Theme: conventional weapons
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Reviewing the EU Common Position on arms exports: whither EU arms transfer controls? Report
Publication date: 03/12/2019
For almost 30 years the European Union (EU) has attempted to achieve greater convergence of its member states’ arms export policies. Since the adoption of the EU’s Common Position on arms exports in 2008, two review processes have taken place. ... read more
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Sustainable EU funding of European defence cooperation?Accountable and transparent coordination of arms export policies needed Report
Publication date: 03/12/2019
In 2017 the European Commission launched the European Defence Fund, which will become fully operational in 2021. With this fund, the Commission will fund collaborative research and development projects on new military products and technologies. Although its primary aim is ... read more
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Armed to Kill: A comprehensive analysis of the guns used in public mass shootings in Europe between 2009 and 2018 Report
Publication date: 03/10/2019
This report analyses the firearms used in public mass shootings (with at least four deaths) in Europe between 2009-2018. In most of these shootings the perpetrator acted alone and had no terrorist motives. Public mass shootings by persons with terrorist ... read more
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Policy brief ‘Strengthening information-exchange on arms exports’ Report
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
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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
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Firearms acquisition by terrorists in Europe. Research findings and policy recommendations of Project SAFTE Report
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
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Triggering Terror: Illicit Gun Markets and Firearms Acquisition of Terrorist Networks in Europe Report
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
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Flemish foreign arms trade 2016 Report
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
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Towards Europeanised arms export controls? Comparing control systems in EU Member States Report
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
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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