The Forum on the Arms Trade is a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use. Managed from Washington DC, the Forum provides a venue for bringing its community's wide-ranging expertise together to amplify and strengthen its work, while also offering government and media members a one-stop resource for the latest information, analysis, and best contacts. Forum-listed experts are located around the world and work on diverse topics including human rights, development, arms control, humanitarian disarmament, cybersecurity, arms and the environment, anti-corruption, and related fields.
Press Briefing - Firearms Export Reform - March 5Audio available here from briefing with Representatives Torres and McGovern and other experts on March 5.
Resource Page - Int'l Trade of Firearms & Ammunition: Move to Commerce ControlUPDATE - A hearing on this topic is scheduled for Tuesday, March 26, in House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
On February 4, 2019, Congress was notified of final rules to transfer of some items on US Munitions List (USML) categories I-III to the Commerce Control List (CCL), starting a 30-day review period. Legislation to block the change has now been introduced in both the Senate and the House. The proposed rule was published on May 24 and closed for public comment on July 9, 2018. See resource for concerns expressed and more information. 
Congressional Arms Trade Measures 2019Tracking select legislation related to arms trade, security assistance, and military support. See resource page.
U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer PolicyRevised implementation fact sheet released on Nov 8 by the U.S. Department of State. Find it on our updated resource page.
Experts PublicationsHighlighting publications in which Forum-listed experts were involved. Inclusion on the Forum on the Arms Trade expert list does not indicate agreement with or endorsement of the opinions of others.
Aude Fleurant +, "Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2018," SIPRI, March 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Firearms Export Changes Meet Challenges," Arms Control Today, March 2019. Daniel Mack +, "Taming the Devil within: How to use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Diversion in Latin America," Control Arms, Feb. 26. 2019. William Hartung, "Is the United Arab Emirates Really Our Friend?" LobeLog, Feb. 21. 2019. Jeff Abramson, "Congress should block rule changes for firearm exports," The Hill, Feb.20, 2019. Robert Muggah +, "Brazil, With Most Homicides in the World, Moves to Loosen Gun Laws," IPI Global Observatory, Feb. 20, 2019. Mary Wareham, "Deadly U.S. Applications of Artificial Intelligence," Human Rights Watch, Feb, 14, 2019. William Hartung, "Trump's new gun export rules could aid terrorists, tyrants and criminals" CNN, Feb. 14. 2019. Anna Stavrianakis, "Why can't we talk about the UK sending arms to Yemen?" The Guardian, Feb. 11, 2019. Kate Kizer, "Congress Poised to Move Forward With Bold Agenda on Yemen," LobeLog, Feb. 8 William Hartung, “'Little Sparta': The U.S./UAE Military Alliance and the War in Yemen," Arms and Security Project, Center for International Policy, Feb. 7, 2019. Patrick Wilcken commenting on, "When arms go astray, Yemen's deadly new threat of arms diversion to militias,"Amnesty International, Feb 6, 2019. Dan Mahanty +, "Avoiding the Next Yemen: Applying Hard Lessons for Security Partnerships," Just Security, Feb. 6 Iain Overton [editor], "The reverberating effects of explosive weapon use in Syria," AOAV, Feb. 6, 2019. Daniel Mahanty +, "In Coalition Ops, Civilian Protections Are Only as Strong as the Weakest Link," Defense One, Jan 30, 2019. Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: From Making it Binding, to Making it Work," ATT Monitor Reaching Critical Will, Jan 29, 2019. Rachel Stohl +, "Lessons Learned from ATT Reporting," ATT-Baseline Assessment Project, January 2019. William Hartung +, "Has The Arms Industry Captured Trump's Pentagon," LobeLog, Jan. 29, 2019. Wim Zwijnenburg, "Environmental Monitoring of Conflicts using Sentinel-2 data," Medium.com, Jan. 28, 2019. Wim Zwijnenburg, "New report: Drones are Booming Business in the Middle East," EFAD, Jan 24, 2019. David Mahanty +, "The Sum Of All Parts: Reducing Civilian Harm in Multinational Coalition Operations," Center for Civilians in Conflict, Jan 23, 2019. View the full list of recent and past publications featuring Forum on the Arms Trade-listed experts.
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Arms Trade News(letter)March 15 - read latest newsletter for updates on work by Forum-listed experts.
Yemen War Powers ResolutionsUPDATED: On March 13, the Senate passed their version of the resolution, S. J. Res 7. On February 13, 2019, the House passed H.J. Res 37 "Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress." See resource.
Notification TrackerNew FMS notifications: March 14 - Spain $107 million for assault amphibious vehicles March 12 - Australia $240.5 million for 108 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles Feb 12 - Israel $238 million for armored personnel carrier upgrades Feb 6 - India $190 million for head-of-state aircraft protection suites (2) Jan 29 - Japan $2.15 billion for AEGIS missile systems
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"Arms Trade FAQ" videosSee transcripts and more details here.
Looking Ahead 2019Forum-listed experts examine issues in 2019 related to weapons use, the arms trade, and security assistance.
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