SIPRI North America is the new Washington D.C. based research center for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). SIPRI North America's aim is to increase different global perspectives to security and foreign policy debates across North America and strengthen cooperation between SIPRI and its transatlantic partners. The center was officially launched at the House of Sweden in Washington D.C. on February 6, 2012. The first Executive Director of SIPRI North America is Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat.
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