Introduction. Global security governance: a world of change and challenge 1. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions 2. Major armed conflicts 3. Multilateral peace missions: challenges of peace-building 4. Governing the use of force under international auspices: deficits in parliamentary accountability 5. The greater Middle East 6. Latin America and the Caribbean: security and defence in the post-cold war era 7. Financing security in a global context 8. Military expenditure 9. Arms production 10. International arms transfers 11. Arms control and the non-proliferation process 12. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation 13. Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control 14. Libya’s renunciation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles 15. Conventional arms control 16. International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance 17. Transfer controls 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 SIPRI Yearbook 2005 Press Release complete with Highlights and Chapter Summaries in PDF format