Katarina Djokic
kdjokic.bsky.social
Katarina Djokic
@kdjokic.bsky.social
Researcher with Arms Transfers Programme @SIPRI.bsky.social
#DefenseProcurement, #civmil and everything inbetween. All views are my own. The usual disclaimers apply.
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🗓️ On 29 August at 14.00 CEST, #SIPRI will host a virtual event to launch the new report ‘Bias in Military #AI and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law’.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41Pt7M5
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4oHJCnp
August 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections".

Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky
a man in a suit says this is ridiculous in white letters
ALT: a man in a suit says this is ridiculous in white letters
media.tenor.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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🚨 New EUNPDC Newsletter out now! 🚨

Discover in this issue: 👇(1/2)

🔍 An in-depth interview: “Nuclear Deterrence in India-Pakistan Crisis Management Dynamics” with
Cervasio Chiara (@BASIC)

📄 A timely analysis: “Ottawa Convention at a Critical Juncture”
July 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Reposted by Katarina Djokic
It’s also important to recognize that the main reason *anyone* buys US military equipment is for relationship reasons. US stuff is the highest of high end in terms of gadgets, so very expensive, and total overkill for the vast majority of other countries.
I feel like this is going to be a hard sell while we are also telling them to rely more on themselves, we’re going to hit all of them with massive tariffs, and that we might start a war with Denmark.
US officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit US manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/4jjPyj7
April 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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What does the new SIPRI #ArmsTransfers data tell us about dependence on US imports, and what lies behind European procurement decisions?
Read the Q&A with SIPRI Researcher Katarina Djokic:
🔗 bit.ly/42gsPi0
March 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The five largest arms exporters in 2020–24 were: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇫🇷 France, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇨🇳 China, and 🇩🇪 Germany.

Read SIPRI’s press release: bit.ly/3FblDe8

#ArmsTrade
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reposted by Katarina Djokic
New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now: Ukraine the world’s biggest arms importer; United States’ dominance of global arms exports grows as Russian exports continue to fall. Press release ⬇️
www.sipri.org/media/press-...
Ukraine the world’s biggest arms importer; United States’ dominance of global arms exports grows as Russian exports continue to fall
Ukraine became the world’s largest importer of major arms in the period 2020–24, with its imports increasing nearly 100 times over compared with 2015–19.
www.sipri.org
March 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Looked into the only still functioning conventional #ArmsControl regime in Europe
💡Read our new #NonProliferation and #Disarmament Paper: "Subregional arms control and conflict prevention in the Western #Balkans", by Katarina Djokic.

➡️https://www.nonproliferation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EUNPDC_no-93.pdf
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM