Which countries are buying and selling the most weapons? How does the global weapon trade network look like and how has it changed over time? Network visualizations of the international arms trade flows can go a long way to answering these questions.
The data for this project comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Arms Transfer Database, which documents all international transfers of major conventional arms since 1950. It is the most comprehensive publicly available source of information on international arms transfers.
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