Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

French arms sales rise fastest in 2016-2020: SIPRI global arms trade report

French arms sales rise fastest in 2016-2020: SIPRI global arms trade report

March 16, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees does not seem to have impacted the defence industries and global arms trade says a report by Stockholm-based research body Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) that tracks the arms indus...

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The Rise of Asia-Oceania and Middle East

The Rise of Asia-Oceania and Middle East

June 5, 2018

The world has expended USD 1,739 billion in the military segment in 2017, amounting to 2.2 pc of the global GDP according to SIPRI. However, this rise of spending – including all expenditure items – is not uniform and the weight of military spending is shifting away from Euro...

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