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Last week, SIPRI's Gretchen Baldwin delivered a keynote speech at the residence of the Moroccan Ambassador to Sweden on 'Returning to the roots: Twenty-five more years of the Women, Peace and Security agenda'. The talk covered key geopolitical trends impacting the WPS agenda's implementation, key opportunities for the next 25 years and recommendations for political stakeholders.

Morocco World News wrote about the event in this article:
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/06/321737/morocco-renews-commitment-to-women-peace-and-security-agenda/

‘The period 2010–25 has been characterized by wide-ranging developments and events that have affected the provision of EU military assistance to the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood. The Arab uprisings, war in Syria, Libya and Gaza, and war between Iran and Israel, are just some examples.'

Read more in this new fact sheet by Zain Hussain on military assistance by the EU and other external actors to the EU's Southern Neighbourhood ➡️ https://bit.ly/3SXIq3J

Explore the centerfold ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Suva6A

'The reality is that the region in the aftermath of this conflict will be much more insecure'—SIPRI Director Karim Haggag spoke to the New York Times about the USA's war in Iran:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/iran-us-peace-deal-nuclear-program-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r1A.SaHZ.An9y2YxWus4w&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The ongoing insecurity in the Lake Chad region—which intersects Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria—cannot be understood in isolation from climate and environmental change.

Today, SIPRI and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) release a fact sheet that focuses on the Lake Chad region and the series of conflict- and climate-related issues that face the region.

Read it now ➡️ https://bit.ly/41kIlZ6

SIPRI recently launched a film exploring the interconnected challenges affecting communities in Mauritania and the importance of strengthening social cohesion and resilience in the face of growing pressures in the Sahel region.

Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3PWgVqr

Watch the film ⬇️https://youtu.be/-ds9eYnVwSk?si=o4yg1MSDiLrkxx09

New SIPRI film highlights social cohesion and resilience in Mauritania SIPRI is pleased to launch a new film exploring the interconnected challenges affecting communities in Mauritania and the importance of strengthening social cohesion and resilience in the face of growing pressures in the Sahel region.

Strengthening the military capabilities of EU🇪🇺 partner states, including by providing weapons, has become an important element of the EU’s approach to peace and security over the past five years. Today, SIPRI releases three publications that map military assistance provided by the EU and other external actors to states in the broader European neighbourhood.

These publications were realized in the context of the project ‘Safeguarding Common Interests: The EU’s Military Assistance to Partner Countries’, which is funded by Stiftung Mercator.

Read the fact sheet on:
The EU’s Southern Neighbourhood: https://bit.ly/3SXIq3J
West Africa: https://bit.ly/4uWxhOb
The EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood: https://bit.ly/4w8X3je

'Looking Beyond the NPT Review Conference'—new external article from SIPRI's Wilfred Wan:

Looking Beyond the NPT Review Conference – Alva Myrdal Centre – Uppsala University Wilfred Wan, Director of the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, co-leader of the AMC working group on Policy and International Law

On 8 June, SIPRI hosted the third iteration of a workshop on nuclear disarmament education ahead of the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) annual conference.

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SIPRI hosts third workshop on nuclear disarmament education On 8 June, SIPRI hosted the third iteration of a workshop on nuclear disarmament education ahead of the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) annual conference.