Lorenzo Scarazzato

Researcher

Lorenzo Scarazzato

Lorenzo Scarazzato is a Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme. His research is mostly focused on the European arms industry. He collects and analyses data to support SIPRI publications and externally funded projects.

Subject expertise

International Security, Arms Production, Military Expenditure

Regional expertise

Europe

CONTACT Lorenzo Scarazzato

Languages

Italian, English

Education

M.A. International Security Studies, Charles University; B.A. International Relations Language Specialist, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

SIPRI COMMENTARY

The transformation of Ukraine’s arms industry amid war with Russia (Topical backgrounder, February 2025 )
The impact of the war in Ukraine on Polish arms industrial policy (Blog, June 2023 )
Iraq since the invasion: 20 years in SIPRI data (Topical backgrounder, March 2023 )
Going private (equity): A new challenge to transparency in the arms industry (Blog, March 2023 )

SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS

Liang, X., Tian, N., Lopes da Silva, D., Scarazzato, L., Karim, K. and Guiberteau Ricard, J., Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2024 (SIPRI, Stockholm: April 2025)
Tian, N., Lopes da Silva, D., Liang, X. and Scarazzato, L., Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2023 (SIPRI, Stockholm: April 2024)
Scarazzato, L., Tian, N., Lopes da Silva, D., Liang, X. and Djokic, K., The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2023 (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2024)
Tian, N., Lopes da Silva, D., Liang, X., Scarazzato, L., Béraud-Sudreau, L. and Assis, A., Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2022 (SIPRI, Stockholm: April 2023)
Liang, X., Scarazzato, L., Béraud-Sudreau, L., Tian, N., Lopes da Silva, D., Choi, Y. and Kristjan Sild, E., The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2022 (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2023)
Béraud-Sudreau, L., Liang, X., Lopes da Silva, D., Tian, N. and Scarazzato, L., The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2021 (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2022)

5. Military expenditure and developments in arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2024)
5. Military expenditure and arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2023)

External publications

Scarazzato, L., Liang, X., Tian, N., & Lopes da Silva, D. Developments in Arms Production and the Effects of the War in Ukraine. Defence and Peace Economics, pp. 1–21 (2024)
Scarazzato, L., Sweden's Perception of the EU Defence Industrial "Toolbox" (Nov 2023)
Béraud-Sudreau, L. and Scarazzato, L., Beyond Fragmentation? Mapping the European defence industry in an Era of Strategic Flux (July 2023)
Tian, N., Lopes da Silva, D., Béraud-Sudreau, L., Liang, X, Scarazzato, L. and Assis, Developments in Military Expenditure and the Effects of the War in Ukraine, (June 2023)