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[Staff] Prof. Dr. Larry Swatuk
- Associate Researcher
- Larry Swatuk obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Windsor (1978–82, Hons). He continued with a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Windsor (1983–85). He obtained his PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Dalhousie University (1986–93). Larry Swatuk’s involvement with environmental security goes back to the early 1990s, when he pursued a post-doctoral research project based on T. Homer-Dixon’s...
[PDF Document] ft_newsletter_03_2008_12.pdf (435.41 KB)

newsletter Fatal Transactions Eine europäische Kampagne zur Rohstoffgerechtigkeit Erneute Kämpfe im Osten der Demokratischen Republik Kongo Durch Kämpfe in der Unruheregion Ostkongo wurden erneut mindestens 250000 Menschen in die Flucht getrieben In dieser Region mussten in den letzten Jahren über eine Million Menschen ihre Dörfer verlassen Auch in diesen Auseinandersetzungen spielen natürliche Ressourcen eine Rolle denn alle Konfliktparteien beteiligen sich an Ausbeutung und Handel von Rohst...
[Staff] Susanne Heinke
- Member Coordination Unit CoRE-NRW
- Susanne currently is working in the coordination unit of the research network CoRE-NRW (Connecting Research on Extremism in North Rhine-Westphalia) which she joined in 2019. From 2003 until the end of 2022 Susanne was chief officer for public relations at BICC. She was thus responsible for the entire area of press and public relations. Her work also covered the publication and editing of publications, in particular the Annual Report, the Global Militarization Index (GMI) and the Know...
- Publication: Global Militarisation Index 2021, Every year, BICC’s Global Militarisation Index (GMI) maps the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2021 is an anniversary edition. Its first part reflects, as usual, current developments and trends based on the latest available data. It covers 153 countries and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases, data for 2020). The ten countries with the highest levels of militarisat...
[Staff] Susanne Heinke
- Member Coordination Unit CoRE-NRW
- Susanne currently is working in the coordination unit of the research network CoRE-NRW (Connecting Research on Extremism in North Rhine-Westphalia) which she joined in 2019. From 2003 until the end of 2022 Susanne was chief officer for public relations at bicc. She was thus responsible for the entire area of press and public relations. Her work also covered the publication and editing of publications, in particular the Annual Report, the Global Militarization Index (GMI) and the Know...
- Publication: Global Militarisation Index 2021, Every year, bicc’s Global Militarisation Index (GMI) maps the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2021 is an anniversary edition. Its first part reflects, as usual, current developments and trends based on the latest available data. It covers 153 countries and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases, data for 2020). The ten countries with the highest levels of militarisat...
[Project] Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
- BICC has been receiving funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for research and consultancy on arms exports, militarisation and development in recipient countries of German arms exports since 2002. The project consists of five major components: 1) In the framework of this project, BICC compiles and updates a EU Common Position for Arms Exports. 2)The BMZ, in particular, supports the generation and update of country and regional portraits of select r...
[Project] Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
- BICC has been receiving funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for research and consultancy on arms exports, militarisation and development in recipient countries of German arms exports since 2002. The project consists of five major components: In the framework of this project, BICC compiles and updates a database (https://www.ruestungsexport.info/en) on data concerning the military sector, overall security environment, human rights situat...
[Project] Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
- BICC has been receiving funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for research and consultancy on arms exports, militarisation and development in recipient countries of German arms exports since 2002. The project consists of five major components: In the framework of this project, BICC compiles and updates a database (https://www.ruestungsexport.info/en) on data concerning the military sector, overall security environment, human rights situat...
[PDF Document] paper11.pdf (127.93 KB)

paper 11 Upgrades and surplus weapons Lessons from the UK disposal sales agency Ian Davis and Steve Schofield July 1997 BICC AN DER ELISABETHKIRCHE 25 53113 BONN GERMANY PHONE 492289 11 960 FAX 4922824 12 15 I INTRODUCTION Military cutbacks in the 1990s have led to a decline in the purchase of new weapon systems the global value of transfers of major conventional weapons as measured by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI 1996 fell from a peak of US 46535 million i...
[PDF Document] paper5.pdf (304.43 KB)

by Pieter D Wezeman and Siemon T Wezeman July 1996 Pieter D Wezeman and Siemon T Wezeman are Research Assistants on the SIPRI Arms Transfers Project Copy editor Alisa M Federico BICC AN DER ELISABETHKIRCHE 25 53113 BONN GERMANY PHONE 492289 11 960 FAX 4922824 12 15 DUTCH SURPLUS WEAPONS CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 REASONS FOR DISPOSAL 21 CFE obligations 3 3 3 DISPOSAL POLICY ON SURPLUS WEAPONS 31 Donation 32 Destruction 33 Sales 34 The Ministry of Defense as an arms dealer 5 5 6 9 ...
[PDF Document] BICC_GMI_2021_EN.pdf (7.82 MB)

GLOBALER MILITARISIERUNGSINDEX 2017 MAX M MUTSCHLER BICC GLOBAL MILITARISATION INDEX 2021 Markus Bayer BICC GLOBAL MILITARISATION INDEX 2021 MARKUS BAYER SUMMARY Every year BICCs Global Militarisation Index GMI maps the relative weight and importance of a countrys military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole The Index is financially supported by Germanys Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development The GMI 2021 is an anniversary edition Its first part reflects as ...