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The Re-Making of International Security: Arms Transfer Trends in a Changing Global Order

The geostrategic implications of recent trends in global arms transfers.

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March 11, 2026 from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (US Eastern)

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Amidst an increasingly unsettled global environment, fears about deteriorating security are raising questions about the durability of international partnerships and the relationships fueling military power. To explore how these trends are shaping international security cooperation, join the Stimson Center and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for a virtual event featuring newly released SIPRI data on recent trends in international arms transfers. Situating these developments within a broader strategic context, the event will consider how arms transfers reflect uncertainty in a global order and disruption of long-standing diplomatic ties and evolving patterns of security cooperation.

Featured Speakers

Siemon T. Wezeman, Senior Researcher, Arms Transfers Programme, SIPRI


Elias Yousif, Fellow and Deputy Director, Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center


Annie Shiel, Director, US Advocacy, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)


Rachel Stohl, Senior Vice President of Research Programs and Director of the Conventional Defense Program (Moderator)


Header photo: Airmen from the 51st Munitions Squadron unload guided bomb units (GBUs) during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Bulldog 11-01 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 25, 2011. U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Evelyn Chavez / Flickr.

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