Abstract
This article describes the history of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) arms producing and military services companies database (AIDB) as well as its purpose, its main strengths and deficiencies, and its data collection and implementation processes. It presents ideas to improve the AIDB discussed at an expert workshop held in Stockholm on 23–24 March 2018 and reports on concrete recommendations that SIPRI wishes to take forward to improve the database. The article’s first section provides an overview of the database’s history. The second section moves on to AIDB’s weaknesses and strengths, its data collection approach, and the sources and methods used. Section three discusses deficiencies of the database. Section four details aspects of the expert workshop and the important takeaways from the two-day meeting. The final section offers possible solution approaches to problems with the database.
Highlights
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)’s arms industry database Arms producing and military services companies—the arms industry, in short—form the supply side of the military market
It presents ideas to improve the AIDB discussed at an expert workshop held in Stockholm on 23–24 March 2018 and reports on concrete recommendations that SIPRI wishes to take forward to improve the database
Since its creation in 1990, a number of conceptual and practical issues have emerged with the top-100 list, notably its limitations regarding coverage, heuristic value, and relevance to peace research. These were discussed at an expert workshop held at SIPRI’s offices, 23–24 March 2018
Summary
SIPRI’s arms industry database Arms producing and military services companies—the arms industry, in short—form the supply side of the military market. Abstract This article describes the history of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) arms producing and military services companies database (AIDB) as well as its purpose, its main strengths and deficiencies, and its data collection and implementation processes. The primary purpose of SIPRI’s arms producing and military services companies database (AIDB) is to follow such companies’ yearly evolution by presenting their arms sales, describing and analyzing major industry changes, and, when possible, explaining them and their potential consequences.
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