Research projects

	Our research projects are designed to examine arms control and disarmament issues in innovative and creative ways and to provide decision-makers with specific policy recommendations. ...
	title year Group of Governmental Experts on the Issue of Information Security (2009-2010) ongoing Discourse on Explosive Weapons ongoing Fixing the Broken Disarmament Machinery ongoing Addressing Illicit Brokering Activities: Issues and Control ongoing Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle ongoing Building a framework for SALW Aid Effectiveness: Opportunities and Challenges ongoing Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty ongoing FMCT: Understanding the critical issues ongoing European Commission–United Nations Cooperation in Peacebuilding ongoing Security Needs Assessment Protocol (SNAP) Project: Phase II ongoing Developments in the Conference on Disarmament ongoing Preventing Biological Weapons Proliferation ongoing The Road From Oslo: Analysis of Negotiations to Address the Humanitarian Effects of Cluster Munitions 2010 The Entry into Force of the CTBT: New Opportunities? 2010 International Assistance for Implementing the UN Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons 2009 Comparative Analysis of Post-Manufacture Marking Instruments and Practices for SALW 2009 Options Paper for the Conference on Disarmament 2009 EU and UN Planning for Crisis Management and Peacebuilding: Promoting Best Practice and Inter-institutional Learning 2009 Transfers of Small Arms, Light Weapons and Ammunition within West Africa and their Consequences on Disarmament and Conflict Prevention Initiatives 2009 Disarmament as Humanitarian Action: Making Multilateral Negotiations Work 2008 Capacity Development for Reporting to the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms 2008 Working Our Way to Nuclear Disarmament—Regional Organizations and the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 2008 Panel of Governmental Experts on the Issue of Missiles in All its Aspects (2007-2008) 2008 Creating a New Dynamic for Public-Private Partnerships for Peaceful and Sustainable Development: Human Security and Equitable Access to Resources 2008 Analysis of States' Views on an Arms Trade Treaty 2008 Panel of Governmental Experts on Verification in all its Aspects, including the role of the United Nations in Verification 2007 The Humanitarian Impact of Cluster Munitions: Practitioners' Perspectives 2007 Including Gender Issues in the Roll-Out of the Inter-Agency Integrated Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS) 2006 Reinforcing EU Cooperative Threat Reduction Programmes: Community Action in Support of the European Union Strategy Against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 2006 European Action on Small Arms, Light Weapons and Explosive Remnants of War 2006 Missiles and Missile Defences 2006 Strengthening the Role of Regional Organizations in Treaty Implementation 2006 Report on the Issue of Missiles in All Its Aspects 2006 Cost Benefit Analysis of Small Arms and Light Weapons Destruction 2006 The Scope and Implications of Developing a Mechanism to Prevent the Illicit Brokering in Small Arms 2006 Coordinating Action on Small Arms Mechanism Database 2006 Including Women in Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Processes Through Better Research, Training and Education 2006 The Humanitarian and Development Impact of Cluster Munitions: A Case Study 2005 Weapons for Development 2004 Panel of Governmental Experts on the Issue of Missiles in All Its Aspects (2004) 2004 Group of Governmental Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development 2004 Weapons Destruction and Stockpile Management in South Africa 2004 The Costs of Disarmament 2004 Peace-building and Practical Disarmament in West Africa 2003 Handbook on Verification and Compliance 2003 Global Analysis of Explosive Remnants of War 2003 Participatory Approaches to Evaluating the Implementation of Humanitarian Landmine Action 2003 Fissile Materials 2003 Synergy Between Treaty Implementing Bodies 2002 Investigating the Past: South Africa's Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme 2002 Developments in BWC negotiations 2002 Tactical Nuclear Weapons Project 2002 Group of Governmental Experts on Education for Disarmament and Nonproliferation 2002 Panel of Governmental Experts on the Issue of Missiles in All Its Aspects (2001-2002) 2002 Arms Control Lexicon 2001 Militarization of Refugee Camps 2001 Mapping Illicit Small Arms Trafficking 2000 Peacekeeping in Africa: Capabilities and Culpabilities 1999 Group of Experts on the Problem of Ammunition and Explosives 1999 The Transfer of Dual-Use Outer-Space Technologies: Confrontation or Cooperation? 1998 Forming a North-South Alliance to Address Current Problems of Biological Warfare and Disarmament 1998 Disarmament and Conflict Resolution 1997 Disarmament, Development and Conflict Prevention in West Africa 1996

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