Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman

Associate Senior Researcher

Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman

Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman is an Associate Senior Researcher at SIPRI. He was the Head of the SIPRI Project on Military Expenditure in the Arms Transfers and Military Expenditure Programme. He is currently on leave of absence to work with the World Peace Foundation where he leads the Global Arms Trade and Corruption Project.

Previously Sam was a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, working in the field of defence and peace economics.

Subject expertise

Military expenditure issues and methodology; arms production issues and methodology; economics of military expenditure; economics of arms trade; arms trade corruption.

Regional expertise

Europe, Israel, Palestine

Languages

English, French, Swedish

Education

PhD in Economics, University of the West of England; PhD In Mathematics, University of Warwick

Affiliations

Economists for Peace and Security, Member
Economics of Peace and Security, Editorial Board Member

SIPRI COMMENTARY

Monitoring military expenditure (Topical backgrounder, January 2017 )
65 years of military spending: Trends in SIPRI's new data (Blog, November 2016 )
Transparency and accountability in military spending (Topical backgrounder, August 2016 )
The opportunity cost of world military spending (Blog, April 2016 )
Economics trumps geopolitics as China announces lowest defence budget increase in years (Expert comment, March 2016 )

SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS

Perlo-Freeman, S., Fleurant, A., Wezeman, P. D. and Wezeman, S. T., Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2015 (April 2016)
Fleurant, A., Perlo-Freeman, S., Wezeman, P. D. et al, The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2015 (December 2016)
Perlo-Freeman, S., Fleurant, A., Wezeman, P. D. and Wezeman, S. T., Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2015 (February 2016)
Perlo-Freeman, S., Special Treatment: UK Government Support for the Arms Industry and Trade (November 2016)
Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2014 (April 2015) 8 pp.
The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2014 (December 2015) 8 pp.
Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2013 (April 2014) 8 pp.
The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2013 (December 2014) 8 pp.
The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2012 (January 2014) 8 pp.
Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2012 (April 2013) 8 pp.
Budgetary Priorities in Latin America: Military, Health and Education Spending (December 2011) 20 pp.
Bromley, M., Holtom, P., Perlo-Freeman, S. et al , Recent Trends in the Arms Trade (April 2009) 24 pp.
Arms Transfers to the Middle East (July 2009) 8 pp.
The developmental impact of military budgeting and procurement - implications for an arms trade treaty (April 2008) 33pp
The Private Military Services Industry (September 2008) 20 pp.
Armament and Disarmament in the Caucasus and Central Asia2003) 63 pp.

9. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
9. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
10. International arms transfers and arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
3. The Ukraine conflict and its implications (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
4. Military expenditure and arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
3. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2013)
4. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2012)
4. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2011)
5. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 2000–2009 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 6A. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2007 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 6B. Major arms industry acquisitions, 2008 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
5. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 1999–2008 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 5B. NATO military expenditure by category (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
6. Arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
6. Arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2008)
Appendix 6A. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2006 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2008)
Appendix 6B. Major arms industry acquisitions, 2007 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2008)
10. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2004)
10. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2003)

External publications

Perlo-Freeman, S. 'Military expenditure and the global culture of militarism', Chapter 11 in Kassimeris, C. & Gouliamos, K. (Eds), The marketing of war in the age of neo-militarism, London: Routledge, 2012.
Perlo-Freeman, S and Brauner, J, 'Natural resources and military expenditure: the case of Algeria', Economics of Peace and Security Journal, vol. 7, no. 1 (2012).
Perlo-Freeman, S., ‘The UK arms industry in a globalised world’, in A. Tan (Edt), The Global Arms Trade: A Handbook, London: Routledge, 2010.
Perlo-Freeman, S. and Webber, D., ‘Basic needs, government debt and economic growth’, The World Economy, vol. 32, no. 6 (June 2009).
Dunne, P., Perlo-Freeman, S. and Smith, R., ‘The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: hostility versus capability’, Defence & Peace Economics, vol. 19, no. 4 (Aug. 2008).