Publications

Feel free to browse through our list of Dutch-language publications.

• Factsheet about Project SAFTE Factsheet

  Publication date: 20/04/2018

  Project SAFTE is an international research project studying the acquisition of firearms by terrorists in Europe. The project was funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Flemish Peace Institute (FPI), an independent research institute within the Flemish Parliament. ... read more

• Firearms acquisition by terrorists in Europe. Research findings and policy recommendations of Project SAFTE Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet, Kevin Goris

  Publication date: 18/04/2018

  Project SAFTE showed that there is not one unified firearms market in Europe. Rather several disjointed and sometimes interrelated markets with different characteristics, configurations and supply-and-demand mechanisms exist alongside each other within Europe. This report offers a systematic and comparative ... read more

• Triggering Terror: Illicit Gun Markets and Firearms Acquisition of Terrorist Networks in Europe Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet

  Publication date: 17/04/2018

  This edited volume offers an in-depth and detailed insight into Project SAFTE’s research findings. In-depth country studies were conducted in eight EU member states by research teams from the Flemish Peace Institute, SIPRI, SSSA, Arquebus Solutions, Small Arms Survey and ... read more

  

• Front 14-18. The Experience of Battle in WWI and the Fascist Culture of Violence in Post-War Germany External publication

  Publication date: 20/03/2018

  In his contribution Maarten Van Alstein examines the impact of the experience of battle in WWI on the development of a fascist culture of violence in post-war Germany. He explains how, in the context of a conquered and internally torn ... read more

• ‘The Great War – A View from Asia’ by Pankaj Mishra Lecture

  Location: Flemish Parliament

  Date: 10/11/2017

  The Indian essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra challenged conventional views of the origins of the Great War during the 11 November lecture 2017. read more

• Flemish foreign arms trade 2016 Report

  Authors: Diederik Cops

  Publication date: 16/10/2017

  Summary of the report on Flemish foreign arms trade 2016. This summary describes the main conclusions of recent analyses by the  Peace Institute of the arms export control practices of the Flemish government in 2016. read more

• ‘De-radicalisation’ – Scientific insights for policy Book

  Authors: Lore Colaert

  Publication date: 04/07/2017

  Following the terrorist attacks in Madrid (2004) and London (2005), “radicalisation” has become part of the political discourse in Europe. Many European governments took initiatives to counter violent extremism. But the range of measures often lacks conceptual clarity and empirical ... read more

  

• Towards Europeanised arms export controls? Comparing control systems in EU Member States Report

  Authors: Diederik Cops, Nils Duquet & Gregory Gourdin

  Publication date: 15/06/2017

  This research focuses on the regulation of international trade in military equipment, both within the EU and with non-EU countries. To what extent have European regulatory initiatives succeeded in harmonizing national systems for arms exports? read more

  

• The Memory of Peace External publication

  Publication date: 13/07/2017

  Though views on and motives for warfare have changed over the centuries, Philosophy of War and Peace proves that many past ideas still merit consideration today. This collection of essays addresses the historical, cultural and political background of various views ... read more

• Scrutinizing arms exports in Europe: The reciprocal relationship between transparency and parliamentary control External publication

  Information on exports of conventional military equipment was traditionally kept out of the public and political realm. In recent decades this gradually changed, and within the EU, Member States are legally bound to publish an annual report on arms exports ... read more