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International Security Guide

Guides highlighting major resources in international security prepared for students in Arturo Sotomayor's course on Security Policy Analysis

Statistics and Data

A Beginner's Guide to Conflict Data: Finding and Using the Right Dataset

See the following for authoritative compilations of data:

Military Balance
SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
Includes databases on arms transfers, the arms industry, military expenditure, and multilateral peace operations.
United Nations Disarmament Yearbook

SIPRI Yearbook
Covers armaments and arms control, conflicts and resolutions, security arrangements and disarmament, as well as longer-term trends in international security. (Access to SIPRI Yearbooks from 2010 onward.)

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