World entering new era as nuclear powers build up arsenals, SIPRI thinktank says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters The world’s nuclear-armed states are beefing up their atomic arsenals and walking out of arms control pacts, creating a new era of threat that has brought an end to decades of reductions in stockpiles since the Cold War, a thinktank said on Monday. Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12,241 […]
World military spending hits $US2.7 trillion in record 2024 surge
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters World military expenditure reached $US2.72 trillion in 2024, an increase of 9.4 per cent from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War, according to a report released by a leading conflict thinktank on Monday. Heightened geopolitical tension saw increased military spending in all world […]
European arms imports soared in past four years, SIPRI thinktank says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters European arms imports rose 155 per cent in 2020-24 and Ukraine has become the world’s biggest arms importer following Russia’s 2022 invasion, according to a report released by a leading conflict thinktank on Monday. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showed the United States continued to dominate the global […]
Essay: Military spending in DRC and South Sudan rose fastest in the world – society ends up paying the price
NAN TIAN, of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, on how conflict is driving up military spending in Africa’s hotspots…
The global nuclear arsenal grew last year, SIPRI says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters The number of operational nuclear weapons rose slightly in 2022 as countries implemented long-term force modernisation and expansion plans, a leading conflict thinktank said on Monday, warning that the world was entering a dangerous phase. A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory […]
Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm thinktank says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia’s war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, a leading conflict and armaments think tank said on Monday. Ukrainian service members from a 3rd separate assault brigade […]
Global nuclear arsenal to grow for first time since Cold War – thinktank
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming years for the first time since the Cold War while the risk of such weapons being used is the greatest in decades, a leading conflict and armaments thinktank said on Monday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Western support for Kyiv has […]
Global military spending rises 2.6 per cent in 2020 despite pandemic hit
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Global military expenditure rose by 2.6 per cent to $US1.98 trillion last year even as some defence funds were reallocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report issued on Monday. The five biggest spenders in 2020, which together accounted for 62 per cent of […]
Peacebuilding in Somalia – another victim of climate change?
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change is hampering peacebuilding in Somalia as droughts and floods strengthen the hand of militants and weaken the power of government, a report said on Wednesday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said three decades of conflict – coupled with increasingly severe droughts – were posing serious challenges to the […]