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Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco
Associate Senior Researcher
Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco
Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco is an Associate Senior Researcher at SIPRI. Previously, he was the Director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. Andrea has worked as Head of Analytics for Conflict Armament Research and had field research experiences in conflict-affected countries in the Middle East, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has authored and co-authored analytical reports on arms control and weapons and ammunition management for European, African, and Asian National Governments, Armed and Police Forces.
Subject expertise
Conventional arms, small arms and light weapons, illicit weapon trade, security sector reform
CONTACT Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco
Languages
Italian, English, French
Education
PhD in Post-war Recovery Studies, University of York; MA in International Affairs, Peace and Conflict Studies specialization, Australian National University (in collaboration with Peace Research Institute Oslo); MA in Politics and Comparative Institutions, Università degli Studi di Milano
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Good Practice Guide on Post-shipment On-site Inspections of Military Materiel (SIPRI, Stockholm: August 2022)
- Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using UN Reports on Arms Embargoes to Identify Sources, Challenges and Policy Measures (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2022)
- Post-shipment On-site Inspections of Military Materiel: Challenges and Responses (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2021)
- Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: Achievements, Challenges and Ways Forward (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2021)
- Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: A Summary of Policy Options (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2021)
- Post-shipment Control Measures: European Approaches to On-site Inspections of Exported Military Materiel (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2020)
External publications
- Varisco, A. E., Brockmann, K. and Robin, L., Post-shipment on-site inspections of exported military materiel: a new tool of choice for European countries?, WorldECR, no. 100 (June 2021)
- Conflict Armament Research, End-user Documentation: An Analysis of Information Relating to the Transfer of Conventional Weapons and Ammunition, Diversion Digest – Issue 2, London: Conflict Armament Research (2019)
- Conflict Armament Research, Typology of Diversion: A Statistical Analysis of Weapon Diversion Documented by Conflict Armament Research, Diversion Digest – Issue 1, London: Conflict Armament Research (2018)
- Varisco, A. E. (co-author), The International Tracing Instrument: Examining Options to Support Operationalization, Geneva: UNIDIR (2018)
- Conflict Armament Research, Weapons of the Islamic State, London: Conflict Armament Research (2017)
- Varisco, A. E., Research in Security Sector Reform Policy: The Case of Sierra Leone, London: Palgrave (2017)
- Conflict Armament Research, Weapons and Ammunition Airdropped to SPLA-iO Forces in South Sudan: Equipment Captured by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Jonglei State in November 2014, London: Conflict Armament Research (2015)
- Varisco, A. E., Waldman, T. and Barakat, S., Understanding Influence: State Building Research and British Policy in Fragile, Conflict-Affected Countries, Abingdon: Routledge (2014)
- Varisco, A. E., The Influence of Research and Local Knowledge on British-led Security Sector Reform Policy in Sierra Leone, Conflict, Security & Development, Volume 14, Issue 1, February 2014, pp. 89-123 (2014)
- Varisco, A. E., Towards a Multi-Polar International System: Which Prospects for Global Peace?, e-International Relations (2013)
- Varisco, A. E., A Study on the Inter-Relation between Armed Conflict and Natural Resources and its Implications for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, Journal of Peace, Conflict & Development, Issue 15, pp. 38-58 (2010)
- Varisco, A. E., Le Armi Leggere e di Piccolo Calibro: Commercio Mondiale e Traffici Illeciti, Archivio Disarmo, Sistema Informativo a Schede (2008)