International arms transfers
Recent MEDIA COVERAGE
'Russland verfolgt eigene Interessen in Syrien', [Russia follows its own interests in Syria], Wirtschaftsblatt, 2 Feb. 2012'Arms For Assad', CBC Canada, 27 Jan. 2012
'Nairobi joins Uganda in arms shopping spree', The East African, 15 Jan. 2012
'Schöne Waffen für Athen [Nice Weapons for Athens]', Zeit, 7 Jan. 2012
'Украина в 2011 году продала оружия на сумму свыше 1 млрд долларов' [Ukraine sells arms worth USD 1 billion in 2011], Itar-Tass, 29 Dec. 2011
Recent Publications
Transparency in Military Spending and Arms Acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mark Bromley and Carina Solmirano
SIPRI Policy Paper no. 31
January 2012
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SIPRI Policy Paper no. 31
January 2012
Available here
Arms Flows to sub-Saharan Africa
Pieter D. Wezeman, Siemon T. Wezeman and Lucie Béraud-Sudreau
SIPRI Policy Paper no. 30
December 2011
Available here
SIPRI Policy Paper no. 30
December 2011
Available here
Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa
Internal Compliance Programmes
China's Energy and Security Relations with Russia: Hopes, Frustrations and Uncertainties
Linda Jakobson, Paul Holtom, Dean Knox and Jingchao Peng
SIPRI Policy Paper no. 29
October 2011
Available here
SIPRI Policy Paper no. 29
October 2011
Available here
The EU common position on arms exports and national export control policies
The Development of National and Regional Reports on Arms Exports in the EU and South Eastern Europe
Mark Bromley
SEESAC
1 September 2011
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SEESAC
1 September 2011
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Historisk möjlighet att inrätta vapenhandelsfördrag [Historical opportunity to create and arms trade treaty]
Conventional strategic military capabilities in the Middle East
Implementing an Arms Trade Treaty: Lessons on Reporting and Monitoring from Existing Mechanisms
Transit and trans-shipment controls in an arms trade treaty
Paul Holtom and Mark BromleySIPRI Background Paper
July 2011
Available here
Import controls and an arms trade treaty
Mark Bromley and Paul HoltomSIPRI Background Paper
July 2011
Available here
The Arms Trade Treaty negotiations: seize the opportunity
Paul Holtom and Mark BromleySIPRI Newsletter Essay
June 2011
Available here
Reporting to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
Paul Holtom, Lucie Béraud-Sudreau and Henning WeberSIPRI Fact Sheet
May 2011
Available here
The International Arms Trade, by Rachel Stohl and Suzette Grillot
Book review by Paul HoltomGlobal Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2
May 2011
pp. 237-238
Halte au cynicisme! Il faut un commerce des armes plus responsable [Stop the cynicism! We need a more responsible arms trade]
Bates Gill and Pieter WezemanLe Monde
20 April 2011
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Världen får inte blunda sitt ansvar för våldet i Libyen [The world must not ignore its responsibility for the violence in Libya]
Bates Gill and Pieter WezemanDagens Nyheter
7 April 2011
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Неиссякаемый поток: международные трансферты подержанных вооружений и военной техники [The neverending flow: international transfers of used arms and military equipment]
Paul Holtom and Lucie Beraud-SudreauEksport yooruzheniv, no. 2
March-April 2011
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Libya: lessons in controlling the arms trade
Pieter WezemanSIPRI Newsletter Essay
March 2011
Available here
National reports on arms exports
Henning Weber and Mark BromleySIPRI Fact Sheet
March 2011
Available here
Arms transfers to Zimbabwe: implications for an arms trade treaty
Lukas JeuckSIPRI Background Paper
March 2011
Available here
Arms exports to Sudan
Paul Holtom and Pieter WezemanWritten evidence submitted for The House of Lords’ EU Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy inquiry into the European Union’s Conflict Prevention Role in Sudan, March 2011
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Trends in international arms transfers, 2010
Paul Holtom, Mark Bromley, Pieter D. Wezeman and Siemon D. WezemanSIPRI Fact Sheet
March 2011
Available here
Commentary on Liegis article: First, the EU should dust-off the consultation mechanisms it already has
Mark Bromley and Paul HoltomEurope's World
Spring 2011
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Ukrainian arms supplies to sub-Saharan Africa
Paul HoltomSIPRI Background Paper
February 2011
Available here
Older publications can be accessed here.
Recent Activities
22-23 November 2011, Kyiv, Ukraine
Regional Seminar on Arms Export Control
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, attended a EU COARM Regional Seminar on Arms Export Control in Kyiv. The seminar was funded by the European Union and organized by the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) in cooperation with the government of Ukraine. Paul chaired a plenary session on outreach to industry and a workshop to discuss controls on re-export and transit. Contact Dr. Paul Holtom for more information.
SIPRI Senior Research, Mark Bromley, attended
the third annual Science of Peace World Conference organized by the
Fondazione Umberto Veronesi. Mark also spoke on a panel dealing with
plans for a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), focusing on aspects
of the negotiating process which have proved particularly difficult and
contentious. Contact Mark Bromley for more information. For more information on the conference, click here. For more information on SIPRI's work on plans for an ATT, click here.
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme,
Paul Holtom, presented the main findings of the SIPRI Policy Paper
‘China's Energy and Security Relations with Russia: Hopes, Frustrations
and Uncertainties’ with regard to Russian-Chinese military technical
cooperation to the Finnish Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. The briefing considered the current limitations on further
development of the relationship, paying particular attention towards
developments in China and Russian concerns with regard to Chinese
copying and competition. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme
Paul Holtom and SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley participated in the
COARM-NGO Conference ‘Preparing for the review of the Common Position
and agreeing an Arms Trade Treaty’, which was organised by the European
External Action Service (EEAS), Saferworld, and Groupe de recherche et
d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), and hosted by Poland.
Paul Holtom chaired the session, ‘MENA, the Arab Spring and the use of
conventional arms’. Contact Paul Holtom or Mark Bromley for more information.
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley participated in a UN special event entitled Transparency in the Global Arms Trade, which was organized by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). At the event, UNODA launched a new and more interactive version of the UN Register on Conventional Arms (UNROCA) website. Mark Bromley gave a short presentation about transparency in international arms transfers. Contact Mark Bromley for more information.
18-19 November 2011, Milan, Italy
ATT Panel at Science for Peace World Conference
14 November 2011, Helsinki, Finland
Briefing on China-Russia relations
10 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Preparing for the review of the Common Position and agreeing an Arms Trade Treaty
9 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
The European Union as a driving force for armament
SIPRI Senior Researcher Mark Bromley and the Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom participated in a conference organised by the political group European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament on ‘The European Union as a driving force for armament’. Mark Bromley and Paul Holtom gave a presentation on ‘The implementation of the EU Common Position on arms exports’, focusing upon exports to the Middle East and North Africa and the upcoming review of the Common Position and a role for the European Parliament. Contact Mark Bromley or Paul Holtom for more information.
17-18 October 2011, New York, USA
United Nations Special Event: Transparency in the Global Arms Trade
4-5 October 2011, Stockholm, Sweden
Small Arms Survey-SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme workshop on authorized transfers of small arms
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme hosted a two-day workshop to discuss the Small Arms Survey methodology for measuring the value of authorized transfers of small arms and light weapons. Participants included researchers from the Small Arms Survey, Omega (UK), the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (India) and the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Singapore). Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
28 September 2011, Vienna, Austria
Special FSC Meeting on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom particpated in a special meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperaton (FSC) on SALW. Paul presented the template for an End User Certificate for SALW, which was developed between the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
26 September 2011, Berlin, Germany
Disarmament as a form of crisis prevention
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom particpated in a public hearing of three subcommittees established by the German Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs – the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Integrated Conflict Management, the Subcommittee on the United Nations, International Organisations and Globalisation, and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation - on “Disarmament as a form of crisis prevention”. Paul gave an opening statement on the UN Register of Conventional Arms, arms embargoes and the Arms Trade Treaty. Contact Paul Holtom for more information. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
