Alexandra Kuimova
Researcher, SIPRI
email: alexandra [dot] kuimova [at] sipri [dot] org
twitter: @Alex_Kuimova
Researcher, SIPRI
email: alexandra [dot] kuimova [at] sipri [dot] org
twitter: @Alex_Kuimova
global trade data/trends | Middle East | Europe | Africa
Alexandra Kuimova is a researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. Her areas of research include the monitoring of arms transfers, military spending and arms industry, foreign and defence policies, with particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe. At SIPRI, Kuimova has contributed to research on the role of arms flows in fueling armed conflict, the risks entailed by the emergence of new suppliers in the global arms trade, and on transparency in military expenditure. She also actively contributes to the Institute’s activities aimed at supporting and accelerating progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. Prior to joining SIPRI, Kuimova was an Intern in the Department of New Challenges and Threats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation where she prepared a background report on terrorist movements in the MENA region. She also completed internships at Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi in Morocco and Cairo University in Egypt.
Alexandra Kuimova is a researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. Her areas of research include the monitoring of arms transfers, military spending and arms industry, foreign and defence policies, with particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe. At SIPRI, Kuimova has contributed to research on the role of arms flows in fueling armed conflict, the risks entailed by the emergence of new suppliers in the global arms trade, and on transparency in military expenditure. She also actively contributes to the Institute’s activities aimed at supporting and accelerating progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. Prior to joining SIPRI, Kuimova was an Intern in the Department of New Challenges and Threats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation where she prepared a background report on terrorist movements in the MENA region. She also completed internships at Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi in Morocco and Cairo University in Egypt.
Recent Publications:
- "Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using UN Reports on Arms Embargoes to Identify Sources, Challenges and Policy Measures," SIPRI, December 2022.*
- "Trends in international arms transfers 2021," SIPRI Factsheet, March 2022.*
- "International arms transfer and developments in arms production," SIPRI Yearbook 2021, SIPRI 2021.*
- "Transfers of major arms to Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020," SIPRI Topical backgrounder, September 2021.*
- "Arms transfers to conflict zones: The case of Nagorno-Karabakh," SIPRI Topical Backgrounder, April 2021.*
- "Arms and military spending in the Western Balkans," Political Trends & Dynamics, Security and Arms Control in SEE, Volume 2, pp. 4-13, Friedrich Elbert Stiftung (2021).*
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