Dual-use and arms trade control

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SIPRI Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme seeks to raise the quality of information and awareness of the current state of national and multilateral export control systems. The programme contributes to the enhancement of dual-use and arms trade controls inside and outside the EU through its publications, research, development of tools and concepts, seminars and other awareness-raising and capacity-building activities.
About the Programme


The SIPRI Dual-use and Arms Trade control programme engages in a wide variety of activities, including:

  • Research

    Our research covers areas such as export control regimes, legal analysis, comparative studies and implementation/enforcement issues.


  • Capacity-building

    Our programme provides expertise and facilitates projects in several regions of the world, including the European Union, Southeast Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.


  • Expert advice

    Our team regularly engages in dialogue with a variety of stakeholders, including government, civil society, and international organizations, regarding issues such as the development of legal frameworks, implementation, enforcement, strategy, and structure and organization.
NEWS

March 2013

New SIPRI publication on capacity building in arms trade control

For any multilateral arms trade controls regime to be effective, there must be capacity-building cooperation between the participating states—to share learning, to coordinate efforts and, most importantly, to help states with less developed trade control systems to bring their controls up to standard. Many of the lessons learned in dual-use trade control capacity-building are directly applicable, or at least instructive, for the conventional arms field. This paper by Sibylle Bauer seeks to identify and elaborate the most important transferable lessons from dual-use trade control capacity-building cooperation with a view to informing the ongoing negotiations towards a global arms trade treaty. Read more and download the paper.

February 2013

SIPRI to advise project on the import and export of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials

SIPRI will support the German Federal Office for Economics and Export Control (BAFA) in the implementation of a 2-year project on the monitoring of imports and exports of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) materials. The project is funded by the European Union's Instrument for Stability in the context of the CBRN Risk Mitigation Centre of Excellence (COE) initiative (Project 5). For further information visit the CBRN COE website or contact Dr Sibylle Bauer.

January 8-10 2013

SIPRI expert contributes to civil society forum

Andrea Viski contributed to the 1540 Civil Society Forum, which brought together members of civil society groups with varying level of involvement in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 implementation. The aim of the forum was to share experiences and ideas on how to broaden participation in and support for full implementation of the resolution, as well as how to intensify civil society efforts in relevant areas. Contact Andrea Viski for more information.


Contact
International Arms Transfers

For more information on the following issues please visit the Arms Transfers Programme page:

Nuclear export controls
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SIPRI Researcher Andrea Viski maintains the Nuclear Export Controls website of searchable information related to export controls and trade related nuclear non-proliferation issues.

The site is updated daily and articles are chosen based on relevance as well as for their diversity of international perspective. In addition, the site offers helpful links as well as a calendar of events for nuclear-related workshops, courses, and conferences.

Visit the site.