Features in issue 2452

Bright future for non-lethal weapons

by Caroline Lauer

In part one of a special two-part PN investigation, Caroline Lauer takes a look at the development and economics of non-lethal weapons.

A growth industry

by Frida Berrigan

The outsourcing of military operations to private companies is a growth area of the defence industry. Frida Berrigan reports on the insidious profiteering.

DSEi: the tip of the subsidy iceberg

by Paul Ingram

Paul Ingram unravels the economic subsidies made in support of the British arms trade.

Holding up development: the effects of small arms and light weapons in developing countries

by Robert Muggah

With the first UN Biennial Meeting of States to discuss the UN's programme of action on small arms and light weapons having taken place in New York between 7 and 11 July 2003,this special feature by Robert Muggah considers some of the relationships between small arms misuse and development - and what the development community is, or isn't, doing about it.

Daily living with terror

by Saswati Roy

The impact of small arms on communities takes many forms, from involvement in illegal production and trafficking as a means ofeconomic survival, to fuelling existing conflicts and creating a violent gun culture, where local disputes are invariably "resolved" using guns. Saswati Roy reports from India.