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Arms Trade Treaty: Grading the Obama Administration’s Conventional Arms...
By Jeff Abramson At the end of this month, delegates will meet again at the United Nations to continue work on a legally binding accord to regulate the conventional arms trade. As we launch a week of...
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Following the ATT debate
By Jeff Abramson (blogging from the UN) Today is the second day of a week of discussion at the UN on creating a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). For a number of years, the Arms Control...
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Left Hand Tussles With Right as U.S. Arms Persian Gulf States
By Xiaodon Liang U.S. HMMWV fording a river in Afghanistan As the Libyan summer gives way to an autumn of uncertainty in the Middle East, memories of the policy inconsistencies brought to light by the...
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Viktor Bout and the Tools Needed to Fight Arms Trafficking
By Xiaodon Liang Next week, the world’s most notorious arms trafficker, Viktor Bout, will go on trial in New York. Bout’s case underscores the urgent need for stronger national and international...
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New York Jury Convicts Viktor Bout
By Xiaodon Liang and Daryl G. Kimball Child soldier in Sierra Leone. Viktor Bout has been suspected of moving arms to West Africa during the 1990s. (Source: Keystone) After two days of deliberations, a...
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The Global Arms Trade Is Just Bananas: Time to Negotiate A Robust ATT
By Daryl G. Kimball The ongoing conflict in Syria–like recent wars in Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Congo–underscores the urgent necessity of common-sense rules to prevent the international...
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Film Focuses on Illicit Weapons Trade and the Need for an Arms Trade Treaty
By Wyatt Hoffman A newly released video called “A Short Film About Guns” underscores the need for an effective Arms Trade Treaty to reduce the illegal flow of weapons to conflicts across the world....
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U.S. Signature Needed to Advance Global Arms Trade Treaty
By Daryl G. Kimball On Monday June 3, leaders from dozens of states will gather at the United Nations in New York to sign the new Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT will—for the first time— establish...
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The Week Ahead Sept. 30-Oct. 4: Iran diplomacy and Syria CW inspections
This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming week, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association. (Send your suggestions for events to be...
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