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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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  • If we don’t sell it, someone else will:' Dependence & Influence in US Arms Transfers | Stimson Center | March 30, 2023. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Breaking Away From Secret Concessions in the Middle East | The American Prospect | March 28, 2023. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Fact Sheet – Closing A Leahy Law Loophole | Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) | March 28, 2023. | Seth Binder, Annie Shiel, Ari Tolany, John Ramming Chappell
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasAsia/Oceania
  • The Pentagon's Budget from Hell | TomDispatch | March 26, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • US Security Assistance to Somalia | Stimson Center | March 20, 2023. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Imminent? | TomDispatch | March 14, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • (Un)Accountable: Rethinking US Security Sector Accountability Across the Domestic-International Divide | Center for Civilians in Conflict and Stimson Center | March 1, 2023. | Annie Shiel
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Pentagon Seeks to Facilitate Autonomous Weapons Deployment | Arms Control Today | 2023 | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2022 | SIPRI | 2022 | Pieter D. Wezeman
    GlobalUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Europe
  • A Progressive Take on Ukraine | Inkstick | February 28, 2023. | Stephen Miles
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Pentagon Prepares for Island Combat in the Pacific as US-China Tensions Rise | Truthout | February 28, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Special section on ‘arms export controls during war and armed conflict | Wiley | Volume 14, No. 1 | Jennifer L. Erickson, Emma Soubrier, Anna Stavrianakis
    United StatesArms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International InstrumentsEuropeGlobalMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The corruption of massive industry ‘sweeteners’ in foreign arm sale | Responsible Statecraft | February 23, 2023. | Colby Goodman
    United StatesAfrica
  • Congress Girds for War With China | The Nation | February 21, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Beyond Ukraine: Russia’s Invasion & Its Impact on the Conventional Arms Trade | Stimson Center | February 17, 2023. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex | TomDispatch | February 14, 2023. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Assessing the Dangers: Emerging Military Technologies and Nuclear (In)Stability | Arms Control Association | 2023 | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Demystifying the ‘gold standard’ of arms export controls: US arms exports to conflict zonest | Global Policy | Volume 14, No. 1 | Jennifer L. Erickson
    United StatesArms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
  • U.S. Guns Are Fueling Violence in Central America, Here’s How to Help Stop the Arms Flow | Just Security | February 1, 2023. | Nate Smith
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • The Pentagon’s Quest for Academic Intelligence: (AI) | The Nation | January 30, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine: Where do we go from here | ?" The Stimson Center | January 30, 2023. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • The Department of Defense Has Delivered Another Massive Intelligence Failure | The Nation | January 25, 2023. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Over Promising and Under Delivering on Arms Transfer Policies | The Stimson Center | January 23, 2023. | Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl
    Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Regional ExpertiseGlobalUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Arms for influence? The limits of Great Power leverage | European Journal of International Security | January 17, 2023. | Jen Spindel
    GlobalUnited StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
  • UK Arms Export in 2021 | Campaign Against Arms Trade | January 17, 2023. | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
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