Samuel Perlo-Freeman
Research Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade, UK (website)
Fellow, World Peace Foundation (website)
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Research Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade, UK (website)
Fellow, World Peace Foundation (website)
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email: sam [at] caat [dot] org [dot] uk; smhwpf [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: +44 7732 908126
corruption | defense industry | global arms trade data/trends
Samuel Perlo-Freeman is Research Coordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade in London, UK, focusing in particular on UK military spending and procurement, and the role of arms industries in fueling conflict. He is also a Fellow of the World Peace Foundation, where he was previously Programme Manager of their project on Global Arms Business and Corruption, from 2016-2019. 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 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 Research Coordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade in London, UK, focusing in particular on UK military spending and procurement, and the role of arms industries in fueling conflict. He is also a Fellow of the World Peace Foundation, where he was previously Programme Manager of their project on Global Arms Business and Corruption, from 2016-2019. 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 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:
- "Fighting the wrong battles: How obsession with military power diverts resources from the climate crisis," Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), February 2020.
- "Red Flags and Red Diamonds: The Warning Signs and Political Drivers of Arms Trade Corruption," World Peace Foundation, September 19, 2019.
- “Arms, corruption, and the state: understanding the role of arms trade corruption in political finance”, Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, Oct 2018.
- Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption, relaunched, World Peace Foundation, Nov 2018.
- "Arms Trade Corruption and Political Finance," World Peace Foundation / The Fletcher School, July 9, 2018.
- "SIPRI's arms trade data for 2017," World Peace Foundation," March 19, 2018.
- "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.
- "Just how big is the international arms trade? (part one) and (part two)," World Peace Foundation, Sept 25, 2017.
- "UK arms to Saudi – a disappointing, but unsurprising verdict," World Peace Foundation, July 14, 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, 2017.
- "A Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption," World Peace Foundation, released May 31, 2017.
- "Trump fuels Middle East flames," World Peace Foundation, released May 26.