Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City

Submitted by Olivia Denonville on 10 June, 2021

The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City offers new and updated information on small arms production, stockpiles, transfers, and measures, including a special focus on transfer controls.

This year’s thematic section explores the complex issue of urban violence with case studies on Burundi and Brazil as well as a photo essay by award-winning combat photographer Lucian Read. This edition also features chapters on lessons learned from the tracing of ammunition, the relationship between gun prices and conflict, and the role of small arms in South Sudan.

Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience

Submitted by Olivia Denonville on 10 June, 2021

The Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience presents two thematic sections.
The first examines the problem of diversion as related to stockpiles, international transfers, and end-user documentation. It includes a case study on South Africa and a comic strip illustrating the potential ease by which someone with access to forged documentation can make arrangements to ship munitions virtually anywhere.

Small Arms Survey Podcast #2: Regional Organizations & the UN PoA: Setting the scene for cooperation

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

In this episode, the Small Arms Survey’s Managing Director, Eric Berman, talks about the handbook on Regional Organizations and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms (PoA), a valuable guide to the regional actors and institutions involved in tackling the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons.

Small Arms Survey Podcast #5: Armed Violence: A unified approach to a global problem

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

Contrary to widespread belief, areas of armed conflict are not the main scene of armed violence and its devastating effects. While conflict hotspots like civil wars and military interventions attract global attention, other forms of armed violence often place far greater strains on societies, incurring devastating costs for individuals, communities, and economies as a whole.

Small Arms Survey Podcast #7: The Arms Trade Treaty: From adoption to implementation

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

Adopted on 2 April 2013 by an overwhelming majority of states in the UN General Assembly, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is a milestone in the global regulation of the arms trade, but is not without its flaws. Small Arms Survey senior researchers Glenn McDonald and Sarah Parker, both participants in the treaty negotiations, discuss the development of the ATT, and the strengths and weaknesses of the final result.

Small Arms Survey Podcast #9: South Africa’s Gun Control Policies: Work in progress

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

South Africa is severely affected by the impacts and costs of armed violence, and has one of the highest rates of lethal violence against women. South African authorities and civil society have long been active in tackling this situation, and their efforts have resulted in some of the most comprehensive gun control legislation. Natalie Jaynes, Small Arms Survey researcher and author of a chapter on South Africa in the upcoming Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers, discusses current challenges and further steps towards improvement.

Small Arms Survey Podcast #14: Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers - Part 2

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

Each year the Small Arms Survey yearbook presents several chapters update specific recurring themes. In the second instalment of the podcast on this year's edition, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers, Yearbook Coordinator Glenn McDonald introduces the chapters on international regulation of small arms, demilitarization, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Small Arms Survey Podcast #17: Controlling Small Arms: Part 1 Evolution of the research and policy agendas

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy is a new book from the Small Arms Survey, published by Routledge, which maps out the evolution of our knowledge on small arms issues, and discusses practical implementation of programmes and processes, both at the national level and globally.

Small Arms Survey Podcast #18: Controlling Small Arms: Part 2 Achievements, challenges, and future directions

Submitted by Lionel Kosirnik on 3 June, 2021

In the second installment of this two-part podcast discussing the book Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy, chapter authors talk about the gains made in small arms control during fifteen years of research, policy and advocacy efforts. They draw attention to several current challenges, and map out some of the ways forward for research and action.