SIPRI Update, April 2009
Links
SIPRI presents links only for institutes and organizations with whom it has some kind of cooperation.
For submission of links in International Relations and Security we recommend the ISN links library
| Institutes and organizations |
| Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) BICC is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating the processes whereby people, skills, technology, equipment, and financial and economic resources can be shifted away from the defense sector and applied to alternative civilian uses. |
| CBW Educational Module The CBW module improves your knowledge and understanding of non-proliferation in general and CBW non-proliferation in particular. |
| Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, CAST CAST is an independent, non commercial NGO. The Centre is also one of the few research institutes in Russia that is not tied to political parties, state bodies, commercial organizations and interest groups. The main goal of CAST is to promote innovative research addressing the security challenges and implications of arms and technology trade and defence restructuring. |
| Center of International Relations and International Cooperation, CIDOB The CIDOB Foundation maintains as permanent research the coverage and study of the foreign policy and international cooperation of Spain and of the European Union (EU) vis-a-vis their geographic areas of priority. |
| Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University Uppsala The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. |
| Heidelberg Institute of International Conflict Research HIIK is a non-profit organization for the research and documentation of internal and international, non-violent and violent political conflicts since 1945. It is based on a research project KOSIMO at the University of Heidelberg from 1988-1991 which was financed by the German Research Foundation. |
| Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity, INCORE INCORE aims to address the management and resolution of conflict via a combination of research, training and other activities which inform and influence national and international organizations working in the field of conflict. |
| Institute for Security and Development Policy The Institute for Security and Development Policy is a Stockholm-based independent and non-profit research and policy institute. The Institute is dedicated to expanding understanding of international affairs, particularly the interrelationship between the issue areas of conflict, security and development. |
| Institut für Friedenspädagogik Tübingen e.V. The Institute for Peace Education is a non-profit institution with the goal of bringing the problems of peace and conflict into the forefront of public consciousness. |
| Institute for Science and International Security, ISIS ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep reductions in nuclear arsenals. |
| International Relations and Security Network The International Relations and Security Network (ISN) is an initiative designed to promote the free flow of unclassified information and to facilitate cooperation through training and education using modern information technology. |
| Inter-parliamentary Union The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign States. It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. |
| Norman Paterson School of International Affairs The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) offers a program organized around three main streams: Development Studies, Conflict Analysis, International Political Economy. |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons At this website the Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons provides information on the Chemical Weapons Convention but also on other issues relating to toxic chemicals and chemical protection. |
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Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization At this Web site, the CTBTO PrepCom provides information on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and activities to establish the global verification regime foreseen in the Treaty. |
| Project on the Destruction of Chemical Weapons in Russia The SIPRI/BICC project conducts a study of chemical weapon destruction in Russia. Five general areas are addressed: 1.) Macro and micro-economic impact of CW destruction; 2.) Legal and political issues linked to the development of a CW destruction plan; 3.) Proposed destruction technologies and options for conversion of CW, CW production facilities and CW destruction facilities; 4.) Environmental impact and and safety monitoring programmes; and 5.) Social aspects. |
| Project on the Effective Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention A project by the SIPRI-Saskatchewan-Frankfurt Group on the national implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). |
| SwissPeace Swisspeace is an action-oriented peace-research institute in the area of conflict analysis and peacebuilding. It researches the causes of wars and violent conflicts, develops tools for early recognition of tensions, and formulates conflict mitigation and peacebuilding strategies. |
| The Global IDP project The Global IDP Project is a unique and vital information and advocacy project which aims to strengthen the capacity of international organizations, governments and NGOs to respond to the needs of internally displaced worldwide. |
| The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers, NISAT NISAT combines the resources and networks of its partner organizations to help block the spread of small arms to areas where they are likely to be used in warfare, armed violence or human rights abuses. |
| The School for a Culture of Peace, ECP The School for a Culture of Peace was created in 1999 with the aim to work on culture of peace related issues, such as human rights, analysis of conflicts and peace processes, education for peace, disarmament and the prevention of armed conflicts. |
| The Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI FOI is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Defence. FOI´s research encompasses the entire field of applied science from advanced computer models, physics, aerodynamics and elec tronics to chemistry, microbiology and medicine, as well as security policy and defence analysis. |
| The Swedish Institute for International Affairs The Swedish Institute for International Affairs is an independent public service institution charged with the task of providing information on international relations and conduction advanced research on international security issues. |
| UNITAR POCI, Information on Distance Training for Peacekeeping The United Nations Institute for Training and Research Programme of Correspondence Instruction in Peacekeeping Operations. |
| United Nations The official website of the United Nations. |
| United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) UNIDIR is an autonomous institution within the framework of the United Nations. It was established by the General Assembly for the purpose of undertaking independent research on disarmament and related problems, particularly international security issues. |
| World Bank The official web site of the World Bank Group. |
| Sweden |
| The Swedish Government The official web site of the Swedish Government. |
| The Swedish Parliament The official web site of the Swedish Parliament. |
| Stockholm The official visitors guide. |
| SUNET (Swedish University Computer Network) The official web site of the Swedish University Computer Network. |
| Other |
| SunSITEs |