8 Jan 2020
Tetra Tech in Syria
Tetra Tech has provided specialized munitions response (MR) services for more than 25 years and has worked in Syria since September 2016.
Improvised Explosive Devices
8 Jan 2020
Tetra Tech in Iraq
Tetra Tech has provided specialized munitions response (MR) services for more than 25 years and has worked in Iraq since December 2018.
13 Nov 2019
The reverberating effects of explosive violence on agriculture in Afghanistan
How has the decades long conflict in Afghanistan impacted farmers, rural incomes, and livelihoods? Why is revitalising Afghanistan's agricultural sector of such importance?
29 Mar 2019
Drone strikes in Pakistan followed by increase in suicide attacks, AOAV study finds
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) collaborated with Professor Mike Spagat and Luqman Saeed of Royal Holloway University to investigate the relationship between drone strikes and suicide attacks in Pakistan.
15 Oct 2018
Suicide terrorism in the Sri Lankan civil war (1983 – 2009)
A brief overview of the LTTE's use of suicide bombings during the bloody civil war that plagued Sri Lanka for decades.
26 Oct 2017
AOAV’s Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Monitor
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) presents the findings of the latest report, the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Monitor.
4 Oct 2017
The Islamic State’s Suicide Industry
This report by Charlie Winter and Joe Whittaker analyses how the Islamic State has challenged what we, in the West, understand as suicide tactics.
23 Aug 2017
The evolution of Suicide Car Bombs examined
The Evolution of the Suicide Car Bomb, examines the use of such weapons in recent conflicts, including the motives and tactics involved, as well as the design.
26 Jul 2017
Drones and the IED threat
As more and more IEDs are being delivered by drones, explosive weapon expert Roger Davies looks at how this weapon evolved, and what threat it poses in the future.
2 Jun 2017
Addressing the threat posed by IEDs: conclusion
After examining national, regional and international initiatives to C-IEDs, AOAV looks and the C-IED challenges and successes
2 Jun 2017
International C-IED initiatives
AOAV examines some of the key international C-IED initiatives
2 Jun 2017
Regional C-IED initiatives
AOAV examines the successes of regional C-IED initiatives in stemming the IED threat