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Armament and disarmament

Senior Researcher
Subject expertise

Multilateral nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament; strategic nuclear arms reductions; global nuclear forces and doctrines; and missile proliferation and ballistic missile defence

Senior Researcher
Subject expertise

Arms Trade, Military Expenditure

Regional expertise

South America

Senior Researcher
Subject expertise

Military expenditure, civil war, economic growth, climate change

Regional expertise

Africa

Senior Researcher
Subject expertise

Arms transfers; transparency in arms transfers; military technology; use of arms in conflicts; defence policies; methodology

Senior Researcher
Subject expertise

Arms flows to and arms procurement and military expenditure in the Middle East and North Africa; European and US military expenditure, arms industry and arms exports; the global arms trade; proliferation of missiles and other long range strike systems; arms embargoes; small arms and light weapons; government and multilateral transparency in armament issues; methodology of measuring armament developments.

Regional expertise

Middle East, Northern Europe, North America

Conflict, peace and security

Programme Director
Subject expertise

Peacebuilding and peace consolidation, democratic transitions, state reform and decentralization, political parties, elections and citizenship building, UN peacekeeping operations and UN transitions

Regional expertise

West Africa/Sahel

Researcher
Subject expertise

Non-proliferation and sanctions; Governance; Korean Peninsula; International and regional security; connectivity

Regional expertise

North East Asia

Programme Director
Subject expertise

Conflict resolution; conflict management; peace building; peace operations; military operations; multilateral security organisations; United Nations; African Union; rising powers in peace operations; international and regional security; complexity; comprehensive approaches in conflict management; asymmetric threats and non-traditional challenges; future foresight; scenarios methodology; evaluation

Regional expertise

Africa, Afghanistan, Balkans

Peace and development

Programme Director
Subject expertise

Conflict, human security, peacebuilding

Regional expertise

Latin America, especially Colombia