Experts: S to Z
Please find below a list of individuals with expertise in the arms trade, with last names starting with S to Z. Inclusion in this list does not indicate agreement with or endorsement of the opinions of others. Institutional affiliation indicated for identification purposes only. Experts interested in being listed, click here.
Annie Shiel US Advocacy Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
arms sales | security assistance | explosive weapons in populated areas | harm to civilians |
Nate Smith Chair, Military, Security and Policy Co-Group, Amnesty International USA
arms sales | export control, transfer policy and laws | harm to civilians - human rights |
Jen Spindel Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire
global trade data/trends | arms sales | cyber |
Alexandra Stark Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation
arms sales | security assistance | Middle East |
Rachel Stohl Vice President, Stimson
Arms Trade Treaty | drones | US policy and practice | global trade data/trends | child soldiers |
A. Trevor Thrall Associate Professor, George Mason University || Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
arms sales |
Ari Tolany United States Program Manager, Center for Civilians in Conflict
arms sales | security assistance | Asia | harm to civilians |
Jodi Vittori Professor, Georgetown Univ. School of Foreign Service || Fellow, Carnegie Endow.
corruption | defense industry | Middle East |
Eugenio Weigend Vargas Research Fellow, Inst. for Firearm Injury Prevention, Univ. Michigan
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America | arms trafficking |
Sarah Leah Whitson Executive Director, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Middle East | arms sales | Harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development |
Sarah (Holewinski) Yager Washington Director, Human Rights Watch
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | security assistance | arms sales |
Katherine Young Research & Monitoring Coordinator, Explosive Weapons Monitor
explosive weapons in populated areas | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | harm to civilians |
Elias Yousif Research Analyst, Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center
security assistance | Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development |
International
Camilo Serna Deputy Director and Co-Founder, Colombia Campaign Against Landmines (CCCM)
landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots | Latin America |
Shobha Pradhan Shrestha Founder & Exec. Chair, Women for Peace & Democracy - Nepal
killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas | Asia |
Stephen Mwachofi Singo Deputy Director, Security Research & Information Centre
Africa | small arms and light weapons (SALW) |
Ayman Sorour Executive Director, Protection Against Armaments and Consequences
Middle East | landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots |
Emma Soubrier Associate Researcher, INSPAD at Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France)
global trade data/trends | Europe | Middle East |
Anna Stavrianakis Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
Arms Trade Treaty | Europe |
Avihai Stollar Human rights researcher, Breaking the Silence
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | killer robots | Middle East | harm to civilians |
Andrea Edoardo Varisco Independent Expert; Associate Senior Researcher, SIPRI
global trade data/trends | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | arms trafficking |
Francesco Vignarca National Coordinator, Rete Italiana per il Disarmo
Europe | global trade data/trends | drones | F-35 |
Patrick Wilcken Researcher, Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty International secretariat
Latin America | global trade data/trends | Middle East |
Cristian Wittmann Professor, Universidade Federal do Pampa
landmines and cluster munitions | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | other instruments |
Wim Zwijnenburg Project Leader in Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX (Netherlands)
environment | Arms Trade Treaty | drones |