This month, RESOLVE highlights recommended readings from our latest policy note. In “Linking P/CVE & Illicit Arms Flows in Africa,” Nicolas Florquin explores the synergies between the fields of small arms control and preventing and countering violent extremism as the recent AU Master Roadmap emphasizes. The policy note provides recommendations for P/CVE policy and practice, with a focus on arms trafficking across the continent’s land borders. To enhance the policy note, Mr. Florquin suggests further readings on the AU Master Roadmap, gender and arms control, illicit flows and violent extremism, and armed groups and small arms control.

On the AU Master Roadmap

AU. Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by Year 2020 (Lusaka Master Roadmap 2016). African Union (AU). 2016. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/NInstruments/2018-AU-Sile…

On Gender and Small Arms Control

LeBrun, Emile, ed. Gender-responsive Small Arms Control: A Practical Guide. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, 2019. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/Q-Handbooks/HB-07-Gender/…

On Illicit Flows and Violent Extremism

AUC and Small Arms Survey. Weapons Compass: Mapping Illicit Small Arms Flows in Africa. Report. Addis Ababa and Geneva: African Union Commission (AUC) and Small Arms Survey. January 2019. http:// www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-AU-Weapons-Compass…

Duquet, Nils, ed. Triggering Terror: Illicit Gun Markets and Firearms Acquisition of Terrorist Networks in Europe. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute, 2019. https://vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/en/report/ triggering-terror-illicit-gun-markets-and-firearms-acquisition-of-terrorist-networks-in-europe/

MSC. Transnational Security Report. Cooperating Across Borders: Tackling Illicit Flows. Munich: Munich Security Conference (MSC), 2019. https://tsr.securityconference.de/assets/2019/Transnational_Security/MS…

On Armed Groups and Small Arms Control

Florquin, Nicolas, with Pascal Bongard and Emilia Richard. “Options for Engagement: Armed Groups and Humanitarian Norms.” In Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups and Guns, 304-33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2010/en/ Small-Arms-Survey-2010-Chapter-12-EN.pdf

de Tessières, Savannah. “Unit 10: Supporting the Development of Armed Actor Capacity for Weapons and Ammunition Management.” In Planning Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management in a Changing DDR Context: A Handbook for Practitioners, 44-49. UNODA and UNDPKO, 2018. https:// www.un.org/disarmament/publications/more/ddr-handbook/