List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Acronyms PART ONE: WEAPONS SPREAD Introduction Structure and Dynamic in Weapons Spread: The Trade and Proliferation of Weapons in Comparative Perspective PART TWO: THE GLOBAL LEVEL: GLOBAL MARKETS AND DYNAMIC STRUCTURES OF SALW SPREAD The Foundations and Construction of the Global SALW Trade Global Structures and SALW Flows to Conflict PART THREE: THE REGIONAL LEVEL: THE NEGLECTED DIMENSION In Between the Global and the Conflict: Regional Facilitation and the Construction of Networks Structures and Dynamics of Intra-Regional SALW Spread to Conflicts PART FOUR: THE CONFLICT-COMPLEX LEVEL AND ARMING PATTERNS Arming Conflict from the Bottom-Up: SALW Spread at the Conflict Level Constructing Top-Down Arming Patterns: Sovereignty, Money, Networks, and the Cumulative Impact of Structures and Dynamics of SALW Spread Conclusion Bibliography Index