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The Forum on the Arms Trade been active since 2016. Check out our archives, below. Also see a list of expert publications, and Arms Trade News(letters). 
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U.S. Arms Trade Policy

April 28, 2025: Ten experts assess the Trump administration's first 100 days on an array of arms-trade related issues. ​
March 11, 2025: Experts authored a dozen commentaries assessing Trump's first 50 days in office, writing from the United States as well as Colombia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. 
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Published January 19, 2024: The Forum on the Arms Trade invited members of its community, including experts and emerging experts, to examine aspects of the Biden administration's first three years.  
January 20, 2023: The Forum on the Arms Trade invited members of its community, including experts and emerging experts, to examine aspects of the Biden's administration's first two years.
January 20, 2022: The Forum on the Arms Trade invited members of its community, including experts and emerging experts, to examine aspects of the Biden's administration's first year.
​Resource page on measures introduced by Congress related to arms trade issues, last updated 2024.
​Resource page on measures introduced by Congress related to arms trade issues, last updated mid 2022
​Resource page on measures introduced by Congress related to arms trade issues, last updated November 12, 2019
Resource page on the Trump-era Arms Transfer Initiative, reflecting U.S. arms transfer policy beginning April 18, 2018.
Resource page on the "un-signing" of the Arms Trade Treaty, April 26, 2019.

International Arms Trade Policy

As tensions mounted in late 2021 and into 2022 concerning a Russian invasion of Ukraine, many countries announced arms transfers to Ukraine. As the invasion began in late February 2022, this resource page was launched to track developments related to such transfers, which included pledges and/or deliveries from more than 25 countries plus the European Union, last updated April 2025.
Global examples of attempts to use defense industries to address pandemic need, last updated April 24, 2020.
Resource page on Turkey's military actions in Syria and international reactions to it, last updated October 30, 2019.
​Resource page on Brexit, last updated July 6, 2016.

Select U.S. Arms Sales

Resource page on Biden arms sales to Saudi Arabia, last updated January 3, 2025.
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Resource page on Trump arms sales to Saudi Arabia, last updated December 29, 2020.
Resource page on Trump arms sales to UAE, last updated January 27, 2021.
Resource page on U.S. sale of F-16 aircraft to Bahrain, 2017. 
​Resource Page on aircraft sale to Nigeria, 2017.
​​Resource page on U.S. arms sales to Libya, last updated May 17, 2016. 
Resource page on U.S. relationship with and security assistance to the Philippines, last updated October 13, 2016.

Special Resources

Resource page on 2020 presidential candidates positions on Forum on the Arms Trade topics, from 2020. ​
Resource page on 2016 presidential candidates positions on Forum on the Arms Trade topics, from 2016. 
Resource page on the May 2018 Forum on the Arms Trade report by Matthew Bolton, Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, Seth Binder, Robert Watson, and Jeff Abramson.
The Arms Trade News, our monthly newsletter, contains the latest updates, new Forum contributors, publications, and more. Subscribe here.
Our Arms Trade FAQ video series, featuring William Hartung, Rachel Stohl, Andrew Feinstein, and other Forum-listed experts, addresses common misconceptions about the arms trade.
During 2019-2020, the US high school policy debate addressed US arms trade. Last updated April 2020.

Blog Archive

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