Sipri

Even as Russia and US reduce warheads, 'worrying' new focus on nuclear deterrence, notes SIPRI report

The world's nuclear powers are reducing their arsenals but they are also modernising, putting a fresh and "worrying" focus on strategic deterrence, a Stockholm-based think tank said Monday

Donald Trump has helped China replace US in Islamabad, offered Beijing free control of Pakistan's 'terror infrastructure'

After committing $55 billion for CPEC, Chinese state-owned companies are now moving in to spend another $100 billion in the region, showing Donald Trump that the $2 billion US aid is peanuts

India, Saudi Arabia emerge as largest importers of arms; US, China lead in defence expenditures

India, Saudi Arabia, UAE, China and Algeria emerged as the top importers during the five year period of 2012-2016, shows a Firstpost analysis of the latest SIPRI report on global arms sales

Arms sale increases globally for first time in five years; American firms continue to top charts, says report

Global arms sales increased for the first time in five years in 2016 as rising geopolitical tensions fuelled defence spending

Indian military spending, at $55.9 billion for 2016, becomes fifth largest in the world

India's military expenditure grew around 8.5 percent in 2016, making it the world's fifth largest spender at $55.9 billion, figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) revealed on Monday

Global military spending rises to nearly $1.7 trillion amid West Asian conflicts: Sipri annual report

Global military spending rose in 2015 to nearly $1.7 trillion, the first increase in several years, driven by conflicts including the battle against the Islamic State group, the Saudi-led war in Yemen and fears about Iran, a report released on Tuesday shows.