Intellectual leadership for peace
This occasional paper examines the link between political finance and corruption in the arms, trade drawing from the Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption, a collection of 29 cases of corruption in the arms trade and the broader military sector from around the world.
Published in partnership with Global Rights Compliance, this paper addresses what law might apply and what evidence would be required to pursue prosecution.
The report by Polina Beliakova and Sam Perlo-Freeman discusses information on corruption in the Russian defense sector, especially the arms industry, identifying key cases of corruption that have become visible in recent years, in particular since 2008, when Russia’s current set of military reforms, and major rearmament drive, began.
WPF Blog: Reinventing Peace
Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine (Polity Books, 2017). In Mass Starvation, WPF Executive Director, Alex de Waal, provides an authoritative history of modern famines: their causes, dimensions and why they almost ended.
In the July New Yorker, Alex de Waal, Martha Mundy & Global Rights Compliance group discuss accountability for using food as a weapon in Yemen.
Alex de Waal writes on the unfolding calamity in Yemen in this June 14 New York Times article.
Alex de Waal speaks to NPR on the history, misconceptions and future of famine
PRI's Steven Snyder speaks to Global Arms Trade and Corruption Program Director, Sam Perlo-Freeman on the US connection to the war in Yemen.
