Theme: conventional weapons

• Pulling the trigger: gun violence in Europe Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet (ed.), Szymon Buczyński, Piotr Chlebowicz, Sanja Ćopić, Quitterie de Labbey, Mirjana Dokmanović, Matteo Dressler (with the support of Clara Vandewege and Sofie Waebens), Declan Hillier, Paul James, Katharina Krüsselmann, Matt Lewis, Marieke Liem, Jarosław Moszczyński, Tomasz Safjański, Dennis Vanden Auweele.

  Publication date: 27/10/2022

  This report contains the 7 country studies  – Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Sweden –  that were undertaken as part of the second phase of project TARGET. While the reader will be able to observe interesting similarities ... read more

  
• Under the radar: Transit of military goods – from licensing to control Report

  Authors: Diederik Cops & Kathleen Vanheuverswyn

  Publication date: 25/04/2022

  Controlling the transit and transshipment of military goods is essential to secure the legal international arms trade, to prevent diversion and to avoid the undesirable proliferation of conventional weapons. However, the efficient and effective implementation of such controls is for ... read more

  
• Policy brief ‘Strengthening information-exchange on arms exports’ Report

  Authors: Diederik Cops

  Publication date: 22/11/2018

  The Flemish Peace Institute launches a new publication format: its first policy brief. In these policy briefs, the Institute aims to combine an in depth and thorough analysis with a set of specific recommendations to address the findings and conclusions ... 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

• 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

• 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

  
• 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

• Revising Export Control Lists Report

  Authors: Samuel A. W. Evans

  Publication date: 24/03/2015

  This report by Dr. Samuel Evans explains how the lists of goods (weapons, military equipment, dual-use, …) that are placed under export control are established. read more

  
• Business as usual? Assessing the impact of the Arab Spring on European arms export control policies. Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet

  Publication date: 24/03/2014

  This report evaluates the impact of the Arab Spring by analysing how four Member States (France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) responded to these events in their arms export policies. Our research shows that the Member States responded differently. read more