Wilfred Wan

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Articles

Blurring conventional-nuclear boundaries: Nordic developments, global implications

Jan 14, 2025 | sipri.org | Wilfred Wan

In July 2024 Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the development of a next-generation ‘supersonic strike missile’, as part of a collaborative project between Norway and Germany first announced in November 2023. The plan is for the new manoeuvrable naval strike missile, dubbed the Tyrfing, to be operational in 2035.
SIPRI participates in fourth edition of World Emerging Security Forum

Jan 8, 2025 | sipri.org | Jingdong Yuan |Wilfred Wan

On 5 December 2024, SIPRI’s Director and leading experts participated in the World Emerging Security Forum (WESF) in Seoul, an annual event aimed at shaping global discussions on ways to effectively tackle emerging security threats. Dan Smith, Dr Wilfred Wan and Dr Jingdong Yuan took part in discussions on the interplay of geopolitics and emerging technologies, and the growing competition for resources for technological development.
SIPRI experts to participate in Nobel Peace Prize event

Nov 19, 2024 | sipri.org | Hans M. Kristensen |Wilfred Wan

On 11 December 2024, two leading SIPRI experts will take part in a panel on nuclear weapons organized by the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Programme, and Hans M. Kristensen, Associate Senior Fellow in SIPRI’s WMD Programme and Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, will participate in the panel ‘NUKES—How to counter the threat’ during the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.
Synergies between Women, Peace and Security and the governance of WMD

Oct 8, 2024 | sipri.org | Wilfred Wan

With the 25th anniversary of the landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) coming next year, it is high time to assess the widespread impact it and subsequent WPS resolutions (collectively referred to as the WPS agenda) have had on the international security landscape.
Navigating Security Dilemmas in Indo-Pacific Waters: Undersea Capabilities and Armament Dynamics

Jun 27, 2024 | sipri.org | Tytti Erästö |Fei Su |Wilfred Wan

Dr Tytti Erästö, Fei Su and Dr Wilfred Wan Publisher: SIPRI This paper examines the drivers and implications of naval build-ups in the Indo-Pacific, considering key actors’ security objectives and threat perceptions, as well as the interplay of regional dynamics and strategic relations between nuclear-armed states.
SIPRI co-hosts TPNW side event on teaching nuclear disarmament

Dec 8, 2023 | sipri.org | Wilfred Wan

On 27 November, SIPRI and the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament at Uppsala University hosted a side event at the second meeting of states parties to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in New York. The event explored how nuclear disarmament and related issues are being taught in different settings, including in post-secondary institutes, training courses for diplomats and for the general public.
Armas nucleares en el mundo: cuántas hay, quién las tiene, cómo evolucionan

Sep 26, 2023 | huffingtonpost.es | Wilfred Wan

Como cada 26 de septiembre desde 2014, Naciones Unidas conmemora este martes el Día Internacional para la Eliminación Total de las Armas Nucleares. Celebrar no, no hay nada que celebrar en un mundo en el que la amenaza atómica en vez de retroceder se incrementa. La mayor prioridad en materia de desarme para la ONU es una trinchera en la que se parapetan, en cambio, las nueve potencias nucleares del planeta y sus aliados, que no mueven un dedo por cambiar las cosas.
Nuclear Security in Ukraine and the Black Sea Region: New Threats, New Risks, New Consequences

Apr 10, 2023 | sipri.org | Vitaly G. Fedchenko |Wilfred Wan

Nuclear security threats in the Black Sea region went through momentous changes between the 1990s and 2023. Up to 2014 the region was known as the location for the most high-profile cases of nuclear smuggling. In 2014 Ukraine lost control of parts of its territory and borders, which exacerbated the same nuclear security challenges. Attacks on nuclear installations were still seen as unlikely. In 2022 the Russian military did attack Ukrainian nuclear facilities.