Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open source, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public.

The Foreign Policy Think Tank Index ranked SIPRI as the #3 non-U.S. think tank in the world in 2009.

In the 2011 "Global Go To Think Tanks" ranking results for non-U.S. think tanks, SIPRI was ranked #2 ,and #18 worldwide.

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