security and conflicts; Military spending and armaments; Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.
It also contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of security- and arms control-related events.
Studies in this volume:
major armed conflicts
the conflicts in Kashmir, Kosovo and Tajikistan
armed conflict prevention, management and resolution
the Good Friday Agreement for Northern Ireland
regional studies of security in the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and Europe
military reform in Russia
world military expenditure
Chinese military expenditure
military research and development
the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan
arms production
transfers of major conventional weapons
international and regional efforts to control the trade in small arms
nuclear, chemical and biological arms control
threats posed by developments in biotechnology and genetic engineering
conventional arms control
the prohibition on anti-personnel mines
multilateral non-cooperative responses to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
The Yearbook has unique collections of official documents concluded during the year in the field of arms control, disarmament and international security. The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.
By:
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 242mm,
Width: 166mm,
Spine: 48mm
Weight: 1g ISBN:9780198296461 ISBN 10: 0198296460 Series:SIPRI Yearbook Series Pages: 808 Publication Date:01 November 1999 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for SIPRI Yearbook 1999: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security
Reviewed in Relations Internationales No. 102, 2000, 261-262 In French.