Global security in 2022 is markedly worse than it was ten years ago. Wars have become more frequent in the world, military spending has increased, and the problem of food security has worsened. This was the conclusion reached by the experts of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Separately, experts singled out Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine, which has intensified the confrontation between major powers, "weakening arms control and making diplomacy less effective," according to SIPRI's annual report published on Monday.
Experts note that as geopolitical relations deteriorate, the nuclear powers - the United States, Russia, Great Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel - are increasing the number of deployed nuclear warheads and continuing to modernize their nuclear arsenals. Some of them have deployed new weapons systems with or capable of carrying nuclear warheads in 2022, the SIPRI report said.
The report notes that the US and Russia have almost 90% of the world's nuclear weapons. About 2,000 warheads — almost all of them belonging to Russia and the United States — were in a state of increased combat capability. Missiles were equipped with them or placed at strategic air bases.
China has increased its nuclear arsenal from 350 warheads to 410. SIPRI believes that the number of Chinese ballistic missiles could match those of Russia or the United States by the end of the decade.
