Introduction Chapter 1. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions Chapter 2. Major armed conflicts Chapter 3. Multilateral peace missions: challenges of peace-building Chapter 4. Governing the use of force under international auspices: deficits in parliamentary accountability Chapter 5. The greater Middle East Chapter 6. Latin America and the Caribbean: security and defence in the post-cold war era Chapter 7. Financing security in a global context Chapter 8. Military expenditure Chapter 9. Arms production 9. Arms production Appendix 9A. The 100 largest arms-producing companies, 2003 Appendix 9B. Table of acquisitions, 2004 Chapter 10. International arms transfers Chapter 11. Arms control and the non-proliferation process Chapter 12. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation Chapter 13. Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control Chapter 14. Libya’s renunciation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles Chapter 15. Conventional arms control Chapter 16. International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance Chapter 17. Transfer controls Chapter 18. The Proliferation Security Initiative: international law aspects of the Statement of Interdiction Principles Annex A. Arms control and disarmament agreements Annex B. Chronology 2004 Summaries in 7 languages