Authorized Trade

Trade Update 2016: Transfers and Transparency, by Irene Pavesi. June 2016.

• Overview

Trade Update: After the 'Arab Spring', by Paul Holtom and Christelle Rigual, 2015. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World.

Following the Thread: Arms and Ammunition Tracing in Sudan and South Sudan, by Jonah Leff and Emile LeBrun, May 2014. Working Paper No. 32. (Also in Arabic)

• Overview

Small Arms of the Indian State: A Century of Procurement and Production, January 2014. India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 4 (also available in Hindi).

• Overview

Trade Update: Authorized Small Arms Transfers, by Irene Pavesi and Christelle Rigual, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

Legacies of War in the Company of Peace: Firearms in Nepal, May 2013. Nepal Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 2 (also available in Nepali).

• Overview

Piece by Piece: Authorized Transfers of Parts and Accessories, by Janis Grzybowski, Nicholas Marsh, and Matt Schroeder, 2012. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets.

Point by Point: Trends in Transparency, by Jasna Lazarevic, 2012. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets.

Small Arms Transfers: Importing States, November 2011. Research Note No. 12, Weapons and Markets (also available in Catalan and Spanish).

• Overview

Small Arms Transfers: Exporting States, October 2011. Research Note No. 11, Weapons and Markets (also available in Catalan and Spanish).

• Overview

Larger but Less Know: Authorized Light Weapons Transfers, by Patrick Herron et al., 2011. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security.

Scraping the Barrel: The Trade in Surplus Ammunition, April 2011. Issue Brief No. 2.

• Overview

Emerging from Obscurity: The Global Ammunition Trade, by Patrick Herron et al., 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns. 

Skirting the Law: Post-CPA Arms Flows to Sudan, by Mike Lewis, September 2009. Working Paper No. 18 (also available in Arabic)

Sifting the Sources: Authorized Small Arms Transfers, by Pablo Dreyfus et al., 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.

Trading Life, Trading Death: The Flow of Small Arms from Mozambique to Malawi, by Gregory Mthembu-Salter, January 2009. Working Paper No. 6

Who’s Buying? End-user Certification, by Glenn McDonald, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience. ../fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/Special/SAS-Small-Arms-Control-Measures-and-ATT.pdf

Back to Basics: Transfer Controls in Global Perspective, by Glenn McDonald, Sahar Hassan, and Chris Stevenson, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.SAS-Small-Arms-Control-Measures-and-ATT

Probing the Grey Area: Irresponsible Small Arms Transfers, by Anne-Kathrin Glatz and Lora Lumpe, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

What Price the Kalashnikov? The Economics of Small Arms, by Phillip Killicoat, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

Buying the Bullet: Authorized Small Arms Ammunition Transfers, by  Anne-Kathrin Glatz, 2006. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders, eds. Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.

Targeting Ammunition: A Primer, edited by Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders, co-published with CICS, GRIP, SEESAC, and Viva Rio, June 2006.

An Uphill Battle: Understanding Small Arms Transfers, by Pablo Dreyfus and Anna Khakee with Anne-Kathrin Glatz, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Reaching for the Big Picture: An Update on Small Arms Transfers, by Anna Khakee, 2005. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.

Back to the Sources: International Small Arms Transfers, by Anna Khakee, 2004. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk. 

Beyond the Kalashnikov: Small Arms Production, Exports, and Stockpiles in the Russian Federation, by Maxim Pyadushkin with Maria Haug and Anna Matveeva, August 2003. Occasional Paper No. 10

Insights and Mysteries: Global Small Arms Transfers, by Nicholas Marsh and Aaron Karp, 2003. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied.

Making Global Public Policy: The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons, by Edward Laurence and Rachel Stohl, December 2002. Occasional Paper No. 7

The Legal-Illicit Link: Global Small Arms Transfers.  In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost.

Small Arms Availability, Trade, and Impacts in the Republic of Congo, commissioned by IOM and the UNDP, by Spyros Demetriou, Robert Muggah and Ian Biddle, April 2002. Special Report No. 2

Solmirano, Carina and Pieter D. Wezeman. 2010. Military Spending and Arms Procurement in the Gulf States. SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) Fact Sheet. October. Stockholm: SIPRI. 

Karp, Aaron. 2006.  Escaping Reuterswärd’s shadow. Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 27, No. 1. April, pp. 12-28.

Schroeder, Matthew, Dan Smith, and Rachel Stohl. 2006. The Small Arms Trade: A Beginner's Guide. London: Oneworld Publications