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Experts

Please find below a list of individuals with expertise in the arms trade. 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.

Washington DC based
Abramson
Jeff Abramson Senior Fellow, Arms Control Association || Director, Forum on the Arms Trade
Arms Trade Treaty | landmines and cluster munitions | global trade data/trends
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Seth Binder
Seth Binder  Director of Advocacy, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)
arms sales | Middle East | security assistance
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Jordan Cohen
Jordan Cohen  Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
global trade data/trends | arms sales | Middle East
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Dan Gettinger Director of Publications and Communications, Vertical Flight Society
drones
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Goldring
Natalie Goldring UN Consultant, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
arms sales | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty | other instruments
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Goodman
Colby Goodman Senior Consultant, Transparency International Defence & Security
security assistance | export control, transfer policy and laws | Africa
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Haugaard
Lisa Haugaard Co-Director, Latin America Working Group (LAWG)
Latin America | security assistance | harm to civilians​
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Isacson
Adam Isacson Snr. Assoc. of Regional Security Policy, Washington Office of Latin America (WOLA)
Latin America | security assistance 
 
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Raed Jarrar Advocacy Director, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Middle East | arms sales | Harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
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Daryl G. Kimball  Executive Director, Arms Control Association
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arms sales | landmines and cluster munitions
Matt Korda
Matt Korda  Senior Research Associate, Federation of American Scientists
drones | defense industry
Kullman
William F. Kullman  Independent expert
small arms and light weapons (SALW) |  other instruments
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Shana Marshall   Assoc. Dir. & Asst. Res. Prof., Inst. for Middle East Studies, George Washington U.
Middle East | corruption | defense industry | arms sales
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Ivan Marques IANSA Managing Director
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians
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Stephen Miles
Stephen Miles  President, Win Without War 
arms sales | defense industry | Middle East 

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Amy Nelson Research Fellow, National Defense University ||  Research Associate, Univ. of Maryland
international instruments | export control, transfer policy and laws | strategic trade control
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Diana Ohlbaum
Diana Ohlbaum Snr Strategist & Leg. Dir. for Foreign Policy, Friends Committee on Nat'l Legislation
arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development 
Nancy Okail
Nancy Okail President and CEO, Center for Intarnational Policy
Middle East | arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians | corruption
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Scott Paul   Senior Manager, Humanitarian Policy, Oxfam America  
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | Middle East (Yemen)
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Michael Picard
Michael Picard Independent Expert
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | defense industry | corruption
Ruebner
Josh Ruebner  Director of Government Relations, Institute for Middle East Understanding
arms sales (Israel) | security assistance (Palestinian Authority) | Middle East
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Sanchez
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez  Independent expert ​
Latin America | defense industry | drones
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Stephen Semler
Stephen Semler  ​Co-Founder, Security Policy Reform Institute 
security assistance | defense industry
Annie Shiel
Annie Shiel Senior Advisor for U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) 
arms sales | security assistance | explosive weapons in populated areas | harm to civilians
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Nate Smith
Nate Smith   Co-Chair, Military, Security and Policy Co-Group, Amnesty International USA
arms sales | export control, transfer policy and laws | harm to civilians 
Alexandra Stark
Alexandra Stark Senior Researcher, Political Reform Program, New America 
arms sales | security assistance | Middle East ​
Stohl
Rachel Stohl Vice President of Research Programs, Stimson Center
Arms Trade Treaty | drones | US policy and practice | global trade data/trends
 | child soldiers
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Ari Tolany United States Program Manager, Center for Civilians in Conflict​​
arms sales | security assistance | Asia | harm to civilians
Trevor Thrall
A. Trevor Thrall   Associate Professor, George Mason University  ||  Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
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arms sales
Vittori
Jodi Vittori   Professor, Georgetown Univ. School of Foreign Service  ||  Fellow, Carnegie Endow.
​corruption | defense industry | Middle East
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Wetterwik
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
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Yager
Sarah (Holewinski) Yager  Washington Director, Human Rights Watch
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | security assistance | arms sales​
Yousif
Elias Yousif  Research Analyst, Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center
security assistance | Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​
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Ray Acheson  Director, Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
drones | Arms Trade Treaty | killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas | gender | CCW

Waleed Alhariri
Waleed Alhariri  Head of New York office, Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies
 Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​​
Peter Asaro
Peter Asaro  Associate Professor, School of Media Studies, New School (New York City)
killer robots | drones | cyber
Kathi Lynn Austin
Kathi Lynn Austin  Executive Director, Conflict Awareness Project
arms trafficking | environment | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development 
Bolton
Matthew Breay Bolton  Director, International Disarmament Institute, Pace University
landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots | Arms Trade Treaty | CCW | harm to civilians | environment
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Brian Castner  Senior Crisis Advisor, Amnesty International
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians
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Anna Crowe Assistant Dir, Int'l Human Rights Clinic, and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Arms Trade Treaty | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​
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Bonnie Docherty Dir, ACCPI, Int'l Hmn Rights Clinic, Harvard Law; Snr Rsrcher, HRW
killer robots | landmines, cluster munitions | harm to civilians | CCW | explosive weapons in populated areas
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Cindy Ebbs  Acting Co-Director, Control Arms
Arms Trade Treaty
Jennifer L. Erickson
​Jennifer L. Erickson Associate Professor of Political Science and Int'l Studies, Boston College
arms sales | Arms Trade Treaty | other instruments ​
Denise Garcia
Denise Garcia Associate Prof. of Political Science and International Affairs, Northeastern University
Arms Trade Treaty | international instruments
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Hartung
William Hartung Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
defense industry (and offsets) | export control | F-35 | security assistance | Middle East
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Alexandra Hiniker ​Independent expert
landmines/cluster munitions | Asia | Middle East
Kate Kizer
Kate Kizer Independent expert
Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​
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Michael Klare Senior Visiting Fellow, Arms Control Association
arms sales | killer robots | drones | Asia
Laurance
Edward J. Laurance Former Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians | international instruments
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Lindsay-Poland
John Lindsay-Poland Coordinator, Project to Stop US Arms to Mexico
Latin America | security assistance 

Ruebner
Allison Pytlak  Program Manager, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Arms Trade Treaty | cyber | gender | Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) | killer robots
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Jen Spindel   Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire
global trade data/trends | arms sales | cyber
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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 ​
Young
Katherine Young  Researcher, Explosive Weapons Monitor
explosive weapons in populated areas | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | harm to civilians
International
Abdul Rahim
Rasha Abdul Rahim  Deputy Director, Amnesty Tech, Amnesty International secretariat 
Arms Trade Treaty | drones | killer robots
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Katherine Aguirre Tobón Researcher, Igarapé Institute (Brasil) 
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | gender
Akerstrom
Linda Åkerström   Head of Policy and Advocacy, Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Europe
Radhya al-Mutawakel
Radhya al-Mutawakel Chairperson and Co-founder, Mwatana for Human Rights
Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development 
Alma Al-Osta
Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta Disarmament & Protection of Civilians Adv. Manager, Humanity & Inclusion
landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians | explosive weapons in populated areas 
Alpers
Philip Alpers  Dir. Programmes, Centre for Armed Violence Reduction; Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Sydney  
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia (including Indo Pacific)​
Aoun
Habbouba Aoun Director, Dept. of Community Engagement (Health Sciences), Univ. of Balamand
landmines and cluster munitions | Middle East
David Atwood
David Atwood  Independent expert  
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | other instruments (PoA) | harm to civilians (SDGs) | Africa ​
Natalia Baez Zamudio
Natalia Báez Zamudio  Independent expert
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians - human rights
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Deepayan Basu Ray
Deepayan Basu Ray  Independent expert
Asia | Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | harm to civilians
Bogati
Subindra Bogati  Founder, Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia | 
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
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Boillot
Laura Boillot  Prog. Manager, Article 36 | Coord., Intern'l Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
explosive weapons in populated areas | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians
Bromley
Mark Bromley Director, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI
strategic trade control | global trade data/trends | SALW | Arms Trade Treaty | Latin America | Europe
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Butcher
Martin Butcher Policy Advisor for IHL, Conflict and Arms, Oxfam International
Arms Trade Treaty | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | Europe 
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Thompson Chengeta  European Council Research Fellow, University of Southampton
killer robots  | drones
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Helen Close  Research Associate, Omega Research Foundation
harm to civilians | global trade data/trends | other instruments
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Magda Coss
Magda Coss Nogueda  Independent expert
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | ​gender | Latin America 
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Verity Coyle
Verity Coyle  Senior Advisor - Amnesty International || Non-resident Fellow, Stimson Center
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | killer robots | ​gender | export control, transfer policy and laws 

Maria Pia Devoto
Maria Pia Devoto  Director, Association for Public Policy-APP (Argentina)
Latin America | SALW | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | landmines and cluster munitions

Lode Dewaegheneire
Lode Dewaegheneire  Independent Expert, Fellow at University of Liège 
Arms Trade Treaty | landmines and cluster munitions | strategic trade control | killer robots
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Gugu Dube  Researcher, Automated Decision Research team ​for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Africa | SALW | landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots 
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Geoffrey L. Duke
Geoffrey L. Duke  Head of Secretariat, South Sudan Action Network on Small Arms
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty | Africa | harm to civilians
Duquet
Nils Duquet  Director, Flemish Peace Institute
global trade data/trends | SALW | Europe | arms trafficking | 
strategic trade control  

Feinstein
Andrew Feinstein  Executive Director, Shadow World Investigations
corruption | arms sales | 
Africa
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Fleurant
Aude Fleurant Independent expert, associate researcher GRIP 
global trade data/trends | defense industry | export control, transfer policy and laws | arms sales
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Hector Guerra Director, ICBL-CMC 
SALW | landmines & cluster munitions | ATT | other instruments | Latin America | harm to civilians
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Erin Hunt Program Manager, Mines Action Canada
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landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots ​| explosive weapons in populated areas | gender
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Roy Isbister Arms Unit, Saferworld UK
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe​
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Jaramillo
Cesar Jaramillo  Executive Director, Project Ploughshares
global trade data/trends | killer robots | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
N.R. Jenzen-Jones
N.R. Jenzen-Jones Director, Armament Research Services (ARES)
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | arms trafficking

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Raza Shah Khan  Executive Director, Sustainable Peace And Development Organization (SPADO) 
Asia | landmines and cluster munitions | SALW | explosive weapons in populated areas 

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Adèle Kirsten Director, Gun Free South Africa
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Africa
Alexandra Kuimova
Alexandra Kuimova Researcher, SIPRI
global trade data/trends | Middle East | Europe | Africa 
Guy Lamb
​Guy Lamb Director of Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI), University of Cape Town
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Africa
Langeani
​Bruno Langeani  Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America | arms trafficking
Daniel Mack
Daniel Mack Independent consultant
small arms and light weapons (SALW) |  Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | harm to civilians
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Daniel Mahanty   Dir. of Research, Learning, and Innovation, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) 
arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | child soldiers

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Ara Marcen Naval  Head of Advocacy, Transparency International Defense & Security
Arms Trade Treaty | corruption | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Marsh
Nicholas Marsh Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | global trade data/trends | 
arms trafficking
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Jesús Martínez  Independent expert
Latin America | harm to civilians | landmines and cluster munitions
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Montserrat Martínez Téllez  Research consultant on gender and armed violence, 24-0 Mexico
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians
Elizabeth Minor
Elizabeth Minor  Advisor, Article 36
drones | harm to civilians | killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
​Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan Independent expert
landmines and cluster munitions | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia
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Robert Muggah Co-founder & Research Director at Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Group
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | global trade data/trends | harm to civilians | arms trafficking
Wanda Munoz
Wanda Muñoz Inclusion, Victim Assistance, and Humanitarian Disarmament Expert
harm to civilians  | gender | killer robots | landmines and cluster munitions  

Mutota
Folade Mutota Executive Director, WINAD (Trinidad and Tobago)
gender | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America (Caribbean) | ATT ​
Nario-Galace
Jasmin Nario-Galace Coordinator, Pax Cristi - Asia Pacific
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia | harm to civilians | ATT | Other instruments
Nasser
Afrah Nasser  Yemen researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
human rights | Middle East (Yemen)
Linnet Ng'ayu
​Linnet L. Wairimu Ng'ayu Institutional Strengthening Advisor, ACRL - RfP
Arms Trade Treaty | Africa
Iain Overton
Iain Overton  Executive Director, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)
small arms and light weapons | explosive weapons | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians

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Carlos Pérez Ricart  Assistant Professor in International Relations, CIDE
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW)
Samuel Perlo-Freeman
Samuel Perlo-Freeman  Research Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade (UK)
defense industry | global arms trade data/trends | corruption 
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Natália Pollachi Project Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz (Brasil) 
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | gender | arms trafficking
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Camilo Serna
Camilo Serna  Deputy Director and Co-Founder, Colombia Campaign Against Landmines (CCCM)
landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots | Latin America
Shobha Shrestha
Shobha Pradhan Shrestha Founder & Exec. Chair, Women for Peace & Democracy - Nepal
killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas | Asia
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Stephen Mwachofi Singo Deputy Director, Security Research & Information Centre
Africa | small arms and light weapons (SALW)
Slijper
Frank Slijper Project Leader, Arms Trade, PAX
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe
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Sorour
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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Stavrianakis
Anna Stavrianakis Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
Arms Trade Treaty | Europe
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Stollar
Avihai Stollar Human rights researcher, Breaking the Silence 
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | killer robots | Middle East | harm to civilians 
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Sahar Vardi Program Manager, American Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
​Middle East
Varisco
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 
Vignarca
Francesco Vignarca National Coordinator, Rete Italiana per il Disarmo
Europe | global trade data/trends | drones | F-35
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Leah Wawro Independent Expert
​corruption
Doug Weir
Doug Weir Research and Policy Director, The Conflict and Environment Observatory 
environment
Wilcken
Patrick Wilcken Researcher, Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty Int'l secretariat 
​Latin America | global trade data/trends | Middle East
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Cristian Wittmann Professor, Universidade Federal do Pampa 
landmines and cluster munitions | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | other instruments
Zwijnenburg
Wim Zwijnenburg Project Leader in Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX (Netherlands)
environment | Arms Trade Treaty | drones
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