Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT)

Led by Nicholas Marsh

Jan 1998 –

Members

Nicholas Marsh

This project has a separate website.

21/05/2015
Homicide Monitor launches with PRIO on board

A new and interactive data visualization of global homicide data, the Homicide Monitor provides key insights into the nature of violence around the world.

10/04/2013
Arms Trade Treaty, the work has just begun!

In a new blog post on the NISAT blog, Nic Marsh argues that the realization of the Treaty's potential depends on the force of it's ratification and implemetation among the signatory states.

Read the blog post here.

15/06/2010
Ammunition: The Secretive Trade

The first global survey of the trade in ammunition for small arms and light weapons has just been launched at a UN conference on small arms and light weapons. PRIO Researcher Nicholas Marsh has contributed with the ground-breaking chapter which for the first time analyses the ammunition trade.

22/02/2010
Norway - a War Profiteer?

PRIO researcher Hilde Wallacher has written a report on Norwegian arms trade, which will be presented 23 February.

The report gives policy advice to the Norwegian government on the implementation of end use control for NATO allies.

The report is commissioned by the Norwegian Church Aid, Changemaker and the Forum for Environment and Development.

15/10/2009
New PRIO Report on Private Military Contractors

PRIO Researcher David Isenberg has published a PRIO Report on 'Private Military Contractors and U.S. Grand Strategy'.

02/03/2009
Small Arms - Weapons of Mass Destruction

David Isenberg will introduce the 2008 film "Devil's Bargain" by Shelley Saywell, which deals with the widespread use of small arms.

01/01/2008
Vacancy: Researcher/Research Assistant

The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT) project at PRIO is currently looking for a talented individual to fill the position of either Researcher or Research Assistant within the project.

04/05/2007
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 on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT), was held in Oslo. The workshop gathered over 60 experts from 30 countries (including about 20 from developing regions), to engage participants in sharing knowledge and experience of initiatives to redress the impact of small arms violence upon sustainable development. This PRIO report presents a summary of the presentations at the workshop and a list of recommendations.

05/03/2007
Integrating Small Arms Measures into Development Programmes

The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT) organised an international workshop on “Integrating Small Arms Measures into Development Programmes” in Oslo, 30 November – 1 December 2006. The workshop gathered over 60 participants from 30 countries (of which about 20 from developing regions) with the aim to share knowledge and experience of initiatives to address the impact of small arms violence upon sustainable development.

01/12/2006
Integrating Small Arms Measures into Development Programmes

This international workshop aims to engage small arms experts, researchers and field practioners in sharing knowledge and experience on initiatives to address the impact of small arms proliferation and violence upon sustainable development.

Nicholas Marsh & Lauren Pinson (2021)
Arms trafficking

Book Chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling

Nicholas Marsh & Topher McDougal (2020)
Illicit Small Arms Prices: Introducing Two New Datasets

Journal Article in Defence and Peace Economics

Maria Camello, Shannon Dick, Ryan Fletcher, Luisa Fonteny, Roy Isbister, Elizabeth Kirkham, Nicholas Marsh, Yannick Quéau, Carina Solmirano, Rachel Stohl, Katherine Young & Daniel Mack (2020)
Arms Trade Treaty Monitor Report 2020

Report - External Series

Nicholas Marsh (2020)
Because We Have the Maxim Gun The Relationship between Arms Acquisition by Non-State Groups and Violence

PhD Thesis

Nicholas Marsh (2018)
The Availability Puzzle: Considering the Relationship between Arms and Violence Taking Place within States

Journal Article in The Journal of Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer

Shannon Dick, Bruno Hellendorf, Ishtiaq Khan, Nicholas Marsh, Robert Muggah, Robert Perkins, Rachel Stohl, Nathan Thompson, Katherine Aguirre Tobón, Pieter Wezeman, Siemon Wezeman & Katherine Young (2018)
ATT Monitor Report 2018

Report - External Series