SIPRI Yearbook 2010: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security
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I. Overview I. Overview
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Assessing the past year Assessing the past year
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Key themes of SIPRI Yearbook 2010 Key themes of SIPRI Yearbook 2010
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II. SIPRI Yearbook 2010: highlights and findings II. SIPRI Yearbook 2010: highlights and findings
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Security and conflicts Security and conflicts
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Military spending and armaments Military spending and armaments
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Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament
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III. Conclusions III. Conclusions
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Introduction: International security, armaments and disarmament in 2010
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Published:05 August 2010
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Overview
Assessing the past year
While the past year saw some encouraging steps in relation to nuclear disarmament and in the resolution of some regional conflicts, overall the world faced continuing and growing challenges to security, stability and peace. The financial crisis and economic recession that affected most of the globe appeared to have little effect on levels of military expenditure, arms production or arms transfers. On the other hand, the crisis probably did undermine the willingness and ability of major governments and multilateral institutions to invest other, non-military resources to address the challenges and instabilities that threaten societies and individuals around the world.
The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan continued. Some greater stability came to Iraq, and the United States announced the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraqi cities and villages in June 2009. Conditions worsened in Afghanistan. The USA more than doubled its troop levels in Afghanistan—from 32 000 at the end of 2008 to 68 000 at the end of 2009—with US President Barack Obama authorizing the deployment of an additional 30 000 troops in December 2009. Across the world, 17 major armed conflicts carried on in such places as Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Palestinian territories, Pakistan, the Philippines and Somalia. Major armed conflicts involving Rwanda and Uganda began anew in 2009. Fighting in Sri Lanka between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam came to an end in 2009, but some 250 000 civilians were caught up in the fighting with significant losses of innocent life. Violence in Pakistan’s Swat Valley region escalated in 2009, to include a major Pakistani military offensive against Taliban insurgents; hundreds of thousands of civilians were displaced and hundreds killed as a result of the fighting. Some of the greatest violence occurred not in traditionally defined, politically motivated conflict, but rather between Mexican authorities and criminal organizations involved in the drug trade, leaving thousands dead.
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