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The United States is the world's largest arms seller and one of it's largest importers. Experts listed here work explicitly on the complex U.S. approach to arms trade and security assistance.

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  • In Shadow of War, a Snapshot of US Military Assistance to Israel | Stimson Center | October 13, 2023. | Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl
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  • The United States Should Not Fund Israel’s Assault on Gaza | Jacobin | October 12, 2023. | Stephen Semler
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  • How to avoid a wider Mideast conflict | Responsible Statecraft | October 10, 2023. | William Hartung
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  • Thailand’s Mall Shooting Shows That Authorities Must Address Online Black Markets | The Diplomat | October 7, 2023. | Michael Picard
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  • Annual Report: UK Arms Exports in 2022 | Campaign Against Arms Trade | October 5, 2023. | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
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  • Does America Need a $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget? | Forbes | October 4, 2023. | William Hartung
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  • March of the Four–Stars: The Role of Retired Generals and Admirals in the Arms Industry | Quincy Brief No.47 | October 4, 2023. | William Hartung
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  • AI Goes to War: Will the Pentagon's Techno-Fantasies Pave the Way for War with China? | TomDispatch | October 3, 2023. | William Hartung
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  • Five years after Khashoggi's murder, MBS is laughing | Responsible Statecraft | October 2, 2023. | Sarah Leah Whitson
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  • Pentagon Plans Mass Autonomous Weapons Deployment | Arms Control Association | 2023 | Michael Klare
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  • Senate has two days to right Menendez’s wrongs on Egypt | Responsible Statecraft | September 29, 2023. | Ari Tolany
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  • Distributed Ledger Technology for Arms Control and Management | Stimson Center | September 27, 2023. | Elias Yousif
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  • Congress, don't shut down the chance to do the right thing on war & weapons | Responsible Statecraft | September 26, 2023. | John Ramming Chappell
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  • Top Five Weapons Companies Set to Get $140 Billion From Pentagon Next Year | Sludge | September 22, 2023. | Stephen Semler
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  • The Greatly Exaggerated US Pivot and America’s Failures on Human Rights | September 13 | September 13, 2023. | Sarah Leah Whitson
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  • Wall Street Journal love letter to the arms industry | Responsible Statecraft | September 7, 2023. | William Hartung
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  • First Committee Briefing Book 2023 | Reaching Critical Will | 2023 | Natalie Goldring
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  • Tensions on the Belarus border: A look at military spending and arms import patterns | SIPRI | 2023 | Mathew George
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  • The UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: An analysis of outcomes from BMS8 and looking forward to RevCon4 | IANSA briefing paper | 2023 | Natalie Goldring
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  • Ukraine Shows that Military Aid Transparency Is Possible | Just Security | August 18, 2023. | Elias Yousif
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  • What Niger’s Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel | Stimson Center | August 17, 2023. | Elias Yousif
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  • When AI and Robotics Combine: The coming advent of 'killer robots. | '" The Nation | August 9, 2023. | Michael Klare
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  • Commentary: Congress shouldn’t create a new Pentagon slush fund | Tribune News Service | August 8, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Military Spending Is Soaring, Even as Food Insecurity Reaches New Heights | Jacobin | August 8, 2023. | Stephen Semler
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  • Senate bails out the weapons industry once again | Responsible Statecraft | July 28, 2023. | William Hartung
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