Winter 2009, volume 30, no.4 ( Complete issue)

Afghanistan: The negotiation track
Ernie Regehr
Building the case for negotiations among all interested parties in Afghanistan.

Selected Canadian military export contracts or deliveries reported during 2008
A table of major overseas and US contracts.

Africa & the roots of Responsibility to Protect
John Siebert
Africa’s contribution to international standards for human rights.

In defence of the PPWT Treaty: Toward a space weapons ban
Cesar Jaramillo
Prospects for the successful negotiation of a treaty against weapons in space or weapons used against space objects.

US joins efforts toward a global Arms Trade Treaty: UN resolution promises negotiations to begin in 2010
Kenneth Epps
Charting a path to the conference in 2012, with new leadership from the US.

Civil society presses for a strong Arms Trade Treaty

Development and Peacebuilding: The “ninth” Millennium Development Goal
John Siebert
A major report on armed violence in East Africa is launched by World Vision Canada and Project Ploughshares.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Autumn 2009, volume 30, no. 3 ( Complete issue)

Overlooking the faults of peacebuilding
John Siebert
Various critiques of peacebuilding frameworks and operations put into perspective at a conference on conflict prevention in Istanbul.

Canada and a nuclear weapons convention
Ernie Regehr
Now is the time to work toward a comprehensive convention, and Canada should be involved.

Naming war, counting the dead: Ploughshares’ Armed Conflicts Report in perspective
Christina Woolner
Comparative analysis of three efforts to classify violent conflicts, including the annual Armed Conflicts Report of Project Ploughshares.

Peace Day: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Jessica West
From a presentation at the Hiroshima Day commemoration organized by Ploughshares Hamilton.

Africa as a nuclear-weapon-free zone
Ernie Regehr
The Treaty of Pelindaba enters into force.

Canadian military exports during 2006
Kenneth Epps
Analysis of the most recently released report by the Canadian government on the annual export of military goods.

Small arms and domestic violence: The situation in Canada
Maribel Gonzales and Elizabeth Mandelman
The relationship between guns in the home and violence against women.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Summer 2009, volume 30, no. 2 ( Complete issue)

Charting the course for an arms trade treaty
Kenneth Epps
Progress in the negotiation of an international arms trade treaty to control the transfer across national borders of conventional weapons. (With sidebars on "The ATT and Canada" and "Project Ploughshares to manage UK funding to support international ATT work".)

Reducing armed violence in the Caribbean: Challenges to civil society
Maribel Gonzales
Civil society in the Caribbean assumes a larger role in combating violence, but faces many obstacles.

Anarchy in space: The need for a comprehensive security regime for outer space
Jessica West
The collision of two satellites in February and the attempted rocket launch by North Korea in April illustrate the growing need for stricter regulation of space.

“Never again” does not apply to Sudan
John Siebert
With no cavalry in sight, the international community must employ diplomatic and other efforts to support the Darfur peace process.

NPT PrepCom ends on a positive, though not triumphant, note
Ernie Regehr
An approved agenda and a widely accepted recommendations document encourage hopefulness for the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

NATO at 60: Major renovations or a cosmetic makeover?
Jessica West
Assessing the significance of the April NATO summit.

Human security: Setting the agenda for the Horn of Africa
John Siebert
Examining the root causes of conflict in the Horn of Africa from a human security perspective. (With book notice for Human Security: Setting the Agenda for the Horn of Africa.)

The 2009 Armed Conflicts Report--preview
The map of armed conflicts in 2008.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Spring 2009, volume 30, no. 1 ( Complete issue)

Rethinking NATO’s Strategic Concept: Building on the emerging nuclear abolition imperative
Ernie Regehr
An appeal for the April NATO Summit to revise its Strategic Concept in the light of renewed calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Reaching out: New approaches to security in space
Jessica West
The role of the Space Security Index in the evolution of space security.

Meet our Caribbean partner: The Women’s Institute for Alternative Development
Maribel Gonzales
A nongovernmental organization finds alternative methods to oppose gun violence.

Guns change everything
John Siebert
An introduction to an excerpt from Big Bear by Rudy Wiebe that links the Plains Cree to residents of the Karamoja Cluster in the Horn of Africa.

Guns on the plains
From Extraordinary Canadians:Big Bear
Rudy Wiebe

Nobel Peace Lecture for 2008
Martti Ahtisaari
Taken from the December 10 acceptance speech of an international mediator who was once the President of the Republic of Finland.

On the record: The first public audit of a federal report on Canada’s military exports
Kenneth Epps
An introduction to the detailed audit conducted by Project Ploughshares on the Canadian government’s Report on Exports of Military Goods from Canada, 2003–2005.

Acronyms and Abbreviations