Publications

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

• Project D-TECT: Examining technologies to counter the diversion of components of conventional weapons Factsheet

  This analysis examines the growing concern over the diversion of conventional weapons components (CWC) to unauthorized users, a critical issue in modern warfare. It explores the potential of 14 different technologies, such as 2D codes, RFID, and big data analysis, ... read more

  

• Project D-TECT: Assessing technologies to counter the diversion of small arms and light weapons Factsheet

  Publication date: 26/06/2024

  Based on a series of stakeholder engagements, this second Project D-TECT analysis by Sarah Grand-Clément (UNIDIR) examines the relevance and applicability of 14 technologies to support or strengthen efforts to counter the diversion of small arms and light weapons (SALW). ... read more

  

• Peace in foreign policy: Peace nations in times of crisis Factsheet

  Publication date: 11/04/2024

  This analysis by Merel Selleslach and Maarten Van Alstein looks at how different states (Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland) and sub-state regions (Catalonia, Emilia-Romagna, Flanders, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Wales) in Europe developed a peace orientation in their foreign policy. It ... read more

  

• European Defence Cooperation: Relevance and challenges for national arms export control policies Factsheet

  Publication date: 24/10/2023

  Download the integral version of Diederik Cops‘ analysis here.  Defence and security are traditionally considered to be exclusive national competences. But more recently, the EU and its Member States have increased European defence cooperation. The initiatives set up to strengthen ... read more

  

• Cumulative extremism: Behind the scenes of toxic us-versus-them dynamics Factsheet

  Publication date: 23/01/2023

  Cumulative extremism is the process by which different forms of extremism interact and reinforce each other, which often translates into a dynamic of violent or non-violent reactions and counter-reactions. The current, multifaceted landscape of extremism in Europe – with some ... read more

  

• Managing a whole-of society approach to preventing and countering violent extremism – Insights from the Flemish case Factsheet

  Publication date: 04/05/2022

  Adopting a whole-of-society action plan to preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) may be a challenging task, as it compels governments to navigate their way across various fields of tension. In her analysis (that can be downloaded in full here) ... read more

  

• The role of education in the prevention of violent radicalisation and polarisation – Insights from the Flemish case Factsheet

  Publication date: 04/05/2022

  Education plays an important role in the Flemish action plan to prevent violent radicalisation and polarisation. In this analysis (that can be downloaded in full here), Kevin Goris and our researcher Maarten Van Alstein elaborate on the following insights from ... read more

  

• Public mass shootings in Europe: how did the weapons fall into the wrong hands? Factsheet

  Publication date: 03/10/2019

  This factsheet summarizes the most important findings of the report “Armed to Kill” on the firearms acquisition of the perpetrators of public mass shootings in Europe between 2009-2018 read more

• Firearms and deaths by firearms in the EU Factsheet

  Publication date: 11/12/2018

  In recent years, policy attention to firearm violence in the European Union (EU) has increased greatly. A thorough insight into the problem is an important step in developing such a policy. How many firearms are circulating in the EU? How ... read more

• Factsheet Flemish foreign arms trade 2017 Factsheet

  Publication date: 02/10/2018

  In 2017 the licensed value of Flemish arms exports amounted to €106,8 million. In total, the Flemish government issued 126 individual licences for exports or transfers of defence-related goods. These numbers are in line with previous years. Main facts: Licensed ... read more