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.
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Wilder Alejandro Sanchez  ​Independent expert
Latin America | defense industry | drones
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Stephen Semler  ​Co-Founder, Security Policy Reform Institute 
security assistance | defense industry

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
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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
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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
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Eugenio Weigend Vargas Research Fellow, Inst. for Firearm Injury Prevention, Univ. Michigan ​
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America | arms trafficking ​

Anne-Charlotte Merrell Wetterwik Independent expert
strategic trade control | export control, transfer policy and laws | Arms Trade Treaty | defense industry
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​Sarah Leah Whitson  Executive Director, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Middle East | arms sales | Harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development

Lauren Woods  Director, Security Assistance Monitor
security assistance | Middle East | Africa 
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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)

Frank Slijper Project Leader, Arms Trade, PAX
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe

Ayman Sorour Executive Director, Protection Against Armaments and Consequences
Middle East | landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots
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Emma Soubrier   Associate Researcher, INSPAD at Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France)
global trade data/trends | Europe | Middle East ​
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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 

Sahar Vardi Program Manager, American Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
​Middle East

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

​Leah Wawro Independent Expert
​corruption

Doug Weir Research and Policy Director, The Conflict and Environment Observatory 
environment

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