Dangerous dealings: arms brokering and regulations in Southern Africa
Marsh, Nicholas. 2008. Dangerous dealings: arms brokering and regulations in Southern Africa. Presented at the 2008 Biennial Meeting of States to...

Taming the Tools of Violence
Marsh, Nicholas. 2007. 'Taming the Tools of Violence.' Journal of Public Health Policy, vol. 28, pp401–409. Abstract This article summarizes why firearms are the...

Disarm or Perish - Is Disarmament a Necessary Condition for Peace?
Marsh, Nicholas 2007. 'Disarm or Perish - Is Disarmament a Necessary Condition for Peace?', paper presented at the Conference on Pursuing...

Counting Guns - The NISAT Datasets on Small Arms Trade
Jackson, Thomas; Nicholas Marsh & Julian Wagstaff. 2007. 'Counting Guns - The NISAT Datasets on Small Arms Trade', paper presented at the...

Conflict Specific Capital: The Role of Weapons Acquisition in Civil War
Marsh, Nicholas. 2007. 'Conflict Specific Capital: The Role of Weapons Acquisition in Civil War.' International Studies Perspectives, vol. 8 no 1, pp 54...

PRIO Report on Small Arms and Development workshop
On 30 November–1 December 2006, an international workshop on ‘Integrating Small Arms Measures Into Development Programmes’, organized by the Norwegian Initiative...

Controlling Arms Brokering
Marsh, Nicholas, 2006. 'Controlling Arms Brokering', presented to the Uninted Nations Group of Governmental Experts to Consider Further Steps to Enhance...

Kontroll med våpenhandelen?
Marsh, Nicholas & Christin Mørup Ormhaug, 2006. 'Kontroll med våpenhandelen?' [Control over the Arms Trade?], Dagbladet, 23 October.The article (in Norwegian)...

Europe and the Middle East: Brothers in Arms
Article by Thomas Jackson in Caffeine, July 2006. To read it, click here.

Tracking the guns: International diversion of small arms to illicit markets in Rio de Janeiro
This report examines the means by which foreign origin weapons are trafficked into illicit hands in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).  It was...

From Laws to Practice – Options for Regulatory Controls Over Arms Brokering
Marsh, Nicholas, 2006. 'From Laws to Practice – Options for Regulatory Controls Over Arms Brokering', presented at a workshop on 'Control...

Integrating Development into the UN Programme of Action Process
Integrating Development into the UN Programme of Action Process Report and Recommendations from an expert seminar jointly organised by the Norwegian Ministry...

Overview of governmental statements made at the small arms PrepCom
Overview of governmental statements made at the small arms PrepCom 9-17 January 2006, New York After the adoption of the UN...

Europeanising Export Controls: The Impact of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports in Belgium, Germany and Italy
Holm, Kyrre, 2006. 'Europeanising Export Controls: The Impact of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports in Belgium, Germany...

The Efficacy of EU Export Control Measures Concerning Small Arms and Light Weapons
Jackson, Thomas; Nicholas Marsh & Anne Thurin, 2005. 'The Efficacy of EU Export Control Measures Concerning Small Arms and Light Weapons',...

Accounting Guns: The Methodology Used in Developing Data Tables for the Small Arms Survey
Marsh, Nicholas, 2005. 'Accounting Guns: The Methodology Used in Developing Data Tables for the Small Arms Survey', Memorandum, , 14 November....

Who Takes the Bullet? The impact of small arms violence.
A report on small arms from a development and humanitarian perspective. Published by Norwegian Church Aid, with PRIO. To download a...

Statement by Nicholas Marsh on Arms Brokering
Presentation by Nicholas Marsh, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) at the New York Small Arms Forum, April 2005.Press here to...

A Comparative Perspective of UN Peacekeeping in Angola and Namibia
Dzinesa, Gwinyayi Albert International Peacekeeping (2004):11(4): 644–663. This article examines operations in Angola and Namibia, countries that offer prime examples of UN...

Background Information on Arms Brokering
Excerpts from International Initiatives on Brokering (PDF) (Conference Report Appendix) Controlling arms brokering Next steps for EU member states by Holger...

Dutch – Norwegian Initiative on Further Steps to Enhance International Co-operation in Preventing, Combating and Eradicating Illicit Brokering in Small Arms and Light Weapons
  Conference Report At the invitation of the Governments of the Netherlands and Norway, 71 experts from 28 nations gathered in Oslo on...

Global Small Arms Transfers: Insights and Mysteries
Nicholas Marsh & Aaron Karp Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied Download summary Buy at Amazon.co.uk The "Small Arms Survey" is recognized as a...

Significant Exporters of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Nicholas Marsh,Human Security Bulletin 1(4), 1 January 2003.  

En gigant våkner
Jonas Aga Uchermann (2003): 'En gigant våkner' [A Giant Awakes]  in Minerva, 79(4): 20-23.

Shining a Light on Small Arms Exports:The Record of State Transparency
This report assesses the case for, and arguments against, transparency by states in their small arms exports. It examines regional and...

Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Legal and Illegal Trade in Small Arms
Marsh, Nicholas, 2002. 'Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Legal and Illegal Trade in Small Arms', Brown Journal of World...

Våpen på Ville Veier
Salvesen, Hilde & Martin Langvandslien, Dagbladet, 20 June 2001.

Sudan - Small Arms Survey in Darfur And Investigation of the Child Soldier
This report was commissioned by NISAT partner Norwegian Church Aid, and was carried out by CHARM.  The full document is available...

A 'New' Approach to the Small Arms Trade
Article by Lora Lumpe in Arms Control Today, January/February 2001.   The article can be accessed by clicking here.

Presentation to Diplomats at UN Prep Com
Luncheon Briefing for Diplomats at the January 2001 Prep Com meeting for the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small...

Gathering the Facts on the Small Arms Trade
  A Proposal from the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in Conjunction with the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers...

Running Guns-- The Global Black Market in Small Arms.
This book is available from Zed Books as well as Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. Ordering information can be found on the respective websites. Produced...

The Making of a Moratorium on Light Weapons
  This publication documents the making of the Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons, effective in 16 West...

The Arms Fixers: Controlling the Brokers and Shipping Agents
This joint report by PRIO/ NISAT/ BASIC, released in Nov. 1999, explores the role of middlemen in setting up often illegal...

Small Arms Control: Old Weapons, New Issues
  Small Arms ControlOld Weapons, New Issues   Published by Ashgate, in association with UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) Editorial Committee: Jayantha Dhanapala,...

Curbing the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Security Dialogue vol. 30, no. 2, June 1999, pp 151-64 Curbing the Proliferationof Small Arms andLight Weapons Lora Lumpe*International Peace Research Institute, Oslo...

The US Arms Central America—Past and Present
Lora LumpeNorwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers/Peace Research Institute, Oslo for Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central AmericaArmas Pequeñas...

Flame of Hope
Flame of Hope International Consulation on West Africa's Moratorium on Small ArmsGeneva, May 5th, 1999 Henri Dunant CenterNorwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers Chapter...

Civil Society Support for the Program for Coordination and Assistance on Security and Development in West Africa
prepared by Lora Lumpe, NISATfor the consultation in Bamako, Mali, March 1999   On 31 October 1998 governments of West Africa took an...

Transparency in the Legal Small Arms Trade
Prepared by Lora LumpeInternational Peace Research Institute, Oslo/NISAT For the Swiss Government Workshop on Small ArmsGeneva, 18-20 February 1999 In the...

Controlling the Gun-runners
This 8 pp. brief--produced jointly by NISAT, BASIC and Saferworld in February 1999--contains proposals for EU action to close the loopholes...

A Farewell to Arms
This 28 minute video raises awareness about the dangers posed by the spread of military-style small arms, and about steps being...

Curbing the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Curbing the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons by Lora LumpePeace Research Institute, Oslo/NISATfor the 5th Conference of the Center for...

Arms Availability and Violations of International Humanitarian Law and the Deterioration of the Situation of Civilians in Armed Conflicts
Oslo, Norway, 18-20 May 1998 Prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross and published by the Norvegian Red Cross Table of...

A Moratorium on Light Weapons in West Africa
Below is a summary from the International Conference on a Moratorium on Small Arms in West Africa. For the full text...

Norway debates small arms
Arms that can be carried by an individual cause an estimated 90 per cent of all casualties. Clearly, small arms are...