International arms transfers
NEW SIPRI ARMS TRANSFERS DATA LAUNCH 2013
New data for 2012 is now available from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database and further information on the recent trends is available to view here.RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE
'UN treaty is first step toward curbing arms trade', The National, 4 June 2013'Syria’s Air-Defense Arsenal: The Russian Missiles Keeping Assad in Power', Time, 3 June 2013
'Siria, da dove vengono le armi usate nel conflitto? (Syria, where are the weapons used in the conflict?)', Rai News 24 TV, 1 June 2013
'Syrie: la levée de l'embargo sur les armes, et après?(Syria: the lifting of the arms embargo, and after?)', Slate.fr, 29 May 2013
'Catar y Arabia Saudí sufragan la revuelta siria (Qatar and Saudi Arabia fund the Syrian revolt)', El Pais, 28 May 2013
Recent Publications
Next Steps for the Arms Trade Treaty: Securing Early Entry Into Force
Paul Holtom and Mark BromleyArms Control Today
June 2013
Available here
Major recipients today, major suppliers tomorrow?
Tilman Brück and Paul HoltomArms Trade Treaty Monitor, no. 6.3,
20 March 2013, pp. 4-5
Available here
Will the arms trade treaty be stuck in the past?
Tilman Brück and Paul HoltomSIPRI Update Newsletter (Essay)
13 March 2013
Available here
Trends in international arms transfers, 2012
Paul Holtom, Mark Bromley, Pieter D. Wezeman and Siemon T. WezemanSIPRI Fact Sheet
March 2013
Available here
Transfers of small arms and light weapons to fragile states: strengthening oversight and control
Mark Bromley, Lawrence Dermody, Hugh Griffiths, Paul Holtom and Michael JenksSIPRI Insights on Peace and Security no. 2013/1
January 2013
Available here
Implementing the Arms Trade Treaty: Reporting International Arms Transfers
Elli Kytömäki, Paul Holtom and Mark BromleyUNIDIR Resources
2012
Available here
Prohibiting Arms Transfers to Non-State Actors and the Arms Trade Treaty
Paul HoltomUNIDIR Resources
2012
Available here
Measuring international arms transfers
Paul Holtom, Mark Bromley and Verena SimmelSIPRI Fact Sheet
December 2012
Available here
Quels sont les impact potentiels d'un traité sur le commerce des armes?
Paul Holtom Diplomatie, no. 58, September-October 2012, pp. 55-6
The UN Arms Trade Treaty: arms export controls, the human security agenda and the lessons of history
Mark Bromley, Neil Cooper, Paul Holtom International Affairs, vol. 88, no. 5, 2012, pp. 1029-1048
Recent Activities
11 June, Karlskoga, Sweden
Defence Trade Day 2013
7 June 2013, Brussels, Belgium
NATO Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EPAC) Meeting
6 June 2013, Brussels, Belgium
Seminar: European Arms Exports and Human Rights
21-22 May 2013, Boston, USA
The Global Arms Business: Its Corrupting Impacts
Older activities can be accessed here.

