New Survey Report on the Arms Trade Treaty in the Indo-Pacific region

The Indo-Pacific region, in all its vastness and diversity, presents many international security challenges. It is also a region with, thus far, limited engagement with the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Only 11 Indo-Pacific countries are currently states parties to the ATT, and nine states from the region have signed the Treaty but not yet ratified it.

Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities: The Arms Trade Treaty in the Indo-Pacific Region—a new Report from the Small Arms Survey's project on the ATT in the Indo-Pacific region—provides in-depth analysis of the differing attitudes to the ATT as well as obstacles that hinder universalization and compliance in the region. Additionally, the Report outlines opportunities for stakeholders to change the dynamic of engagement with the ATT in this critical geostrategic region for major global politics.

A Summary of the Report is also available. It recaps the Executive Summary, Key findings, and Policy Observations within the report.

Read: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities: The Arms Trade Treaty in the Indo-Pacific Region

Read: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities: The Arms Trade Treaty in the Indo-Pacific Region - Summary

For more, check out:

• The Dawning of a New Approach? Gender Dynamics of the Arms Trade in the Indo-Pacific region (July 2024)—a blog post that discusses the gender dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region and their relationship with the ATT
• At Whose Risk? Understanding States Parties’ Implementation of Arms Trade Treaty Gender-based Violence Provisions (March 2022)—a Briefing Paper contextualizes GBV in the ATT context
• Trade Update 2019: Transfers, Transparency, and South-east Asia Spotlight (December 2019)—a Report that scores the transparency of top and major exporters’ reporting on arms trade activities out of a maximum 25 points
• The Arms Trade Treaty: A Practical Guide to National Implementation (August 2016)—a Guide that is designed to assist and inform those responsible for implementing the ATT at the national level
• The ATT in the Indo-Pacific project page
• Other ATT outputs in our Resource Library

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• New Small Arms Survey Annual Report 2023
• New SANA blog post on the connection between emotions and violent extremism
• New podcast - Road to RevCon4: The UN PoA and Demand
• New HSBA Situation Update on Tong Akeen Ngor’s Reign in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan
• New podcast - Road to RevCon4: A Public Health Crisis—Small Arms Trafficking and Violence in the Caribbean
• New podcast - Road to RevCon4: The UN PoA and the RevCon process
• New podcast - Road to RevCon4: Gender-responsive arms control and the UN PoA
• New Briefing Paper on Weapons Technical Intelligence in UN Peace Operations