1. Introduction: international security, armaments and disarmament: Dan Smith: Part I. Armed conflicts and conflict management, 20162. Armed conflict and peace processes: Ian Davis: OverviewMargareta Sollenberg and Erik Melander: I. Patterns of organized violence, 200716Pedro Valenzuela: II. Out of the darkness? The hope for peace in ColombiaDesirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson: III. Mapping armed conflicts over Islamist claims: exploring regional variationsCamilla Schippa and Thomas Morgan: IV. The Global Peace Index 20173.
Armed conflict and instability in the Middle East and North Africa: Ian Davis, Dan Smith and Pieter D. Wezeman: OverviewDan Smith: I. The Middle East and North Africa: 2016 in perspectiveIan Davis: II. The Islamic State in 2016: a failing caliphate but a growing transnational threat?Pieter D. Wezeman: III. Military spending and arms transfers to the Middle East and North Africa4. European security: Ian Anthony: OverviewIan Anthony: I. Conflict or peace in Europe? Increasing uncertainties, rising insecuritiesEkaterina Klimenko: II.
Conflicts in the post-Soviet space: recent developmentsMichael Sahlin: III. Turkeys search for stability and legitimacy in 20165. Peace operations and conflict management: Jaïr Van Der Lijn: OverviewTimo Smit: I. Global trends in peace operationsJaïr Van Der Lijn and Timo Smit: II. Regional trends and developmentsJaïr Van Der Lijn: III. Protection of civilians: the case of South SudanTimo Smit: IV. Table of multilateral peace operations, 2016Part II. Security and development, 20166.
Sustaining peace and sustainable development in dangerous places: Marina Caparini and Gary Milante: OverviewGary Milante: I. Peace and developmentMarina Caparini and Gary Milante: II. Sustaining peace: the new overarching United Nations frameworkEmma Bjertén Günther, Marina Caparini and Yeonju Jung: III. Delivering as one: other multilateral mechanisms for sustaining peaceMarina Caparini and Gary Milante: IV. The peace being sustained: operationalizing prevention7. Coping with crises: forced displacement in fragile contexts: Lina Grip: OverviewLina Grip: I. IntroductionLina Grip: II. Displacement dangersLina Grip: III.
Crises of forced displacement in fragile contexts: key developments in 2016Lina Grip: IV. United Nations and regional responses to displacement crisesLina Grip: V. Conclusions8. Exploring the links between climate change and violent conflict: Malin Mobjörk: OverviewMalin Mobjörk: I. Exploring the climateconflict link: the case of East AfricaMichael Brzoska: II. Weather-related disasters and violent conflictPart III. Military spending and armaments, 20169. Military expenditure: Nan Tian: OverviewNan Tian, Aude Fleurant, Pieter D.
Wezeman and Siemon T. Wezeman: I. Global developments in military expenditureAude Fleurant: II. US military expenditureNan Tian: III. Oil price shocks and military expenditureSam Perlo-Freeman: IV. The backdating of SIPRI military expenditure dataNoel Kelly, Diego Lopes, and Nan Tian: V. Transparency in military expenditure data10. International arms transfers and developments in arms production: Siemon T.
Wezeman and Aude Fleurant: OverviewSiemon T. Wezeman, Aude Fleurant, Nan Tian and Pieter D. Wezeman: I. Developments in arms transfers, 2016Siemon T. Wezeman: II. Arms transfers as military aidMark Bromley and Siemon T. Wezeman: III. Transparency in arms transfersMark Bromley and Pieter Wezeman: IV.
The financial value of states arms exportsAude Fleurant and Nan Tian: V. Arms production and military services11. World nuclear forces: Shannon N. Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: OverviewHans M. Kristensen: I. US nuclear forcesHans M. Kristensen: II.
Russian nuclear forcesShannon N. Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: III. British nuclear forcesShannon N. Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: IV. French nuclear forcesShannon N. Kile and Hans M.
Kristensen: V. Chinese nuclear forcesShannon N. Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: VI. Indian nuclear forcesShannon N. Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: VII. Pakistani nuclear forcesShannon N.
Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: VIII. Israeli nuclear forcesShannon N. Kile and Hans M. Kristensen: IX. North Koreas military nuclear capabilitiesAlexander Glaser and Zia Mian: X. Global stocks and production of fissile materials, 2016Vitaly Fedchenko: XI. Nuclear explosions, 19452016Part IV.
Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, 201612. Nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control: Tariq Rauf and Shannon N. Kile: OverviewShannon N. Kile: I. RussianUS nuclear arms control and disarmamentShannon N. Kile: II. International cooperation to enhance nuclear securityTariq Rauf: III. Initiatives and multilateral treaties on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and arms controlTariq Rauf: IV.
Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Iran13. Chemical and biological security threats: John Hart: OverviewJohn Hart: I. Achieving clarity on Syrian chemical weapon declarations to the 513OPCW and continued chemical weapon use allegationsJohn Hart: II. Allegations of use of chemical weapons in IraqJohn Hart: III. Chemical arms control and disarmamentJohn Hart: IV. Biological arms control14. Conventional arms control: Ian Davis: OverviewIan Anthony: I. International humanitarian law: ICRC guidance and its application in urban warfareIan Davis, Vincent Boulanin, Mark Bromley, Lina Grip And Maaike Verbruggen: II.
Humanitarian arms control regimes: key developments in 2016Ian Anthony: III. A relaunch of conventional arms control in Europe?15. Dual-use and arms trade controls: Sibylle Bauer: OverviewMark Bromley: I. The Arms Trade TreatyMark Bromley, Noel Kelly and Pieter D. Wezeman: II. Multilateral embargoes on arms and dual-use itemsSibylle Bauer and Giovanna Maletta: III. The export control regimesSibylle Bauer and Mark Bromley: IV. Developments in EU dual-use and arms trade controlsMark Bromley: V.
Human rights, the European Union and dual-use export controls.