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Small Arms Survey podcasts
This podcast series will help you to get to know the Small Arms Survey and its activities by listening to the Survey's team of experts speak about the latest research projects and the application and implementation of their findings.
Recent Episodes
51 episodesGender dimensions of the life-cycle management of ammunition (LCMA)
The life-cycle management of ammunition—or LCMA—is a set of interconnected processes and activities designed to keep the ammunition stockpiles of nati...
North Korea’s illicit maritime activities in violation of UN sanctions
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast, we focus on North Korea’s illicit maritime activities in violation of UN sanctions. We discuss what...
Illicit arms trafficking from North Korea
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on illicit arms trafficking from North Korea, including sources of arms, routes and modes...
Gender in Small Arms Control
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on gender in small arms control, as part of the Gender Lens for Arms Control Support and...
Unplanned explosions at munitions sites: 2019 update
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS). Our speakers, Jovana Carapic, Remo Gas...
Conflict and peacebuilding in Libya: the role of women
This episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series focuses on Libyan female fighters and the role of women during the Libyan conflict and post-confl...
Counting casualties: Operationalizing SDG 16.1.2 in Libya
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series, Small Arms Survey consultant Hana Salama—author of our February 2018 Briefing Paper Counting...
Arms Control 2.0—Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series, senior researcher and managing editor Glenn McDonald—author of our October 2017 Briefing Pape...
Exhibition 'Line of Sight' - Exposition 'Ligne de mire'
This episode (in French) features excerpts from interviews collected for the exhibition 'Line of Sight', hosted by the Museum of Design and Contempora...
Loss of Arms and Ammunition in Peace Operations
In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast series, our Director Eric Berman discusses our Making Peace Operations More Effective (MPOME) project...
Measuring Illicit Arms Flows in the Context of Sustainable Development Goal 16 - An International Framework for Action
The third installment of the Small Arms Survey podcast series on illicit arms flows discusses Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16), target 16.4, an...
Measuring Illicit Arms Flows in Non-Conflict Contexts
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that form Agenda 2030 provide a universal policy framework to which states have committed, and within whic...
Documenting Illicit Arms Flows in Conflict and Post-Conflict Environments
Measuring illicit arms flows is one of the challenges faced by states in their efforts to monitor progress in implementing Sustainable Development Goa...
Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes: Observations from Panels of Experts (Part 1)
A new report from the Small Arms Survey assesses the operational challenges facing UN panels of experts, and in particular the arms experts that sit o...
Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes: Observations from Panels of Experts (Part 2)
In the second of this two-part interview, lead author of Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes, Emile LeBrun discusses what makes an effective expert, the impo...
Syria's Armed Opposition: A Spotlight on the 'Moderates'
More than four years after the start of the Syrian uprising, over a thousand armed groups are involved in fighting that has consumed the country. The...
There and Back: North African Fighters in Syria
More than 20,000 foreign fighters have fought in Syria, mostly for jihadist groups like Islamic State (IS), and North Africa has provided a large port...
Women and Armed Violence: Peace and Gender Equality
On the 1st of June the Public Panel Discussion “Women and Armed Violence: Peace and Gender Equality” was hosted at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva. Pa...
The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts
Every Body Counts is the 2015 edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence, which reveals that while violent deaths have decreased globally, armed c...
Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World - Part 2
In the second installment of this two-episode podcast on 'Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World', Yearbook Coordinator Glenn McDonald and Rese...
Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World - Part 1
The Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World explores the theme of weapons and the environment, as well as offering case studies on a range of as...
Weapons Trafficking and the New Development Agenda: Reducing illicit arms flows and SDG Goal 16
The second part of the two-part podcast discussing the Small Arms Survey's engagement in measuring SDG Goal 16, which focuses on peaceful and inclusi...
Indicators for achieving sustainable development: Measuring violent deaths and SDG Goal 16
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a new proposed framework to come into effect after the Millennium Development Goals. Amongst them, Goal 1...
Reporting from the Frontline: Weapons identification for journalists
In September 2014, in Istanbul, the Small Arms Survey held a weapons identification workshop for journalists reporting from conflict areas. Meeting th...
New Technologies, New Control Challenges, Part 2: Modular weapons, conversion, and smart technologies
The dialogue continues on developments in weapons technology and the challenges they present for arms control. Benjamin King and Glenn McDonald expla...
New Technologies, New Control Challenges, Part 1: Polymers, 3D printing, and appropriate policies
New developments in small arms manufacturing, technology, and design pose important challenges for weapons marking, record keeping, and tracing. The S...
Instruments of Crime: Illicit weapons in the United States
Contrary to the impression given by Hollywood's depictions, most firearms seized from drug traffickers and gang members in the United States are handg...
Step by Step: Researching the global distribution of small arms
Around 875 million firearms are in circulation worldwide, with three-quarters of these in civilian hands, according to Small Arms Survey estimates. Th...
The Dangers of Excess Munitions Stockpiles: the UEMS Handbook
Unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS) are a significant safety concern for governments and a major security challenge for the international c...
The Crisis in South Sudan, Part Two: No easy solution
The Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) for Sudan and South Sudan has documented armed conflict dynamics in the two countrie...
The Crisis in South Sudan, Part One: Understanding the impasse
The Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) for Sudan and South Sudan has documented armed conflict dynamics in the two countrie...
MANPADS: Surface-to-air threats and security
Man-portable air defence systems--MANPADS--are lightweight, usually shoulder-launched, surface-to-air missiles. These weapons systems have proliferate...
On the Edge? Trafficking and Insecurity at the Tunisian–Libyan Border
Small Arms Survey’s Working Paper On the Edge? Trafficking and Insecurity at the Tunisian–Libyan Border examines the effects of the Libyan armed confl...
Controlling Small Arms - Part 2: Achievements, challenges, and future directions
In the second installment of this two-part podcast discussing the book Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and...
Controlling Small Arms - Part 1: Evolution of the research and policy agendas
Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy is a new book from the Small Arms Survey, published by Routledg...
In Search of Security in Sudan and South Sudan: the HSBA project
The Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan (HSBA) is a multi-year project of the Small Arms Survey. The HSBA project was establi...
A Fresh Approach to Ammunition Demilitarization: Guiding policies to reduce excess stockpiles
The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) initiative encourages nine affected South-east European governments to develop a pro-active, coord...
Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers - Part 2
Each year the Small Arms Survey yearbook presents several chapters that update specific recurring themes. In the second instalment of the podcast on t...
Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers - Part 1
The findings of the Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers were presented in New York on 21 October 2013 at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to...
Finding Pathways to Peace: Part 2 - Policy action based on armed violence monitoring systems
This two-part podcast is based on interviews with participants at the Expert Meeting on armed violence observatories and monitoring systems held on 26...