Order form Press release Press Release in PDF Highlights About the SIPRI Yearbook Contact	About Christer Ahlström
	Dr Christer Ahlström (Sweden) assumed the post of Deputy Director of SIPRI in August 2002. Previously he served as a Deputy Director in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs on issues related to disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
CONTENTS Introduction: Trends and challenges in international security 1. The Euro-Atlantic system and global security 2. Major armed conflicts 3. Multilateral peace missions 4. Afghanistan and the new dynamics of intervention: counter-terrorism and nation building 5. The nuclear confrontation in South Asia 6. The military and security dimensions of the European Union 7. Security sector reform and NATO and EU enlargement 8. The processes of budgeting for the military sector in Africa 9. The military sector in a changing context 10. Military expenditure 11. Arms production 12. New developments in unmanned air vehicles and land-attack cruise missiles 13. International arms transfers 14. Arms control in the new security environment 15. Nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and ballistic missile defence 16. Chemical and biological weapon developments and arms control 17. Conventional arms control in Europe 18. Supply-side measures Annex A. Arms control and disarmament agreements Annex B. Chronology 2002

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