STOCKHOLM - On 8–14 November, SIPRI will convene the seventh annual Stockholm Security Conference on ‘Trends of Conflict and Warfare in the 21st Century: Effects and Impact of the War in Ukraine’. The 2022 conference takes place against the backdrop of a war that is considered a game changer.

Last year nobody expected the type of war being witnessed in Ukraine: a contemporary interstate war in Europe. The conference will focus on the means and methods of warfare used in Ukraine and what implications they have for military spending, the development of new weapons and the role of information warfare.

Against this backdrop, the 2022 conference will focus on the means and methods of warfare used in Ukraine and what implications they have for military spending, the development of new weapons and the role of information warfare. The conference will also explore the effects of the war on the global multilateral system and regional dynamics as well as on old and new nuclear risks. The concepts of protection of civilians and urban warfare discussed during the 2021 conference have become even more relevant. This year’s conference will explore the complexities surrounding the protection of civilians with a particular focus on gender, peacekeeping and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) perspectives.

SIPRI produced a short film that summarizes key findings from the hybrid 2021 Stockholm Security Conference on ‘Battlefields of the Future: Trends of Conflict and Warfare in the 21st Century’.