Research institute, whose main interests in: arms transfers, arms production, military expenditures, military technology, chemical and biological weapons, European security.
WWW service has information on the Institute’s programmes and publications, full text of some of the documentation produced by/for the institute’s research (especially in the area of arms transfers), searchable index to journal articles ( a union database from a network of libraries) not updated on web version after 31st December 1997, its library database (books), collection of full text arms transfer control documents, information on the Chemical Weapons Convention, and links to other sources. Also contains information on the European Information Network on International Relations and Area Studies,EINIRAS.
Produces a printed SIPRI Yearbook reviewing latest developments in the field.