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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 Haiti, a glimpse of a mercenary industry enabled by weak regulation | TI-DS Blog | 2021 | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • A Hard Look at America's Embrace of Jordan's King | DAWN | July 21, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Reference Guide: Tracking Protection of Civilians Through the NDAA | CIVIC | July 21, 2021. | Annie Shiel
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Open? The UK’s secret arms sales | Campaign Against Arms Trade | July 14, 2021. | Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Samuel Perlo-Freeman, Carlos Pérez Ricart
    Latin AmericaSmall Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesGlobalCorruptionArms Trafficking
  • Opinion: New Khashoggi revelations show we don’t have the full story about his killing. The Biden administration must disclose what it knows | The Washington Post | July 6, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Can the United States Do Much About Nicaragua? | AdamIsacson.com | June 16, 2021. | Adam Isacson
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Opinion: Don't Listen to the Pundits: Withdrawing from Afghanistan Is Incredibly Popular | Newsweek | June 16, 2021. | Stephen Miles
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Trump’s Transactional Follies: The Consequences of Treating the Arms Trade like a Business | ISSF | June 10, 2021. | Jen Spindel
    GlobalUnited StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
  • A Legacy of Unrecognized Harm: DoD’s 2020 Civilian Casualties Report | Just Security | June 7, 2021. | Annie Shiel
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Issue Brief: Israel's Exceptional Security Partnership with Washington | Security Assistance Monitor | 2021 | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Mitigating Patronage and Personal Enrichment in U.S. Arms Sales | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | May 18, 2021. | Jodi Vittori
    CorruptionUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The Israel-Palestine Narrative Has Evolved | The American Prospect | May 18, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • India’s and Pakistan’s Public Responses to the Violence in Israel and Palestine | South Asian Voices | May 14, 2021. | Ari Tolany
    United StatesAsia/OceaniaHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Testimony to Lantos Human Rights Commission | U.S. Policy in the Middle East Ten Years after the Arab Uprisings | April 29, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Mr. President, recognize the Armenian genocide | Boston Globe | April 23, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Now is the Time to End our 30-Year War in Iraq | American Prospect | April 15, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S. | nacla | April 1, 2021. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Mercenaries and Money Laundering in Libya | Inkstick | March 29, 2021. | Jodi Vittori
    CorruptionUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The Arms Trade Treaty’s Gender-Based Violence Risk Assessment: A Questionnaire for Information Sources | Stimson and International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School | March 23, 2021. | Anna Crowe, Verity Coyle
    Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)AI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsGenderUnited StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Trump made it easier to export U.S. guns. Biden must reverse these dangerous policies | Los Angeles Times | March 12, 2021. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • U.S. gun export data update for 2020 | Stop US Arms to Mexico | March 7, 2021. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Biden’s Syria strikes: A perpetual cycle of endless war | Responsible Statecraft | February 26, 2021. | Stephen Miles
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • MBS is Failing the People of Saudi Arabia; It’s Time for Him to Go | DAWN | February 16, 2021. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Alternatives to the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent | Federation of American Scientists | 2021 | Matt Korda
    United States
  • Opinion: Rochester and the state are now partners in gun violence | Seacoast Online (New Hampshire) | January 17, 2021. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
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