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North Korea’s illicit maritime activities in violation of UN sanctions from 2020-02-07T00:00
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast, we focus on North Korea’s illicit maritime activities in violation of UN sanctions. We discuss what these activities are; how they relate to the UN...
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Illicit arms trafficking from North Korea from 2019-12-18T00:00
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on illicit arms trafficking from North Korea, including sources of arms, routes and modes of transport, concealment methods, and ways to...
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Gender in Small Arms Control from 2019-08-30T00:00
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on gender in small arms control, as part of the Gender Lens for Arms Control Support and Sustainability (GLASS) project, funded by the G...
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Unplanned explosions at munitions sites: 2019 update from 2019-06-17T00:00
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS). Our speakers, Jovana Carapic, Remo Gassmann, and Benjamin King, discuss the problem a...
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Conflict and peacebuilding in Libya: the role of women from 2018-12-10T00:00
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on Libyan female fighters and the role of women during the Libyan conflict and post-conflict peacebuilding, as part of the Survey’s Secu...
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Counting casualties: Operationalizing SDG 16.1.2 in Libya from 2018-06-21T00:00
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series, Small Arms Survey consultant Hana Salama—author of our February 2018 Briefing Paper Counting Casualties: Operationalizing SDG 16.1.2 in Liby...
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Arms Control 2.0—Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4 from 2018-04-20T00:00
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series, senior researcher and managing editor Glenn McDonald—author of our October 2017 Briefing Paper Arms Control 2.0—Operationalizing SDG Target ...
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Exhibition 'Line of Sight' - Exposition 'Ligne de mire' from 2018-03-05T00:00
This episode (in French) features excerpts from interviews collected for the exhibition 'Line of Sight', hosted by the Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts (MUDAC) in Lausanne, Switzerlan...
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Loss of Arms and Ammunition in Peace Operations from 2018-01-31T00:00
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series, our Director Eric Berman discusses our Making Peace Operations More Effective (MPOME) project and our October 2017 report Making a Tough Job...
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Measuring Illicit Arms Flows in the Context of Sustainable Development Goal 16 - An International Framework for Action from 2017-07-24T00:00
The third installment of the Small Arms Survey podcast series on illicit arms flows discusses Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16), target 16.4, and its associated indicator, 16.4.2.
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Measuring Illicit Arms Flows in Non-Conflict Contexts from 2017-05-08T00:00
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that form Agenda 2030 provide a universal policy framework to which states have committed, and within which they operate towards achieving inclusive deve...
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Documenting Illicit Arms Flows in Conflict and Post-Conflict Environments from 2017-03-31T00:00
Measuring illicit arms flows is one of the challenges faced by states in their efforts to monitor progress in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16, target 16.4. Fulfilling its mission as th...
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Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes: Observations from Panels of Experts (Part 2) from 2016-11-10T00:00
In the second of this two-part interview, lead author of Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes, Emile LeBrun discusses what makes an effective expert, the importance of cooperation between expert panels and...
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Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes: Observations from Panels of Experts (Part 1) from 2016-11-10T00:00
A new report from the Small Arms Survey assesses the operational challenges facing UN panels of experts, and in particular the arms experts that sit on those panels, in their work to monitor UN arm...
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Syria's Armed Opposition: A Spotlight on the 'Moderates' from 2016-04-06T00:00
More than four years after the start of the Syrian uprising, over a thousand armed groups are involved in fighting that has consumed the country. The latest podcast from the Small Arms Survey’s Sec...
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There and Back: North African Fighters in Syria from 2015-10-07T00:00
More than 20,000 foreign fighters have fought in Syria, mostly for jihadist groups like Islamic State (IS), and North Africa has provided a large portion of these foreign fighters. The Small Arms S...
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Women and Armed Violence: Peace and Gender Equality from 2015-07-14T00:00
On the 1st of June the Public Panel Discussion “Women and Armed Violence: Peace and Gender Equality” was hosted at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva. Part of the TERRE DES FEMMES Switzerland annual s...
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The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts from 2015-06-23T00:00
Every Body Counts is the 2015 edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence, which reveals that while violent deaths have decreased globally, armed conflict has become more lethal. The publication...
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Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World - Part 2 from 2015-06-03T00:00
In the second installment of this two-episode podcast on 'Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World', Yearbook Coordinator Glenn McDonald and Researcher Claudia Seymour introduce the four case ...
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Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World - Part 1 from 2015-06-01T00:00
The Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World explores the theme of weapons and the environment, as well as offering case studies on a range of aspects of small arms and armed violence. In the ...
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Weapons Trafficking and the New Development Agenda: Reducing illicit arms flows and SDG Goal 16 from 2015-04-24T00:00
The second part of the two-part podcast discussing the Small Arms Survey's engagement in measuring SDG Goal 16, which focuses on peaceful and inclusive societies, access to justice, and accountabl...
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Indicators for achieving sustainable development: Measuring violent deaths and SDG Goal 16 from 2015-04-17T00:00
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a new proposed framework to come into effect after the Millennium Development Goals. Amongst them, Goal 16 focuses on peaceful and inclusive societies, ...
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Reporting from the Frontline: Weapons identification for journalists from 2015-02-09T00:00
In September 2014, in Istanbul, the Small Arms Survey held a weapons identification workshop for journalists reporting from conflict areas. Meeting the need for precise contextual information on th...
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New Technologies, New Control Challenges, Part 2: Modular weapons, conversion, and smart technologies from 2014-10-22T00:00
The dialogue continues on developments in weapons technology and the challenges they present for arms control. Benjamin King and Glenn McDonald explain how the modular design of weapons systems co...
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New Technologies, New Control Challenges, Part 1: Polymers, 3D printing, and appropriate policies from 2014-10-20T00:00
New developments in small arms manufacturing, technology, and design pose important challenges for weapons marking, record keeping, and tracing. The Small Arms Survey has drafted a series of discus...
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Instruments of Crime: Illicit weapons in the United States from 2014-09-23T00:00
Contrary to the impression given by Hollywood's depictions, most firearms seized from drug traffickers and gang members in the United States are handguns, not automatic rifles or sub-machine guns. ...
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Step by Step: Researching the global distribution of small arms from 2014-09-04T00:00
Around 875 million firearms are in circulation worldwide, with three-quarters of these in civilian hands, according to Small Arms Survey estimates. These widely-cited calculations are the result of...
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The Dangers of Excess Munitions Stockpiles: the UEMS Handbook from 2014-07-22T00:00
Unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS) are a significant safety concern for governments and a major security challenge for the international community. The Small Arms Survey has documented ...
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The Crisis in South Sudan, Part Two: No easy solution from 2014-07-02T00:00
The Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) for Sudan and South Sudan has documented armed conflict dynamics in the two countries since 2006. In a May 2014 interview, HSBA con...
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The Crisis in South Sudan, Part One: Understanding the impasse from 2014-06-26T00:00
The Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) for Sudan and South Sudan has documented armed conflict dynamics in the two countries since 2006. In a May 2014 interview, HSBA con...
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MANPADS: Surface-to-air threats and security from 2014-06-06T00:00
Man-portable air defence systems--MANPADS--are lightweight, usually shoulder-launched, surface-to-air missiles. These weapons systems have proliferated in conflict zones, and their widespread acqui...
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On the Edge? Trafficking and Insecurity at the Tunisian–Libyan Border from 2014-03-24T00:00
Small Arms Survey’s Working Paper On the Edge? Trafficking and Insecurity at the Tunisian–Libyan Border examines the effects of the Libyan armed conflict and its aftermath on the security situation...
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Controlling Small Arms - Part 2: Achievements, challenges, and future directions from 2014-03-10T00:00
In the second installment of this two-part podcast discussing the book Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy, chapter authors talk about the gains m...
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Controlling Small Arms - Part 1: Evolution of the research and policy agendas from 2014-02-28T00:00
Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy is a new book from the Small Arms Survey, published by Routledge, which maps out the evolution of our knowledg...
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In Search of Security in Sudan and South Sudan: the HSBA project from 2014-01-09T00:00
The Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan (HSBA) is a multi-year project of the Small Arms Survey. The HSBA project was established in 2005 in the wake of the comprehensive p...
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Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers - Part 2 from 2013-10-24T00:00
Each year the Small Arms Survey yearbook presents several chapters that update specific recurring themes. In the second instalment of the podcast on this year's edition, Small Arms Survey 2013: Eve...
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Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers - Part 1 from 2013-10-21T00:00
The findings of the Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers were presented in New York on 21 October 2013 at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, on the first day of the 68t...
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Finding Pathways to Peace: Part 2 - Policy action based on armed violence monitoring systems from 2013-09-04T00:00
This two-part podcast is based on interviews with participants at the Expert Meeting on armed violence observatories and monitoring systems held on 26-28 June 2013 by the Geneva Declaration on Arme...
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Finding Pathways to Peace: Part 1 - Systems and observatories for monitoring armed violence from 2013-07-30T00:00
On 26-28 June 2013 the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, the Small Arms Survey, and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform held an Expert Meeting on armed violence observatories and ...
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Nepal's Uneasy Peace: Perceptions of security and armed violence from 2013-06-26T00:00
Seven years after the conclusion of a historical peace agreement, Nepal's political situation continues to be unsettled. Yet despite persistent volatility, a recent survey conducted by the Nepal Ar...
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South Africa’s Gun Control Policies: Work in progress from 2013-06-10T00:00
South Africa is severely affected by the impacts and costs of armed violence, and has one of the highest rates of lethal violence against women. South African authorities and civil society have lon...
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In Transition: Armed groups in Libya from 2013-05-21T00:00
Two years after Libyan revolutionary forces deposed Colonel Muammar Qadaffi’s regime, Libya's complex state-building process continues. Local and regional armed groups, including Libya's revolution...
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The Arms Trade Treaty: From adoption to implementation from 2013-04-30T00:00
Adopted on 2 April 2013 by an overwhelming majority of states in the UN General Assembly, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is a milestone in the global regulation of the arms trade, but is not without i...
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Firearms and Violence: World trends and specific cases from 2013-04-04T00:00
In a presentation organized in March 2013 at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Prof. Keith Krause, Small Arms Survey programme director, addressed some of t...
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Armed Violence: A unified approach to a global problem from 2013-03-20T00:00
Contrary to widespread belief, areas of armed conflict are not the main scene of armed violence and its devastating effects. While conflict hotspots like civil wars and military interventions attra...
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Global Burden of Armed Violence: When the victim is a woman from 2013-03-06T00:00
This year, the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013. The Priority theme of the session i...
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Elections in Kenya: Avoiding violence in 2013 from 2013-02-27T00:00
In March 2013 Kenya goes to the polls. The elections occur against a backdrop of tension and controversy: two of the four main contenders face charges at the International Criminal Court relating t...
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Regional Organizations & the UN PoA: Setting the scene for cooperation from 2013-02-13T00:00
In this episode, the Small Arms Survey’s Managing Director, Eric Berman, talks about the handbook on 'Regional Organzations and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms (PoA)', a valuable guide to ...
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Looking back, moving forward from 2013-01-30T00:00
Welcome to the Small Arms Survey's new audio podcast series. In the first episode Small Arms Survey founder and programme director Keith Krause takes you through the Survey's history, from its orig...
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Looking back, moving forward from 2013-01-30T00:00
Welcome to the Small Arms Survey's new audio podcast series. In the first episode Small Arms Survey founder and programme director Keith Krause takes you through the Survey's history, from its orig...
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Looking back, moving forward from 2013-01-30T00:00
Welcome to the Small Arms Survey's new audio podcast series. In the first episode Small Arms Survey founder and programme director Keith Krause takes you through the Survey's history, from its orig...
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