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New Briefing Paper 'Palestinians Returning to Lebanon: Possibilities, Readmission and Risks' by Jasmin Lilian Diab.

Available here: sas-space.sas.ac.uk/10364/

#PalestinianRefugees #HumanRights #ForcedMigration #Lebanon #briefingpaper
May 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The system created by Kiir’s mode of rule prevented the electoral process and blocked the Tumaini Peace Initiative. As our #BriefingPaper from 2025 discusses, the price of this unchecked power is civil war in #SouthSudan. Read more here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/bri...
On The Brink: The Politics of Violence in South Sudan
South Sudan is once again on the brink of war. The regime of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is bombing civilians and detaining the opposition, while foreign embassies close and evacuate staff.…
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January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
#SouthSudan is on the cusp of civil war. Kiir’s plans for succession are at risk and among those jockeying for power, there is likely no one able to command the assent of the country’s elite. Our new #BriefingPaper examines what led to this crisis: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/bri...
On The Brink: The Politics of Violence in South Sudan
South Sudan is once again on the brink of war. The regime of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is bombing civilians and detaining the opposition, while foreign embassies close and evacuate staff. Th...
www.smallarmssurvey.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As violence escalates in #SouthSudan, earlier analysis remains highly relevant. Our #BriefingPaper shows how political dynamics have long driven fragmentation and instability, and how these same dynamics continue to shape the current escalation: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/bri...
On The Brink: The Politics of Violence in South Sudan
South Sudan is once again on the brink of war. The regime of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is bombing civilians and detaining the opposition, while foreign embassies close and evacuate staff.…
www.smallarmssurvey.org
April 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
As of early 2025, NATO-pattern weapons continued to be available in informal markets in #Afghanistan and #Pakistan according to our #BriefingPaper based on almost three years of field investigations. Read more here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/ope...
Open Markets: Documenting Arms Availability in Afghanistan under the Taliban
More than three years after the Taliban’s takeover and its seizure of the previous regime’s weapons stockpiles, the de facto authorities have taken steps to exert control over arms and ammunition in…
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March 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
#Sudan is in the grip of a catastrophic humanitarian and political crisis. Our HSBA #BriefingPaper is the first to analyze the inner workings of the Rapid Support Forces that are fighting to control the country: bit.ly/3SxX3aR
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
How critical are #NAPs on #SALW in #WestAfrica? Our latest #BriefingPaper unpacks the current practice, impact, and potential to small arms control into broader public policy frameworks that address #development and security concerns: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/nat...
National Action Plans as Tools for Effective Small Arms Control: Lessons from West Africa
Guidance provided at the Fourth Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in June 2024 underscored the importance of aligning national action plans (NAPs) with su...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Recent #Taliban efforts to tighten controls on arms and ammunition have not affected the types of weapons available in informal markets in #Afghanistan, our new #BriefingPaper finds, based on almost three years of field investigations.
bit.ly/3F6TZ1N
Open Markets: Documenting Arms Availability in Afghanistan under the Taliban
More than three years after the Taliban’s takeover and its seizure of the previous regime’s weapons stockpiles, the de facto authorities have taken steps to exert control over arms and ammunition in t...
bit.ly
March 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Published today our new HSBA #BriefingPaper analyses the state of the #RSF after 19 months of war in #Sudan, its political economy, and the fragmentation of its command-and-control structure: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/rep...
The Republic of Kadamol: A Portrait of the Rapid Support Forces at War
After almost two years of war, Sudan is in the grip of a humanitarian and political catastrophe. A conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to devastate the coun...
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January 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The G5 #Sahel region experiences notably higher levels of lethal violence compared to Northern Africa, and increasing conflict-related fatalities since 2016. Read more in our #SANA #BriefingPaper on global violent deaths here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/bro...
Broken Ambitions: The Global Struggle to Halve Violent Deaths by 2030
Just over a quarter of the world’s countries and territories are currently on track to meet the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 16.1. As demonstrated in our 2021 update to the Global Violent D...
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January 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#BriefingPaper published by four of our volunteers:

'Considering Further Submissions: Reflections on the Procedure, Function and Impact of "fresh claims" in the UK asylum system.' by Aykhan Allahveranov, Lauren Powdrell, Tasmin Langler, and Nikolaos Margaritis.

👉 sas-space.sas.ac.uk/10375/
June 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM