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 include area studies of the Middle East, Russia, and Europe; armed conflict prevention, management and resolution; information on multilateral observer, peacekeeping and electoral operations; the comprehensive test ban treaty; multilateral military-related export control measures; and the trade in major conventional weapons and conventional arms control.

• Preface


• Acronyms


• Glossary


• Introduction


• Part 1: Global and regional security conflicts, 1996


• 1: Margareta Sollenberg and Peter Wallensteen: Major armed conflicts


• Appendix 1A: Major armed conflicts, 1996


• 2: Trevor Findlay: Armed conflict prevention, management and resolution


• Appendix 2A: Multilateral observer, peacekeeping and electoral operations


• 3: Peter Jones: The Middle East


• Appendix 3A: Documents on the Middle East peace process


• 4: Vladimir Baranovsky: Conflicts in and around Russia


• 5: Adam Daniel Rotfeld: Europe: In Search of Cooperative Security


• Appendix 5A: Documents on European Security


• Part 2: Military Expenditure, RandD, arms production and the arms trade, 1996


• 6: Paul George Evamaria Loose-Wientraub and Agnes Courades Allebeck: Military Expenditure


• Appendix 6A: Tables of military expenditure


• Appendix 6B: Sources and methods


• 7: Eric Arnett: Military research and development


• 8: Elisabeth Sk?ns: Arms Production


• Appendix 8A: The 100 largest arms-producing companies, 1995


• 9: Ian Anthony, Pieter D. Wezeman, and Siemon T. Wezeman: The trade in major conventional weapons


• Appendix 9A: Tables of the volume of the trade in major conventional weapons, 1987-96


• Appendix 9B: Register of the trade in, and licensed production of major conventional weapons, 1996


• Appendix 9C: Sources and methods


• Part 3: Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 1996


• 10: Ian Anthony, Jean Pascal Zanders and Susanna Eckstein: Multilateral military-related export control measures


• 11: Shannon Kile: Nuclear arms control


• Appendix 11A: Tables of nuclear forces as of January 1997


• 12: Eric Arnett: The comprehensive test ban treaty


• Appendix 12A: The CTBT (excerpts)


• Appendix 12B: Nuclear Explosions, 1945-96


• 13: Jean Pascal Zanders, Susanna Eckstein, and John Hart: Chemical and biological weapon developments and arms control


• 14: Zdzislaw Lachowski: Conventional arms control


• Appendix 14A: Implementation of CSBMs, the pan-European and subregional dimensions, developments in 1996


• Appendix 14B: Documents on conventional arms control


• ANNEXES


• Annexe A: Arms control and disarmament agreements


• Annexe B: Chronology 1996


• About the contributors


• Abstracts


• Index