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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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  • Policy Void: What Trump’s Rescinding of the U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Means | Stimson Center | March 20, 2025. | Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Humanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansArms Trade Treaty (ATT)Regional ExpertiseGlobal
  • The Pentagon is Still Getting a Free Ride in the Administration’s “Efficiency | Drive | March 18, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • In Gaza, Trump Embraces Private Military Contractors | Inkstick | March 12, 2025. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Will He or Won’t He? Trump’s Record on Peacemaking | Inkstick | March 11, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Can Europe Wean Itself of U.S. Arms? | Forbes | March 10, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2024 | SIPRI | March 10, 2025. | Mathew George, Pieter D. Wezeman
    GlobalAsia/OceaniaUnited StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)Europe
  • A Breath of Fresh Air on U.S. China Policy | Forbes | March 6, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Oil-powered Genocide: Norway’s Ethical Investments Hypocrisy | Declassified UK | March 5, 2025. | Andrew Feinstein
    CorruptionUnited StatesAfrica
  • Why is an ‘ethical’ investor funding arms companies? | Declassified UK | March 5, 2025. | Andrew Feinstein
    CorruptionUnited StatesAfrica
  • Soldiers Aren’t Border Police: the perils of using troops against migrants | Washington Office on Latin America | March 3, 2025. | Adam Isacson
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • The Myth of Pentagon Budget Cuts | These Times | February 27, 2025. | Stephen Semler
    United States
  • Trump lifts ban on US weapons companies bribing foreigners | Responsible Statecraft | February 24, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • To halt Mexican cartels and Haitian gangs, the U.S. must stop the guns flowing to them | Miami Herald | February 18, 2025. | John Lindsay-Poland
    Latin AmericaUnited States
  • Will DOGE Bring Real Change to the Pentagon? | Forbes | February 19, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • What a plane crash in the Philippines reveals about US military contractor activity | Bluesky thread | February 17, 2025. | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • A New Military-Industrial Complex Arises: The Secret War Within the Pentagon | TomDispatch | February 9, 2025. | Michael Klare
    United StatesAI/Autonomous and Emerging WeaponsAsia/Oceania
  • Trump’s call to ‘clean out’ Gaza is a direct threat to Palestinians | The Hill | February 5, 2025. | Josh Ruebner
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Russian Rocket Theater | Riddle | January 24, 2025. | Eric Woods
    United StatesEurope
  • Symposium on Biden's foreign policy: The good, bad & ugly | Responsible Statecraft | January 20, 2025. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Why Palestinian Families Are Suing the State Department for Failing to Enforce the Leahy Law | Just Security | January 17, 2025. | Sarah Leah Whitson
    Middle East and North Africa (MENA)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to Civilians
  • Strategic Asset Sidelined: Transparency in Commercial Arms Exports | Transparency International U.S | January 6, 2025. | Colby Goodman
    United StatesAfrica
  • Will Trump keep promise to rein in War, Inc.? | Responsible Statecraft | January 6, 2025. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • Cárteles Modernizan Armas; EU rezagado | El Universal | 2025 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesHumanitarian Law/Human RightsHarm to CiviliansOther International Instruments
  • Illicit Firearms, Organized Crime, and Illegal Economies in Southeast Asia,’ chapter in | Oxford: Oxford University Press | 2025 | Michael Picard
    Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United StatesCorruption
  • Will Military Tech Firms Unseat Lockheed Martin? | Forbes | December 26, 2024. | William Hartung
    United StatesMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)
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