Georgetown Law Library subscribes to several databases that are useful to research in this topic.
- Arms Control Law
Long-running blog administered by University of Alabama Professor of Law Daniel Joyner.
- Digital National Security Archive
Database of topically-arranged declassified government documents involving national security. Allows searching across the entire database or within a specific collection. Collections relevant to arms control include the The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: 50th Anniversary Update, and The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: An International Collection, From Bay of Pigs to Nuclear Brink; The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947–1991; U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945–1991; U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955–1968; and U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy, 1945–1991.
- GlobaLex: Researching the International Weapons Law
Research guide on the international weapons law, arms control, and disarmament.
- NATO Library: Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research Guide
Research guide on arms control and disarmament. Includes links to many NATO resources on these subjects.
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development: OECD iLibrary
Comprehensive database of OECD publications that include statistics, public policy research, and economics data. On the webpage’s menubar, select “Browse by Theme” and then choose “Nuclear Energy” (or click here) to browse materials by that topic.
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
“[A]n independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament,” SIPRI’s website includes several databases related to international arms transfers and the arms trade.
- U.N. Audiovisual Library of International Law: Disarmament
Archive of materials related to major arms control and disarmament agreements. Includes summaries of their procedural histories, travaux préparatoires, texts of instruments, photos, and videos.
