The 36th edition of the "SIPRI Yearbook" analyses developments in 2004 in: security and conflicts; military spending and armaments; and non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. "The SIPRI Yearbook" contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements, and a chronology of events during the year in the area of security and arms control. The studies in this volume are: Euro-Atlantic security; Major armed conflicts; Multilateral peace missions; Governing the use of force under international auspices; The greater Middle East; Latin America and the Caribbean; Environmental security; Financing security in a global context; Military expenditure; Arms production; International arms transfers; Arms control and the non-proliferation process; Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation; Chemical and biological weapon developments and arms control; Libya's renunciation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and longer-range missile programmes; Conventional arms control; International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance; Multilateral export controls; and The Proliferation Security Initiative. The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.