Samuel Perlo-Freeman
Program Manager, Global Arms & Corruption, World Peace Foundation (website)
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Program Manager, Global Arms & Corruption, World Peace Foundation (website)
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email: samuel [dot] perlo [underscore] freeman [at] tufts [dot] edu
phone: (617) 417 5826
corruption | defense industry | global arms trade data/trends
Samuel Perlo-Freeman is a Fellow at the World Peace Foundation, and Project Manager for the WPF project on Global Arms Business and Corruption. He was previously Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). From 2007 to 2016, Freeman worked at SIPRI on issues regarding military expenditure, arms industry and arms trade, and, in particular, was head of the SIPRI Military Expenditure Project. In this capacity, he recently completed a project to extend SIPRI's unique military expenditure database backwards in time from 1988 to the 1950s.
Perlo-Freeman is a regular contributor to the SIPRI Yearbook and presents on issues of arms and military expenditure at conferences and workshops worldwide. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West of England. In this role, he worked mostly in the field of defense and peace economics. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and Economics, and is the author of numerous publications on defense and peace economics, development economics, arms industry and trade, as well as mathematics.
Recent Publications:
Samuel Perlo-Freeman is a Fellow at the World Peace Foundation, and Project Manager for the WPF project on Global Arms Business and Corruption. He was previously Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). From 2007 to 2016, Freeman worked at SIPRI on issues regarding military expenditure, arms industry and arms trade, and, in particular, was head of the SIPRI Military Expenditure Project. In this capacity, he recently completed a project to extend SIPRI's unique military expenditure database backwards in time from 1988 to the 1950s.
Perlo-Freeman is a regular contributor to the SIPRI Yearbook and presents on issues of arms and military expenditure at conferences and workshops worldwide. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West of England. In this role, he worked mostly in the field of defense and peace economics. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and Economics, and is the author of numerous publications on defense and peace economics, development economics, arms industry and trade, as well as mathematics.
Recent Publications:
- "Who is arming the Yemen war? (And is anyone planning to stop?)," World Peace Foundation, Feb 28.
- "Sweden’s proposed “Democracy Criterion” for arms exports – taking the lead in export controls, or new words for old policies," blog post, December 12, 2017.
- "Corruption in the Indonesian arms business: tentative steps towards an end to impunity," World Peace Foundation, December 2017.
- "Introduction" and "SIPRI’s New Long Data-set on Military Expenditure: The Successes and Methodological Pitfalls," in "Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 28 no. 4," July 4.
- "UK arms to Saudi – a disappointing, but unsurprising verdict," World Peace Foundation, July 14.
- "A Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption," World Peace Foundation, released May 31.
- "Trump fuels Middle East flames," World Peace Foundation, released May 26.
