2009

(09-1) A Roundtable on Nuclear Issues in Relation to Iran
Hosted by Project Ploughshares and Mennonite Central Committee Canada in cooperation with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ottawa

2008

(08-1) Small Arms Proliferation and Misuse: Toward a Caribbean Plan of Action
A joint publication of Women’s Institute for Alternative Development & Project Ploughshares.

2007

(07-2) Towards Safe and Sustainable Communities: Addressing Armed Violence as a Development Priority
Ken Epps

(07-1) Nuclear Disarmament: An Action Agenda for Canada
Ernie Regehr

2006

(06-2) Canada and Small Arms Exports
Ken Epps

(06-1) US Small Arms and Global Transfer Principles
Rachel Stohl

2005

(05-5) The Responsibility to Protect: East, West, and Southern African Perspectives on Preventing and Responding to Humanitarian Crises
Prepared by Greg Puley on behalf of Africa Peace Forum, African Women's Development and Communication Network, Africa Institute of South Africa, and Project Ploughshares

(05-4) Rebuilding Confidence in the NPT: Resolving the NATO-NPT Contradiction
Ernie Regehr

(05-3) Bridging the Divide: Addressing Key Challenges to the NPT
Bill Robinson
Prepared on behalf of The Canadian Pugwash Group, Physicians for Global Survival, Project Ploughshares, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, and the Middle Powers Initiative.

(05-2) The Feasibility of Increased Restrictions on the Civilian Possession of Military Assault Weapons at the Global Level
Wendy Cukier, MA, MBA, PhD (English) (French)
This paper was prepared for the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee in support of the Peace-building and Human Security: Development of Policy Capacity in the Voluntary Sector Project.

(05-1) Small Arms and Corporate Social Responsibility: Emerging International Norms & A Program for Advocacy
Tracy London JD, MSW (English) (French)
This paper was prepared for the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee in support of Peacebuilding and Human Security: Development of Policy Capacity in the Voluntary Sector Project.  

2004

(04-4) Reshaping the Security Envelope: Defence Policy in a Human Security Context
Ernie Regehr and Peter Whelan
It should be a fundamental, if obvious, requirement of international security policies and measures that they directly address the particular ways in which people and communities experience insecurity. (November, 2004)

(04-3) The Impact of Arms Transfers on Sustainable Development: A Review of the Literature
Kristiana Powell
This paper was written as a key contribution to a research project that resulted in the June 2004 report Guns or Growth?: Assessing the impact of arms sales on sustainable development.  The report was published by Control Arms, a joint campaign of Oxfam, Amnesty International and the International Network on Small Arms (IANSA), in association with project partners Saferworld and Project Ploughshares. (September, 2004)

(04-2) Reducing the Demand for Small Arms and Light Weapons: Priorities for the International Community
Ernie Regehr
This paper was presented at the roundtable, The demand aspects of small arms and light weapons, jointly sponsored by the Quaker United Nations Offices (QUNO) and the Canadian Mission at the UN, October 16, 2003. (July, 2004)

(04-1) Implementing the ECOWAS Small Arms Moratorium in Post-War Sierra Leone
Alhaji Bah (English) (French)
This paper was prepared for the Small Arms Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee in support of the Peacebuilding and Human Security: Development of Policy Capacity in the Voluntary Sector Project.   (May, 2004)

2003

(03-2) Building a Culture of Accountability: Reporting by States Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Sarah Estabrooks and Ernie Regehr
In response to the obligation agreed to in the 2000 Final Document, States parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty are called to submit regular reports on their efforts to implement Article VI of the NPT – nuclear disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. This paper is an analysis of reporting by States parties at the 2002 and 2003 Preparatory Committees for the 2005 NPT Review Conference, examining the various forms of reporting, their content, scope, format, and use.
(September, 2003)

(03-1) Canadian military spending: How does the current level compare to historical levels? ... to allied spending? ... to potential threats?
Bill Robinson and Peter Ibbott
This report compares the current level of Canadian military spending to historical levels; to allied and in particular to US spending; and to potential threats to Canadian, allied and global security. Its purpose is to place Canada's current level of military spending in accurate context.
(March, 2003)

2002

(02-5) Canada and nuclear weapons: Canadian policies related
to, and connections to, nuclear weapons
Bill Robinson
Nearly sixty years after the advent of the nuclear age, Canada
still maintains a fundamentally ambiguous policy toward nuclear
weapons. (October, 2002)

(02-4) International arms embargoes
Ken Epps
The purpose of this paper is to explore whether mandatory
international arms embargoes, carefully designed, effectively
implemented, and assiduously enforced, are, or can become,
compelling, early multilateral tools for pressuring states and
groups into accepted standards of behaviour. (September, 2002)

(02-3) The Iraq War as globalized war
Richard McCutcheon
This paper was originally presented at the Forum on international arms embargoes and the case of Iraq held in Toronto in November 2001. The Forum was co-sponsored by Project Ploughshares and Kairos (Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives) with funding support from The Simons Foundation. (June, 2002)

(02-2) Sanctions Sans Commitment: an Assessment of UN Arms Embargoes
David Cortright and George A. Lopez with Linda Gerber
This paper was originally presented by David Cortright at the Forum on international arms embargoes and the case of Iraq held in Toronto in November 2001. The Forum was co-sponsored by Project Ploughshares and Kairos (Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives) with funding support from The Simons Foundation. (May, 2002)

(02-1) No Launch on Warning
Alan F. Phillips, M.D.
This paper outlines the policy called "Launch on Warning",
currently held by both Russia and the United States, and argues
for its abandonment. Under this policy it would be standard
procedure to retaliate with rocket-mounted nuclear weapons to
the warning of a nuclear attack, without waiting for first impact.
This policy risks nuclear war from a false warning which might be
due to coincidence of radar, sensor or computer glitches. (April, 2002)

2001

(01-6) "Precious but fleeting": Report on the November 2001 Conference on Facilitating the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Senator Douglas Roche, O.C.
Overshadowed by continuing UN action to combat terrorism
following the September 11 attacks, the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT) conference called on the 13 remaining
requisite states to "accelerate" the ratification process to bring the
five-year-old treaty into force. (November, 2001)

(01-5) Transforming Attitudes towards the Tools of Violence: The Arms Exchange Program in Mendoza, Argentina
William Godnick
This paper was prepared for the International Workshop on
Demand Reduction held in Toronto, 14-17 March, 2001. The
workshop was sponsored by Project Ploughshares and funded
by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
(October, 2001)

(01-4) Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Global Humanitarian Challenge
Ernie Regehr
This paper was prepared to provide background information on the issues to be addressed at the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, in July 2001 in New York. It was presented at a Canadian Foreign Affairs and NGO consultation in Ottawa in May 2001. (July, 2001)

(01-3) Canada, NATO, and Nuclear Weapons
Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. and Ernie Regehr
This paper considers the great contradiction between what NATO countries (including Canada) say in the NPT  disarmament context and what they actually do within the context of NATO defence policies. (May, 2001)

(01-2) Humanitarian Intervention: A Review of the Literature 
Dr. Penelope Simons
This paper reviews a selection of international law and international relations literature on humanitarian intervention and in particular on NATO’s intervention in Kosovo. (March, 2001)

(01-1) Consultation on NATO Nuclear Policy, National Missile Defence & Alternative Security Arrangements 
Ottawa, Canada, 28-30, September 2000
In September 2000, The Simons Foundation in partnership with Project Ploughshares convened a Consultation on NATO Nuclear Policy, National Missile Defense, and Alternative Security Arrangements. The Consultation brought together civil society experts, Canadian government officials, and a number of representatives of other countries to discuss the key nuclear weapons issues facing Canada and the North Atlantic community and to explore and articulate proposals in support of nuclear disarmament and alternative security arrangements. (February 2001)

2000

(00-2) An Unequivocal Landmark: the 2000 Review of the Non- Proliferation Treaty
(A report on the NPT Review Conference by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman, Middle Powers Initiative.)
Although nearly derailed by a lengthy stand-off between the U.S. and Iraq, the 2000 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (April 24-May 20) took a big step forward through securing from the Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) "an unequivocal undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals." (July, 2000)

(00-1) Ballistic Missiles Foreign Experts Roundtable Report
On March 30-31, 2000, nine ballistic missiles experts from Germany, Norway, Russia, and the United States met in Ottawa to discuss the impact of the National Missile Defense program proposed by the United States government on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the relations of the United States with Canada, Russia, China, the European Union and the world. (July, 2000)

1999

(99-2) Reversing the Tide: A Report on the Small Arms Action Forum, Toronto, June 15, 1999
(August, 1999)

(99-1) Human Security and Military Procurement: A Project Ploughshares Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
(August, 1999)

1998

(98-2) Nuclear Weapons: the Problem, the Solution, Canada's Role.   Report of Discussions with Community Leaders Across Canada, November 1998
(November, 1998)

(98-1) Assessing Economic Sanctions: Report on the Project Ploughshares Forum on Economic Sanctions, November, 1997
(March, 1998)

1997

(97-1) Demilitarization and Peacebuilding: Report on the Project Ploughshares 20th Anniversary Conference, October, 1996
(April, 1997)

1996

(96-1) Canada and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons: A Window of Opportunity.  Report on the Project Ploughshares Community Roundtables, September, 1996
(November, 1996)

1994

(94-2) Low-flying and Security Posture: Examining the Historical and Current Contexts of NATO Military Low-flying and Its Future Prospects, December, 1994
Alan H. Bloomingden (December, 1994)

(94-3) We call for peace: Statements on peace by Canadian churches and religious organizations
Introduction by Martin Rumscheidt, Project Ploughshares National Board member (December, 1994)

1993

(93-4) Building Peace: New Challenges for Canada's Foreign and Defence Policies
(May, 1994)