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[Press] BICC Global Militarisation Index 2019 \ TOP 10 remain unchanged

• Among the most militarised countries are, as in previous years, Israel, Singapore, Armenia, Cyprus, South Korea, Russia, Greece, Jordan, Belarus and Azerbaijan. The Global Militarisation Index 2019 of the peace and conflict research institute BICC is now available online at https://gmi.bicc.de/
• Wednesday, 13 November 2019: Compiled by BICC, the Global Militarisation Index (GMI) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country's military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The GMI 2019 covers 154 states and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases data for 2018). Israel remains the most heavily militarised country in the world. Its massive investment in the military is still owed to the strained security situation of the country and the entire region.  Amo...

[Press] New Publication \ Deployment of German Arms in Yemen - For a Comprehensive Arms Embargo against the War Coalition

• In view of the continuing gross violation of international humanitarian law by the states involved in the war in Yemen, the latest BICC Policy Brief considers a mere extension of the moratorium to be insufficient and calls for a comprehensive arms embargo against the war coalition.
• Monday, 25 February 2019: Marius Bales and Max M. Mutschler, authors of BICC Policy Brief 2\2019 “Einsatz deutscher Waffensysteme im Jemen - Für ein umfassendes Waffenembargo gegen die Kriegskoalition“ (in German) in particular recommend:\ Decide on a comprehensive arms embargoIn view of the flagrant violation of international humanitarian law by the countries involved in the war in Yemen, export moratoria of limited duration, such as the current stop of arms exports to Saudi Arabia until 9 March, are not sufficient. Due...

[Project] G7 Conference SALW in the Sahel

• Never before has the Sahel–Maghreb region experienced such a high level of small arms availability. Following the fall of Gaddafi, non-state armed actors overran sizeable weapons depots in Misrata and Zintan, quickly turning Libya into an open market for arms. These small arms and light weapons (SALW) have since headed east (to Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine), west (to armed groups in northern Mali via Algeria and the Tunisian border), and south (to Boko Haram in Nigeria via Niger and ...

[Project] G7 Conference SALW in the Sahel

• Never before has the Sahel–Maghreb region experienced such a high level of small arms availability. Following the fall of Gaddafi, non-state armed actors overran sizeable weapons depots in Misrata and Zintan, quickly turning Libya into an open market for arms. These small arms and light weapons (SALW) have since headed east (to Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine), west (to armed groups in northern Mali via Algeria and the Tunisian border), and south (to Boko Haram in Nigeria via Niger and ...

[Publication] Einsatz deutscher Rüstungstechnik im Jemen - Für ein umfassendes Waffenembargo gegen die Kriegskoalition

• The English version of this Policy Brief is a translation of the original German version that was published on 25 February 2019.The "Khashoggi moratorium" on arms exports to Saudi Arabia, imposed by the federal government in response to the murder of the journalist, ends on 9 March. In view of the continuing gross violation of international humanitarian law by the states involved in the war in Yemen, the latest BICC Policy Brief considers a mere extension of the moratorium to be insuff...

[PDF Document] BICC_brief_02.pdf   (7.16 MB)

[Staff] PD Dr Elke Grawert

• Senior Researcher
• PhD 1995; Habilitation 2006 Elke studied Political Science at the Universities of Münster and Hamburg and did her PhD in Economics and Social Science and her state doctorate (Habilitation) in Political Science at the University of Bremen. She taught at the University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, in Applied Business Languages (Arabic) and International Management; at the University of Bremen in Development Policy with Focus on Non-governmental Organisations and since 2006 Sociology and Polit...
• Publication: Businessmen in arms: How the military and other armed groups profit in the MENA Region, The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or a crucial part of patronage networks in political systems. This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Y...

[Staff] Dr Ester Serra Mingot

• Senior Researcher
• PhD in Social Anthropology/Human Geography 2018Ester completed her Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Alicante (Spain). After working several years as an interpreter, language teacher and tour guide in the Middle East, she conducted a Masters in International Relations, Safety and Development at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), with focus in Middle Eastern politics and the role of women in the Egyptian Arab Spring. In 2013, she fini...

[PDF Document] WP_3_23_Role_of_mobility_Albania_final.pdf   (1.63 MB)

[Staff] Dr. Lamis Saleh

• Senior Researcher
• Prior to joining BICC, Lamis worked as a consultant Senior Economic Researcher for the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development in Cairo, Egypt. Previously, she worked from 2017 to 2020 as a research assistant at the Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), University of Hamburg in the project titled “Violence, Flight and Socio-Economic Behavior: A Field Study among Syrian refugees in three Asylum Countries (Germany, Jordan and Egypt)”. Within her role in the project,...