This account of the build-up to the Iraq war by Robert Kelley is a superb succinct summary. Still, to this day, no one has been held accountable for this devastating illegal invasion. Instead, as Kelley says, it’s passed off as ‘a story of faulty and inadequate intelligence, rather than robust and reliable intelligence information ignored.’ … Continue reading Iraq: Ignoring the Expert Weapons Inspectors Proved to Be a Fatal Mistake
Reassessing SIPRI’s military expenditure estimate for the United Kingdom
https://www.sipri.org/commentary/topical-backgrounder/2021/reassessing-sipris-military-expenditure-estimate-united-kingdom In November 2020, in the midst of the ‘second wave’ of COVID-19 and despite a projected 10.4 per cent decrease in the United Kingdom’s gross domestic product in 2020, the British Government announced a £16.5 billion budget boost for ‘defence’. The realities of this announcement however remain unclear. The definition of what constitutes the UK’s total military … Continue reading Reassessing SIPRI’s military expenditure estimate for the United Kingdom
SIPRI: Global military spending remains high at $1.7 trillion
(Stockholm, 2 May 2018) Total world military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017, a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). China’s military expenditure rose again in 2017, continuing an upward trend in spending that has lasted for … Continue reading SIPRI: Global military spending remains high at $1.7 trillion
SIPRI发布2016中文年鉴电子版
SIPRI is proud to e-launch the Chinese-language translation of SIPRI Yearbook 2016. Download a free copy here. [斯德哥尔摩国际和平研究所（SIPRI）将在线提供《SIPRI年鉴2016：军控·裁军和国际安全》的中文电子版。请点击这里免费下载。] SIPRI will launch the Arabic translation of SIPRI Yearbook 2016 in Alexandria, Egypt, next month. Translations are also available in Russian and Ukrainian. SIPRI Yearbook summaries are available in Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. https://www.sipri.org/news/2018/chinese-language-sipri-yearbook-2016-now-available-online-siprifabu2016zhongwennianjiandianziban
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