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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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  • A Weapons Epidemic | Carnegie Middle East Center | June 1, 2020. | Jodi Vittori
    CorruptionUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The Defense Industry’s Role in Militarizing US Foreign Policy | Middle East Report | 2020 | Shana Marshall
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)CorruptionUnited States
  • Multilateralism in the Era of COVID 19 | Stimson Center | April 8, 2020. | Verity Coyle
    Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)AI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsGenderUnited States
  • How unconstrained military spending harms international security | Rethinking unconstrained military spending | 2020 | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
    United StatesGlobalCorruption
  • Skynet’ Revisited: The Dangerous Allure of Nuclear Command Automation | Arms Control Today | 2020 | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Time to flip the script on congressional arms sales powers | The Hill | March 15, 2020. | Annie Shiel
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Business as Usual: How major weapons exporters arm the world’s conflicts | World Peace Foundation | March 3, 2020. | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
    United StatesGlobalCorruption
  • The troubling rends underlying Thailand’s mass shooting | Channel News Asia | 2020 | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Fighting the wrong battles: How obsession with military power diverts resources from the climate crisis | Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) | 2020 | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
    United StatesGlobalCorruption
  • Twin Threats: Climate Change Is Speeding Up –And So Is the Nuclear Arms Race | The Nation | January 27, 2020. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • How Young People Will Change the Direction of U.S. Foreign Policy in the New Decade | Responsible Statecraft | January 1, 2020. | Matt Korda
    United States
  • Middle East Armies and the Global Military-Industrial Complex | Stanford University Press | December 2020 | Shana Marshall
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)CorruptionUnited States
  • Punishing the violators? Arms embargoes and economic sanctions as tools of norm enforcement | Review of International Studies | Volume 46, No. 1 | Jennifer L. Erickson
    United StatesArms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
  • Red flags for arms trade corruption | Economics of Peace and Security Journal | Volume 15, No. 1 | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
    United StatesGlobalCorruption
  • The ATT and War Profiteering: the Case of the UK | Global Responsibility to Protect | Volume 12, No. 2 | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
    United StatesGlobalCorruption
  • Making human rights a condition for arms sales is smart foreign policy | The Hill | December 24, 2019. | Annie Shiel
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • A Mutual Extortion Racket: The Military Industrial Complex and US Foreign Policy – The Cases of Saudi Arabia & UAE | December 20 | December 20, 2019. | Jodi Vittori
    CorruptionUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Stemming the guns of massacre in Mexico | Salt Lake Tribune | November 16, 2019. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Italy’s contribution to the Mexican powder keg | Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico | November 12, 2019. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Armas y matanzas en México | NEXOS | November 11, 2019. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Trade Update 2019: Examining South-east Asia | Small Arms Survey | 2019 | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Trump and money are shielding Saudi Arabia from accountability for Khashoggi's killing | Los Angeles Times | October 2, 2019. | Annie Shiel
    United StatesExplosive Weapons in Populated AreasHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Red Flags and Red Diamonds: The Warning Signs and Political Drivers of Arms Trade Corruption | World Peace Foundation | September 19, 2019. | Samuel Perlo-Freeman
    United StatesGlobalCorruption
  • It's Time for Congress to Rein in US Arms Exports | Defense One | September 11, 2019. | Nate Smith
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Reimagining U.S. Security Spending for the 21st Century and beyond | Win Without War | 2019 | Stephen Miles
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
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