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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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  • Buying and selling arms stock while voting on war should be illegal | Responsible Statecraft | July 25, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The Humanitarian and Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine | Stimson Center | July 24, 2023. | Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl
    Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Regional ExpertiseGlobalUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Fighting in Sudan Is Creating a Rift Among U.S. Security Partners | The RAND Blog | July 20, 2023. | Alexandra Stark
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Fighting in Sudan Is Creating a Rift Among U.S. Security Partners | The RAND Blog | July 20, 2023. | Alexandra Stark
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Jordan's King Abdullah Joins Other Arab Autocrats in Targeting Dissidents Abroad | July 19 | July 19, 2023. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Saudi Arabia’s bid for control of the PGA isn’t just about golf | Responsible Statecraft | July 11, 2023. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Sanctions Mark II | New Internationalist | July 5, 2023. | Andrew Feinstein
    CorruptionUnited StatesAfrica
  • Why President Biden Should Not Transfer Prohibited Cluster Bombs to Ukraine | Just Security | July 3, 2023. | Daryl G. Kimball
    United StatesLandmines and Cluster Munitions
  • Lee amendment takes on arms company price gouging | Responsible Statecraft | June 27, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The Ultimate All-American Slush Fund: How A New Budget Loophole Could Send Pentagon Spending Soaring Even Higher | TomDispatch | June 20, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • More Money, Less Security: Pentagon Spending and Strategy in the Biden Administration | Quincy Paper No.12 | June 8, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • What’s Next for Ukraine Military Aid | Stimson Center | May 30, 2023. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • 25 Years of Security Cooperation Beneath the Nuclear Shadow: Shifting U.S. Arms Transfers to India and Pakistan | Stimson Center | May 25, 2023. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Arms industry’s price gouging shows how greed trumps national interest | Responsible Statecraft | May 23, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Goodbye to the American Century: China, India, and the Emerging New World Order | TomDispatch | May 18, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • US foreign arms and training programs are out of control | Responsible Statecraft | May 17, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Why the United States should prioritize autonomous demining technology | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | May 17, 2023. | Amy Nelson
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Weapons and Their Control
  • Biden Is Selling Weapons To The Majority Of The World’s Autocracies | The Intercept | May 11, 2023. | Stephen Semler
    United States
  • Unwarranted Influence, Twenty-First-Century-Style: Not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex | TomDispatch | May 4, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Biden’s New Policy: Can Human Rights Reshape U.S. Conventional Arms Transfers? | Arms Control Today | 2023 | Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl
    Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Regional ExpertiseGlobalUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Private Military and Security Companies Are A Homegrown Threat | Inkstick | April 25, 2023. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Spurring an Endless Arms Race: The Pentagon Girds for Mid-Century Wars | TomDispatch | April 16, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • A Decade Ago, the Obama Administration Acted When the M23 Terrorized Eastern DRC. Will Biden Do the Same? | Just Security | April 13, 2023. | Ari Tolany
    United StatesAsia/OceaniaHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • The Cataclysmic Iraq War in 6 Charts | Jacobin | April 8, 2023. | Stephen Semler
    United States
  • Dueling Views on AI, Autonomous Weapons | Arms Control Today | 2023 | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
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