SIPRI

03/06/2026

Personnel deployments to peace operations declined sharply to reach 78 633 in 2025, just over half the number deployed in 2016 and the smallest number in at least 25 years.

Read the press release ➡️ https://bit.ly/4uo2ES9

02/06/2026

SIPRI's Caroline Delgado participated in an event at the Centre for Health Crises, Karolinska Institutet, on what a changing global landscape means for humanitarianism, the role of states, and the responsibilities of humanitarian actors.

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02/06/2026

SIPRI's latest data covered by de Volkskrant:

Mondiale verdeeldheid en een gebrek aan geld zetten het voortbestaan van internationale vredesmissies steeds meer onder druk. Vorig jaar daalde het aantal actieve personeelsleden in dit soort missies tot het laagste niveau in zeker 25 jaar tijd.

02/06/2026

'All guns blazing – How the arms trade went into overdrive'—SIPRI's Pieter Wezeman discusses the realities of the arms trade in 2026 with Gavin Esler on the This is Not a Drill podcast.

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As drones and missiles darken the skies above conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, is a transformation in modern warfare leading to a new arms race? And as techno...

01/06/2026

Dr Jaïr van der Lijn, Director of the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme, reflects on the falling number of personnel in peace operations highlighted in SIPRI's latest report.

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01/06/2026

🎥 Today SIPRI releases a new Spotlight video featuring Dr Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Researcher at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy, MIT, reflecting on the legacy of the Chornobyl disaster and the nuclear security challenges facing the international community today.

Watch it now ➡️

As part of a SIPRI talk on the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl di...

01/06/2026

Last week SIPRI released its latest data on multilateral peace operations. Covered here in Le Parisien: https://bit.ly/4a2xd7M

01/06/2026

SIPRI Senior Researcher Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz explains the challenges in filling the gaps left as UN-led conflict management becomes less prominent.

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29/05/2026

'The number of international troops deployed in United Nations peace operations has fallen to its lowest level in at least a quarter century'—coverage in Asia Net News.

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Explore SIPIR's visualizations: https://www.sipri.org/visualizations/2026/MPO

Global troop strength in multilateral peace operations has dropped nearly half since 2016, with the UN system struggling under a $2 billion funding shortfall, deadlocked Security Council decisions, and the absence of credible regional alternatives.

29/05/2026

'År 2025 innebar ett bottenår för deltagande i fredsbevarande insatser'—The latest SIPRI data on developments and trends in multilateral peace operations featured by TV4 (in Swedish):

Nyheter från TV4: Sviktande deltagande i fredsbevarande insatser