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09/10/2026

SIPRI Director Karim Haggag comments in this DW News interview on the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize (in English):

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09/10/2026

‘In awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Judge Navi Pillay, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sent an extremely powerful message about the need to strengthen the rule of law as a pillar of peace and justice,’—SIPRI congratulates Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay on the award of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Read the full statement by SIPRI Director Karim Haggag:
https://www.sipri.org/news/press-release/2026/sipri-statement-2026-nobel-peace-prize

Nobel Prize

09/10/2026

: Outer space is critical for civilian and military purposes.
Yet, recent developments in space reflects a trend towards an increasingly contested security domain. Dr Wilfred Wan, Director of the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, explains how growing uncertainty and rising tensions could increase the risk of miscalculation.
Explore SIPRI's work on space security:
➡️ https://www.sipri.org/research/armament-and-disarmament/weapons-mass-destruction/space-security

08/10/2026

: Europe faces impending instability at the space–nuclear nexus in today’s changing strategic environment. This new essay by SIPRI Senior Researcher Nivedita Raju considers how European states are responding to these strategic shifts in the space and nuclear domains.

Read it here ➡️

Europe faces impending instability at the space–nuclear nexus in today’s changing strategic environment. This essay considers how European states are responding to these strategic shifts in the space and nuclear domains.

07/10/2026

Happening tomorrow: Join SIPRI on 8 October for the webinar ‘Managing Quantum Computer Export Controls in an Era of Geopolitical Competition’.

Secure your spot ➡️ https://bit.ly/4s0h76F
Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4zbu7bV

🗓️ 8 October 2026 12:00 - 13:15
🎙️ Kolja Brockmann (moderator), Dongyoun Cho, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Dr Johan Evers, Imec, and Dr Ian Stewart, Center for Nonproliferation Studies (DC), Middlebury College

07/10/2026

How does climate change affect the infrastructure that supports AI? At Caixin's Asia New Vision Forum in Singapore, SIPRI’s Florian Krampe argued that chip plants and data centres depend on water, power and stable temperatures, all of them exposed to climate change.
Learn more about SIPRI’s work on climate change and risk:
➡️ https://bit.ly/3TDKnDn

Photo: Caixin Global

07/10/2026

On 24 September, SIPRI, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN, the Open Society Foundations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union organized a side event during UN General Assembly High-level Week 2026 in New York.

The event, moderated by SIPRI Director Karim Haggag, explored the impact of rising military spending on international peace and security and the role of parliamentary oversight in safeguarding responsible government spending.

Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4dJxkqX

07/10/2026

📣 Applications open for online course on WMD non-proliferation and disarmament

🗓️ 30 November to 3 December 2026
📍Online, in English
🔗 Read more and apply by 19 October 2026 here:
https://www.sipri.org/news/2026/applications-open-online-course-wmd-non-proliferation-and-disarmament

EU non-Proliferation and Disarmament

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06/10/2026

Debris-creating anti-satellite tests score low on strategic and military benefits: This recent article by Nivedita Raju and Matt Korda on debris-generating ASAT tests was quoted in Asia Times:
➡️ https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/us-anti-satellite-push-revs-up-space-arms-race-with-china-russia/

Read the full essay ➡️ https://fas.org/publication/anti-satellite-tests-score-low-on-benefits/

In the current environment of declining trust and magnifying strategic competition, banning debris-creating tests is a concrete step towards stability that favors interests of all states seeking to conduct space activities.

06/10/2026

SIPRI Distinguished Associate Fellow Robert E. Kelley comments on tests designed to detect low-yield nuclear explosions:

US Energy Department conducts underground explosive test in Nevada designed to detect low-yield nuclear explosions from China.