A new regional study shows that firearms trafficking has transformed Caribbean gun violence from a policing challenge into a full-blown public health crisis, draining fragile health systems and reshaping the region’s economic and social landscape.

Dr Ieva Jusionyte, a legal and medical anthropologist at Brown University, discusses her book “Exit Wounds,” which explores how the smuggling of guns from the United States to Mexico contributes to violence and the migrant crisis, drawing on extensive research and fieldwork at the US-Mexico border.

AOAV looks at an April 2023 Economist article that explores the intricate challenges of global conflicts, focusing on countries destabilised by poor governance, climate change, and extremism while highlighting the difficulties in promoting peace and ending wars.