Download or read book SIPRI Yearbook 1999 written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and published by SIPRI Yearbook. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 30th edition of the Yearbook analyses developments in 1998 in: Security and conflicts; Military spending and armaments; Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.It also contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology ofsecurity- and arms control-related events.Studies in this volume:major armed conflictsthe conflicts in Kashmir, Kosovo and Tajikistanarmed conflict prevention, management and resolutionthe Good Friday Agreement for Northern Irelandregional studies of security in the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and Europemilitary reform in Russiaworld military expenditureChinese military expendituremilitary research and developmentthe nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistanarms productiontransfers of major conventional weaponsinternational and regional efforts to control the trade in small armsnuclear, chemical and biological arms controlthreats posed by developments in biotechnology and genetic engineeringconventional arms controlthe prohibition on anti-personnel minesmultilateral non-cooperative responses to the proliferation of weapons of mass destructionThe Yearbook has unique collections of official documents concluded during the year in the field of arms control, disarmament and international security. The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.