Small Arms Survey podcasts
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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.
Episodes
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Gender 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 national authorities safe and secure while meeting their strategic and operational needs. As work continues to mainstream gender into security sector...
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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 these activities are; how they relate to the UN sanctions regime on North Korea in general as well as the arms embargo in particular; how North…
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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 of transport, concealment methods, and ways to curb such trafficking. Our discussants are Bruce Bechtol, North Korea expert as well as professor…
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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 Sustainability (GLASS) project, funded by the Government of Canada. The Small Arms Survey will publish a Handbook on gender and arms control later…
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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 Gassmann, and Benjamin King, discuss the problem at hand, the causes behind these explosions, as well as their consequences. The episode forms part of...
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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-conflict peacebuilding, as part of the Survey’s Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) project.
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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 Casualties: Operationalizing SDG 16.1.2 in Libya—speaks about the challenges involved in measuring casualties in conflict settings. The Briefing...
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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 Paper Arms Control 2.0—Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4—discusses how the implementation of international arms control instruments supports the aim of...
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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 Contemporary Applied Arts (MUDAC) in Lausanne, Switzerland from 14 March to 26 August 2018. These range from the museum's artistic approach to the exhibit…
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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 and our October 2017 report Making a Tough Job more Difficult: Loss of Arms and Ammunition in Peace Operations.
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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, and its associated indicator, 16.4.2. Experts featured in this episode clarify the international framework for action in addressing the problem of...
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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 which they operate towards achieving inclusive development. SDG16 sets out to achieve peaceful, just, and inclusive societies, with its fourth target...
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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 Goal 16, target 16.4. Fulfilling its mission as the principal international source of impartial and public information on all aspects of small arms…
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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 importance of cooperation between expert panels and UN peacekeeping operations, the kinds of political interference that experts face in fulfilling…
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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 on those panels, in their work to monitor UN arms embargoes. The report, based on interviews with sitting and former experts from panels covering...
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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 latest podcast from the Small Arms Survey’s Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) project investigates the moderate opposition in the Syrian...
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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 portion of these foreign fighters. The Small Arms Survey's Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) project has investigated the motivations and...
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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. Part of the TERRE DES FEMMES Switzerland annual speaker series, VOIX DES FEMMES, the event was also organised by the Small Arms Survey and the…
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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 conflict has become more lethal. The publication estimates that 508,000 people died violently each year during 2007–12. While this figure shows a...
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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 Researcher Claudia Seymour introduce the four case studies discussing armed actors, focusing on their procurement and use of small arms, and their...
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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 aspects of small arms and armed violence. In the first of this two-episode podcast, Senior Researcher Khristopher Carlson and Yearbook Coordinator...
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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 inclusive societies, access to justice, and accountable institutions. This episode examines SDG Target 16.4, which calls for a significant reduction in...
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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 16 focuses on peaceful and inclusive societies, access to justice, and accountable institutions. This goal is a significant step towards recognizing...
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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 the need for precise contextual information on the weapons used in conflict, and their origins, Small Arms Survey researchers introduced journalists…
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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 explain how the modular design of weapons systems complicates weapons marking, record -keeping, and tracing. They also examine the issues raised by the...
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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 Small Arms Survey has drafted a series of discussion papers to be presented at the UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in...
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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 handguns, not automatic rifles or sub-machine guns. In this podcast, senior researcher Matt Schroeder highlights and explains key findings from his...
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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. These widely-cited calculations are the result of an ongoing programme on inventories and stockpiles—started over a decade ago—to gather…
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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 community. The Small Arms Survey has documented more than 500 such incidents in 100 countries over the 35-year period from 1979 to 2013. The…
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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 countries since 2006. In a May 2014 interview, HSBA consultant Joshua Craze, author of several HSBA reports, describes recent developments in South Sudan's...
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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 countries since 2006. In a May 2014 interview, HSBA consultant Joshua Craze, author of several HSBA reports, describes recent developments in South Sudan's...
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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 proliferated in conflict zones, and their widespread acquisition by non-state armed groups has attracted attention and caused disquiet amongst the security...
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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 conflict and its aftermath on the security situation in Tunisia. Based on primary field research conducted in the Jefara region, which borders Libya…
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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 Policy, chapter authors talk about the gains made in small arms control during fifteen years of research, policy and advocacy efforts. They draw...
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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 Routledge, which maps out the evolution of our knowledge on small arms issues, and discusses practical implementation of programmes and processes, both at...
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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 established in 2005 in the wake of the comprehensive peace agreement between the government of Sudan and the Sudan’s People Liberation Movement, which put...
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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, coordinated, regional approach to secure and destroy excess stockpiles. The RASR initiative's aim is to prevent disastrous explosions and misuse of...
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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 this year's edition, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers, Yearbook Coordinator Glenn McDonald introduces the chapters on international…
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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 the United Nations, on the first day of the 68th session of the United Nations First Committee, on Disarmament and International Security. The…
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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 26-28 June 2013 by the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, the Small Arms Survey, and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. The first...
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Finding Pathways to Peace: Part 1 - Systems and observatories for monitoring armed violence
On 26-28 June 2013 the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, the Small Arms Survey, and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform held an Expert Meeting on armed violence observatories and monitoring systems. In this two-part podcast, meeting participants talk about the purpose, the...
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Nepal's Uneasy Peace: Perceptions of security and armed violence
Seven years after the conclusion of a historical peace agreement, Nepal's political situation continues to be unsettled. Yet despite persistent volatility, a recent survey conducted by the Nepal Armed Violence Assessment, a Small Arms Survey project, found that most Nepali people feel confident...
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South Africa’s Gun Control Policies: Work in progress
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...
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In Transition: Armed groups in Libya
Two years after Libyan revolutionary forces deposed Colonel Muammar Qadaffi’s regime, Libya's complex state-building process continues. Local and regional armed groups, including Libya's revolutionary brigades, have an important role to play in this process, although there is no clear…
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The Arms Trade Treaty: From adoption to implementation
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...
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Firearms and Violence: World trends and specific cases
In a presentation organized in March 2013 at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Prof. Keith Krause, Small Arms Survey programme director, addressed some of the topical issues related to lethal violence and firearms worldwide. In this podcast we introduce...
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Armed Violence: A unified approach to a global problem
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,...
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Global Burden of Armed Violence: When the victim is a woman
This year, the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013. The Priority theme of the session is the Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls. Small Arms…
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Elections in Kenya: Avoiding violence in 2013
In March 2013 Kenya goes to the polls. The elections occur against a backdrop of tension and controversy: two of the four main contenders face charges at the International Criminal Court relating to the 2007–08 post-election violence; the previous electoral round left behind numerous victims,...
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Regional Organizations & the UN PoA: Setting the scene for cooperation
In this episode, the Small Arms Survey’s Managing Director, Eric Berman, talks about the handbook on 'Regional Organzations 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...
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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.
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