World military spending almost $2 trillion in 2020: SIPRI
Total global military expenditure rose to $1981 billion last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent in real terms from 2019
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Autocracy is on the rise: Should we expect military spending to follow
Autocracies—political regimes where civil society’s influence and control over decision making is limited and unevenly distributed—are, for the first time since 2001, the majority in the world.
Resilience better than deterrence in managing cyber incidents: SIPRI
We should focus on making sure that critical infrastructure can withstand pressure, no matter what causes it. Likewise, when critical infrastructure fails in its function, the top priority is to get the lost functionality back;
Recent advances in artificial intelligence contribute to nuclear risk
Nuclear-armed states’ competition in military AI and premature adoption of AI in nuclear weapons and related capabilities could have a negative impact on strategic stability and increase the likelihood of nuclear weapon use.
Declining trends in multilateral peace operations
Declining trends in multilateral peace operations continued in 2019;
attention shifting towards the Middle East and North Africa
Global military expenditure sees largest annual increase in a decade; China, India feature among top 5 spenders
The five largest spenders in 2019, which accounted for 62 per cent of expenditure, were the United States, China,
India, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
India’s annual defence exports to touch Rs 35,000 crore by 2024, says Rajnath Singh
Singh also said he has no doubt about India emerging as among the three major economies of the world by 2030 and the defence industries will have an important role to play.