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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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Making a Killing: How the West Profits From Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen

Verso Books | November 24, 2026.
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Military Spending Isn’t the Royal Road to Innovation

Disarming Humorist Substack | August 27, 2026.
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Five Years of Arms Trafficking in Vietnam

Parts & Components Substack | August 24, 2026.
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  • Making a Killing: How the West Profits From Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen | Verso Books | November 24, 2026. | Ruth Rohde, Andrew Feinstein, Jack Cinamon
    CorruptionEuropeUnited StatesAfrica
  • Military Spending Isn’t the Royal Road to Innovation | Disarming Humorist Substack | August 27, 2026. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Five Years of Arms Trafficking in Vietnam | Parts & Components Substack | August 24, 2026. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Defeating the Donroe Doctrine: Latin America Can Resist Trump’s Gunboat Racketeering | Common Dreams | August 22, 2026. | Nancy Okail
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansCorruption
  • US Cooperative Defense | Projects 101: Legal Authorities | August 13, 2026. | Elias Yousif, Seth Binder, John Ramming Chappell
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • 3D-Printed Firearms Come to Vietnam | Parts & Components Substack | August 6, 2026. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Israel Is Losing Support But Ending Taxpayer-Funded Weapons Isn’t Enough | Substack | August 3, 2026. | Josh Ruebner
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Scrapping Excess Weapons Is The Only Practical Road To Peace | Forbes | August 2, 2026. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Global Risk: Google Introduces Deepfake Satellite Imagery: “It’s Fun! | Federation of America Scientists | July 31, 2026. | Matt Korda
    United States
  • Beyond Small Arms” Conceptualizing Mid-Tier Weapons in Conventional Warfare | Oxford Academic | July 29, 2026. | Jen Spindel
    GlobalUnited StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
  • Killing Spree: Extrajudicial executions in the U.S. boat strikes campaign | WOLA | July 24, 2026. | Adam Isacson
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • 100 Days of Arms Trafficking in Thailand | Parts & Components Substack | July 22, 2026. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • America’s Iran Failure Is Bigger Than Trump | The Nation | July 21, 2026. | Nancy Okail
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansCorruption
  • México favorece a Israel en armas importadas | (Mexico favors Israel for arms imports) | July 15, 2026. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Voters: The military makes us feel safe but not sure it's worth a trillion | Responsible Statecraft | July 15, 2026. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Civilian Protection in the Age of Military AI: What Congress’s New Legislative Proposals Reveal About Emerging Safeguards | Just Security | July 13, 2026. | John Ramming Chappell
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Zombie Guns: The Government Weapons Used to Target a Thai MP | Parts & Components Substack | July 9, 2026. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Civilian Harm and Arms Transfers: A Primer on International Law and Policy | Center for Civilians in Conflict | July 8, 2026. | John Ramming Chappell
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Marco Rubio Burned Down the House to Fix a Sink | Foreign Policy | July 8, 2026. | Amanda Klasing
    Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansUnited States
  • Recommit to Restraint in U.S. Cluster Munitions Policy | International Policy Journal | July 8, 2026. | John Ramming Chappell
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • The Business of Arming the Middle East: U.S. Weapons Transfers from 1973 to Present | PRISME/SALAM | July 8, 2026. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The medical consequences of incendiary weapon use in 21st-century armed conflict: A scoping review | Burns | Volume 52, No. 8 | Ari Tolany
    United StatesAsia/OceaniaHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Oman’s Economic and Political Restructuring Under Haitham | Baker Institute for Public Policy | July 7, 2026. | Annelle Sheline
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United States
  • Does the Pentagon even know who its boat strikes are killing? | Responsible Statecraft | July 1, 2026. | Adam Isacson
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Seeing Arms Trafficking | Parts & Components Substack | June 30, 2026. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
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