Small Arms Survey podcasts
#8: In Transition: Armed groups in Libya
| • 21.05.2013 • 5 min 54 sec |
Two years after Libyan revolutionary forces deposed Colonel Muammar Qadaffi’s regime, Libya's complex state-building process continues. Local and regional armed groups, including Libya's revolutionary brigades, have an important role to play in this process, although there is no clear understanding of how. As part of its focus project on Libya and North Africa, the Small Arms Survey has commissioned research on the identities and functions of armed groups in the country and region. Small Arms Survey consultants Peter Cole and Brian McQuinn raise some essential points to be taken into account when considering Libya's future, and in particular the part that these groups play.
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#7: The Arms Trade Treaty:
From adoption to implementation
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| Listen to the podcast • 30.04.2013 • 5 min 05 sec |
Adopted on 2 April 2013 by an overwhelming majority of states in the UN General Assembly, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is a milestone in the global regulation of the arms trade, but is not without its flaws. Small Arms Survey senior researchers Glenn McDonald and Sarah Parker, both participants in the treaty negotiations, discuss the development of the ATT, and the strengths and weaknesses of the final result.
#6: Firearms and Violence:
World trends and specific cases
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| Listen to the podcast • 04.04.2013 • 6 min 10 sec |
Around 520,000 people die each year as a result of armed violence, mostly in non-conflict settings. Firearms account for 40% to 60% of these violent deaths. In a presentation at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva in March 2013 , Prof. Keith Krause, Small Arms Survey programme director, addressed the relationship between lethal violence and firearms. This Small Arms Survey podcast introduces highlights of Prof. Krause's presentation.
#5: Armed Violence:
A unified approach to a global problem
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| Listen to the podcast • 20.03.2013 • 6 min 14 sec |
Luigi De Martino, Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, and Matthias Nowak, Associate Researcher, provide an overview of the notion of armed violence, and discuss why its investigation can be useful for research and for building stronger policies to stimulate development.
#4: Global Burden of Armed Violence:
When the victim is a woman
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| Listen to the podcast • 06.03.2013 • 5 min 39 sec |
In this podcast Anna Alvazzi del Frate, Small Arms Survey Research Director and author of numerous reports on armed violence, including on violence against women, speaks about the challenges of gathering accurate and useful data for policy-making. She also explains some of the research’s significant findings on femicide and violence against women.
#3: Elections in Kenya:
Avoiding violence in 2013
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| Listen to the podcast • 27.02.2013 • 6 min 22 sec |
In March 2013 Kenya goes to the polls. Small Arms Survey consultant Manasseh Wepundi discusses the enduring impacts of the catastrophic violence which occurred in the past electoral cycle, and explains some of the precautions being taken to avoid a recurrence.
#2: Regional Organizations & the UN PoA:
Setting the scene for cooperation
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| Listen to the podcast • 13.02.2013 • 5 min 38 sec |
In this episode, the Small Arms Survey’s Managing Director, Eric Berman, talks about the handbook on Regional Organizations and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms (PoA).
#1: Looking Back, Moving Forward
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| Listen to the podcast • 29.01.2013 • 5 min 26 sec |
In the first episode Small Arms Survey founder and programme director Keith Krause takes you through the Survey's history, from its origins to its current activities and impacts.
