Despite increasing calls for arms transparency, many countries are reluctant to report weapons trades and stockpiles. This project transformed the Global Weapons Tracking website into a platform to hold nations accountable, cohere the arms control community, and inform the public on large arms control. We developed maps displaying stockpiles, trades, and transparency indicators while soliciting website design feedback from arms control organizations. Our findings suggest that a nation’s journalistic freedom and local conflicts contribute towards their participation in voluntary munitions reporting.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lunden, Benjamin
• Tames, Donovan
• Mercola, Victor
• Ayvazian, Jack
• Coudrey, Kimberly

Subject

• Community
• Inclusion
• Well-Being
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-070921-103903
• 25886

Keyword

• Transparency
• Disarmament
• Stockpiles

Advisor

• Davis, John-Michael

Year

• 2021

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• SOAS-University of London, SCRAP

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Date created

• 2021-07-09

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-09-29