SIPRI Yearbook 1997

The 28th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 1996 in global and regional security conflicts, military expenditure, research and development, arms production and the arms trade, non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.

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This yearbook continues SIPRI's annual analyses of developments in major armed conflicts, in conflict prevention, management and resolution, and in peacekeeping, developments in chemical and biological weapons, new military technology, world military expenditure, nuclear explosions, arms production, the arms trade, and nuclear, chemical, and biological arms control.

Special Studies in this volume:

BL area studies of the Middle East, Russia, and Europe

BL armed conflict prevention, management and resolution

BL information on multilateral observer, peacekeeping and electoral operations

BL the comprehensive test ban treaty

BL multilateral military-related export control measures

BL the trade in major conventional weapons and conventional arms control