Tools to learn about and research the international weapons and arms trade.
Defense Security Cooperation Agency Major Arms Sales Database
A monthly archive of current and past United States governmental notifications of international arms sales.Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Arms Transfers Database
“The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database contains information on all transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year… The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database can be used to generate detailed written reports (trade registers) and statistical data (trend indicator values, TIV).”United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
The UN’s official reporting mechanism and database for international arms sales. Includes data from 1991 to the present.Peace Research Institute Oslo Mapping Arms Data (MAD)
“MAD features over 35 000 records of the exports and imports of small arms and ammunition from more than 262 states and territories between 1992 and 2014.”iTrace
“iTrace is a European Union-funded project, which provides policy makers with dynamic, quantified data on transfers of diverted conventional weapons, ammunition, and related materiel.”Security Assistance Monitor
Includes three databases: Security Sector Assistance, Arms Sales, and Foreign Military Training.Project Indefensible
“Project Indefensible presents compelling evidence, examples, and analysis to debunk the myths that sustain the global arms business.”World Beyond War Anti-War & Pro-Peace Resources Database
Contains links to numerous types of resources on multiple topics in 39 different languages.Forum on the Arms Trade Major Arms Sales (via FMS) Notification Tracker
Includes tables and a Google Sheet on contemporary and historical Foreign Military Sales notifications from the Defense Security Cooperation agency.Small Arms Survey Resource Library
A searchable database with filter criteria of Small Arms Survey’s publications.Brown University Costs of War Project
“The Costs of War Project is a team of over 50 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2010. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the related violence in Pakistan and Syria.”