The 30th edition of the Yearbook analyses developments in 1998 in: Security and conflicts; Military spending and armaments; Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.It also contains extensive annexes on the implementation of arms control and disarmament agreements and a chronology of security- and arms control-related events.

Studies in this volume:

major armed conflicts

the conflicts in Kashmir, Kosovo and Tajikistan

armed conflict prevention, management and resolution

the Good Friday Agreement for Northern Ireland

regional studies of security in the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and Europe

military reform in Russia

world military expenditure

Chinese military expenditure

military research and development

the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan

arms production

transfers of major conventional weapons

international and regional efforts to control the trade in small arms

nuclear, chemical and biological arms control

threats posed by developments in biotechnology and genetic engineering

conventional arms control

the prohibition on anti-personnel mines

multilateral non-cooperative responses to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction


The Yearbook has unique collections of official documents concluded during the year in the field of arms control, disarmament and international security. The annual accounts and analyses are extensively footnoted, providing a comprehensive bibliography in each subject area.