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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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  • Eroding What’s Left of Congressional Arms Transfer Oversight | Stimson Center | June 4, 2025. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • How the Proposed State Department Reorganization Gut U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy | Just Security | June 2025 | Charles (Cob) Blaha
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Why Lawmakers Want to Block Arms Sales to the United Arab Emirates | Just Security | May 29, 2025. | John Ramming Chappell
    United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • 5 ways the military industrial complex is a killer | Responsible Statecraft | May 28, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The End of Human Rights? | Tom Dispatch | May 27, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Donald Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Defense System And Techno-Optimism | Forbes | May 21, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The “Largest Defense Cooperation Agreement in U.S. History | May Not Add Up to Expectations | May 19, 2025. | Elias Yousif
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Saudi Arms Megadeal Will Come at a High Price | Medium.com | May 18, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Inside Trump's $1 trillion military bonanza | Popular Information | May 12, 2025. | Stephen Semler
    United States
  • When a Trillion Is Not a Trillion: The Pentagon’s Budget Request | Inkstick | May 12, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • State’s Program for Responding to Civilian Harm Caused by American Weapons Falls Short, But Should Not Be Abandoned | Just Security | May 2025 | Charles (Cob) Blaha
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • How Donald Trump Became the Arms Dealer in Chief | Inkstick | April 30, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Trump’s Rush to Arm Foreign Clients Undermines US Security | Inkstick | April 23, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • In Brief: How to Improve the Foreign Military Sales Process | War on the Rocks | April 22, 2025. | Jen Spindel
    GlobalUnited StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
  • The Ever-Expanding War Machine | TomDispatch | April 22, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • The Hague Closing Plenary - Can Arms Trade bring about Peace? | American Society for International Law annual conference | April 18, 2025. | Josh Paul
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Under the Radar: Corruption’s Role in Fueling Arms Diversion | Transparency International Defense & Security (TI-DS) and Transparency International U.S. (TI US) | April 16, 2025. | Colby Goodman, Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruptionAfrica
  • Escalating Air War: Drone and Missile Strikes in the Russia-Ukraine War | Riddle | April 14, 2025. | Eric Woods
    United StatesEurope
  • Can the Pentagon Stop Overpaying for Weapons Systems? | Forbes | April 12, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Under Primacy, Weapons Sales Will Always Supersede Human Rights | Quincy Institute | April 9, 2025. | Annelle Sheline
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United States
  • Under Primacy, Weapons Sales Will Always Supersede Human Rights | Quincy Brief #72 | April 9, 2025. | Annelle Sheline
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United States
  • Can Bernie stop billions in new US weapons going to Israel? | Responsible Statecraft | April 1, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • How the Iraq War turbocharged police militarization | Polygraph | March 24, 2025. | Stephen Semler
    United States
  • What A Corrupt Police Network in the Dominican Republic Reveals About Arms Trafficking | Just Security | March 24, 2025. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • New Trump order slashes red tape for foreign weapons deals | Responsible Statecraft | March 22, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
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