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Klappentext The 35th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyzes key developments in 2003 in security and conflicts; military spending and armaments; and non-proliferation, arms control, and disarmament. This major publication will also contain extensive annexes on arms control and disarmament agreements, and a chronology of security- and arms-control related events. Zusammenfassung The 35th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2003 ino Security and conflictso Military spending and armamentso Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmamentThe 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 legacyo Euro-Atlantic organizations and relationshipso The Iraq war: enduring controversies and challenges o Major armed conflicts and multilateral peace missionso 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 waro 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-proliferationo Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation, world nuclear forces and ballistic missile defenceo 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 treatiesThe annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Iraq: The Legacy Part I: Security and Conflicts 2003 1: Pàl Dunnay and Zdzislaw Lachowski: Euro-Atlantic Organizations and Relationships 2: Andrew Cottey: The Iraq War: The Enduring Controversies and Challenges 3: Renata Dwan and Micaela Gustavsson: Major Armed Conflicts Appendix 3A: Patterns of Major Armed Conflicts 1990-2003 Appendix 3B: Definitions, Sources, and Methods for the Conflict Data 4: Renata Dwan and Sharon Wiharta: Multilateral Peace Missions 5: Sharon Wiharta: Post-conflict Justice: Developments in International Courts 6: Bates Gill: China's New Security Multilateralism and its Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region 7: Rocky Williams: National Defence Reform and the African Union 8: Marina Caparini: Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans Part II: Military Spending and Armaments 2003 9: Björn Hagelin: Science- and Technology-based Military Intervention: The United States and Europe 10: Elisabeth Sköns, Catalina Perdomo, Sam Perlo-Freeman, and Petter Stålenheim: Military Expenditure Appendix 10A: Tables of Military Expenditure Appendix 10B: Tables of NATO Military Expenditure by Category Appendix 10C: Sources and Methods for Military Expenditure Data Appendix 10D: The Reporting of Military Expenditure Data Appendix 10E: Military Expenditure in the Middle East After the Iraq War 11: Elisabeth Sköns, Sibylle Bauer, and Eamon Surry: Arms Production Appendix 11A: The 100 Largest Arms-producing Companies 2002 Appendix 11B: Table of Acquisitions 2003 Appendix 11C: The Arms Industries of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus 12: Björn Hagelin, Mark Bromley, and Siemon T. Wezeman: International Arms Transfers Appendix 12A: The Volume of Transfers of M...