Andrea Edoardo Varisco is an arms export control expert at the Small Arms Survey. Before joining the Survey, he was the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Arms Transfers Programme and acting director of the SIPRI dual-use and arms trade control programme. Dr. Varisco also worked as head of analytics for Conflict Armament Research and had field research experiences in conflict-affected countries in the Middle East, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. He has collaborated with several organizations in the field of arms control and disarmament, and he has authored and co-authored multiple reports on arms control. Dr. Varisco holds a PhD in Post-war Recovery Studies from the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit, University of York, United Kingdom, a master’s degree in International Affairs, Peace and Conflict specialization, from the Australian National University, in collaboration with the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and a master’s degree in Politics and Comparative Institutions from the University of Milan.