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Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchable

The Conversation | August 10, 2026.

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Gas from Above: How UAVs Are Bringing Chemical Warfare Back to the Battlefield in Ukraine

Small Wars Journal | July 23, 2026.

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An Introduction to Crater Analysis

Armament Research Services | July 20, 2026.

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Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchable | The Conversation | August 10, 2026. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Gas from Above: How UAVs Are Bringing Chemical Warfare Back to the Battlefield in Ukraine | Small Wars Journal | July 23, 2026. | Patrick Senft
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Landmines and Cluster Munitions Arms Trafficking
An Introduction to Crater Analysis | Armament Research Services | July 20, 2026. | N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Landmines and Cluster Munitions Arms Trafficking
A Nova Cadeia de Suprimentos do Crime: flexibilização, armas de maior poder de fogo e a ‘substituição de importações’ no mercado ilícito brasileiro | (Firearms | July 1, 2026. | Bruno Langeani
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Arms Trafficking
Obliterated Weapon Markings: A technical analysis of marking obliteration, methods of recovery, and good practice in implementing the International Tracing Instrument | Conflict Armament Research and UNODA | June 11, 2026. | Bruno Langeani
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Arms Trafficking
Islamic State Craft-produced Light Recoilless Guns: Conventional & Chemical Variants | Special Report No. 6 | May 14, 2026. | N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Landmines and Cluster Munitions Arms Trafficking
The Confluence of Crime: Mapping the Nexus between Arms and Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean | Global Crime | April 2026 | Manon Blancafort
Arms Trafficking
O fenômeno das armas 3D e as lições da Operação ShadowGun | (The phenomenon of 3D weapons and the lessons of Operation ShadowGun) Fonte Segura | March 18, 2026. | Bruno Langeani
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Arms Trafficking
Conflict and Violence Prevention Works. How Do We Sell It Politically | Center on International Cooperation | March 16, 2026. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
The global price tag of war in the Middle East | World Economic Forum | March 12, 2026. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Closing Plenary: Can Arms Trade Bring About Peace? | Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting | February 4, 2026. | León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, Eric Woods, Robert Muggah, Josh Paul
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Haiti’s Political Crisis Deepens Amid a Slide Into Criminal Governance | Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting | February 4, 2026. | León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, Eric Woods, Robert Muggah, Josh Paul
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5 scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela — and what they could signal to the wider region | The Conversation | January 3, 2026. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Ghost Guns Are Increasingly Empowering Brazil’s Powerful Gangs | interview with Bruno Langeani by Marina Cavalari | October 29, 2025. | Bruno Langeani
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Arms Trafficking
The Great Rewiring: How Ukraine's war is unraveling the old world order and hastily stitching together a new one | SecDev | October 29, 2025. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Blind Fire: The Rise of Military-Style Firearms amid Regulatory Failures and Data Deficiency in Brazil | Journal of Illicit Economies and Development | September 23, 2025. | Bruno Langeani
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Arms Trafficking
The Geopolitics of Trump’s War on Drugs | Americas Quarterly | September 18, 2025. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Distributed deterrence: Europe’s new security logic and action plan | PRIO Policy Brief | September 5, 2025. | Nicholas Marsh, Laura Varella
Gender AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Global Arms Trafficking
Weapons of influence: tactics of a growing arms industry and needed health actions | BMJ | September 1, 2025. | Robert Muggah, Laura Varella
Gender AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health | BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal) | September 1, 2025. | Robert Muggah, Laura Varella
Gender AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War | Journal of European Integration | August 18, 2025. | Nicholas Marsh
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Global Arms Trafficking
Dados de criminalidade em Washington contrariam Trump e evidenciam que intervenção na capital tem fins políticos | The Conversation | August 13, 2025. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
The White House's manufactured "crime crisis" comes to Washington DC | The Conversation | August 13, 2025. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking
Lei tem de ser mas rigorosa contra uso de fuzis | O Globo | August 12, 2025. | Bruno Langeani
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Arms Trafficking
REACTION: Trump Orders Armed Forces to Fight Latin American Cartels | Americas Quarterly | August 11, 2025. | Robert Muggah
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Global Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Arms Trafficking