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Evaluating the impact of the Arms Trade Treaty

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Outer Space Security Conference 2026

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The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is an autonomous institution within the United Nations that conducts independent research on disarmament and international security issues.

Building a more secure world.

Evaluating the impact of the Arms Trade Treaty

Outer Space Security Conference 2026

UNIDIR’s Science and Technology Watchtower: Monitoring Innovation for Disarmament

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Inclusive global security

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Conflict prevention and peacebuilding

Disarmament fora

Space security

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Chemical and biological weapons

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Interconnected global risks

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Nuclear weapons

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Latest publications

Arms Control in a Time of Mistrust: Unilateral Initiatives

Gender and Nuclear Weapons

Entangled Frontiers: Quantum-AI Convergence in Defence and International Security

Social Acceptance of Iraqi Returnees from Al-Hol Camp

Mainstreaming Gender in Cybersecurity: A Compendium of Good Practices

International Humanitarian Law and Cyber Operations: (Consequences of) Divergent National Interpretations of “Attack” and “Data”

Examining the Security Council’s Use of Conventional Arms Control

Return to Dry Lands: How Agricultural Decline Impedes Post-Conflict Reintegration in Iraq

Navigating a New Era for Nuclear Energy in the Middle East

Upcoming events

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at 30

Understanding thermobaric weapons: Technological capacities and governance frameworks

Outer Space Security Conference 2026

Supporting substantive preparations for the First Meeting of States on the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management

Small arms and ammunition control in Africa: Challenges, opportunities and ways forward for subregional approaches

Innovations Dialogue 2026: Electromagnetic disruption, peace and security

News

Reviewing the Arms Trade Treaty

Highlights

As Earth’s orbit becomes more strategic, UNIDIR gathers experts for security talks in Geneva

New initiative paves the way towards a mine-free Africa

UNIDIR and Thailand advance national implementation of UN cyber norms

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How arms export decisions can help prevent gender-based violence

Youth voices shaping global security

International law in cyberspace

The myth of empty space

What is agentic AI?

Insights from UNIDIR’s Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2026

Preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence

Militarizing neurotechnology

2026 Training on Norms, International Law and Cyberspace: Cyber governance in ten years

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