Download or read book SIPRI Yearbook 2004 written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and published by SIPRI Yearbook. This book was released on 2004 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 35th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2003 in o Security and conflicts o Military spending and armaments o Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament The 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 legacy o Euro-Atlantic organizations and relationships o The Iraq war: enduring controversies and challenges o Major armed conflicts and multilateral peace missions o Post-conflict justice: developments in international courts o China's new security multilateralism and implications for the Asia-Pacific region o National defence reform and the African Union o Security sector reform in the Western Balkans o Sciences and technology-based military innovation: the United States and Europe. o World military expenditure and arms production o Military expenditure in the Middle East and the Iraq war o Arms industries in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine o International arms transfers and the suppliers of ballistic missile technology o Biological weapons and potential indicators of offensive biological weapon activities o Major trends in arms control and non-proliferation o Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation, world nuclear forces and ballistic missile defence o Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control o The SARS epidemic and biochemical weapon threats o Conventional arms control o Transfer controls and arms destruction programmes o Withdrawal from arms control treaties The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.