Expert Publications
Highlighting 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.
See archive for publications 2016-2018
Elias Yousif and William Marshall, "Distributed Ledger Technology for Arms Control and Management," Stimson Center, September 27, 2023.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Ollie Ballinger, "Leveraging emerging technologies to enable environmental monitoring and accountability in conflict zones," International Review of the Red Cross, September 27, 2023.
John Ramming Chappell and Hanna Homestead, "Congress, don't shut down the chance to do the right thing on war & weapons," Responsible Statecraft, September 26, 2023.
Stephen Semler, "Top Five Weapons Companies Set to Get $140 Billion From Pentagon Next Year," Sludge, September 22, 2023.
Doug Weir, "Commentary: Who cares about the environment in war?," acceptance speech made on behalf of CEOBS for this year’s Al Moumin Award, September 19, 2023.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "The Greatly Exaggerated US Pivot and America’s Failures on Human Rights" in "A US Pivot Away from the Middle East: Fact or Fiction?," Arab Center Washington DC, September 13, 2023.
Iain Overton, "‘For me to return to Afghanistan… It’s Death’: The Reality of Demonised Asylum Seekers," Byline Times, September 12, 2023.
Anna Stavrianakis,"DSEI: Desperately Seeking Exports Internationally," Declassified UK, September 12, 2023.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes: Environmental and Property Damage," Global Investigative Journalism Network, September 8, 2023.
William Hartung, "Wall Street Journal love letter to the arms industry," Responsible Statecraft, September 7, 2023.
Elizabeth Beavers and William Hartung, "Why Are We Still Arming Saudi Arabia? | Opinion," Newsweek, September 7, 2023.
Brian Castner and Tigere Chagutah, "Sudan: 'Some states are actively fuelling the conflict by providing arms and ammunition'," Le Monde, September 1, 2023.
Natalie Goldring, "The UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: An analysis of outcomes from BMS8 and looking forward to RevCon4," lANSA, September 2023.
Katherine Young and others, "Fragments: Explosive Weapons Monitor Quarterly," Explosive Weapons Monitor, International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), September 2023.
William Hartung, "Beware of Pentagon techno-enthusiasm," Defense One, August 31, 2023.
Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen (emerging expert), "U.S. Allowing Weapons Customers to Commit Crimes Against Humanity on the Saudi‐Yemen Border," Cato At Liberty blog, August 29, 2023.
William Hartung, "Can Building Swarms of Drones Head Off War With China?" Forbes, August 29, 2023.
Sahar Vardi, "Raytheon’s Dirty Business in Qatar," Corruption Tracker, updated August 29, 2023.
Iain Overton, "Penetrating the Fog of War: the lives of Ukraine’s reporters covering the Russian invasion," AOAV, August 20, 2023.
Elias Yousif, "Ukraine Shows that Military Aid Transparency Is Possible," Just Security, August 18, 2023.
Elias Yousif, "What Niger’s Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel," Stimson Center, August 17, 2023.
Allison Pytlak, "Discord and diplomacy: reviewing outcomes from the UN’s cyber working group," Stimson Center, August 14, 2023.
Jordan Cohen and John Hoffman, "Many Arms and Little Influence in the Middle East," War on the Rocks, August 11, 2023.
Michael Klare, "When AI and Robotics Combine: The coming advent of 'killer robots.'" The Nation, August 9, 2023.
Branka Marijan, "AI's Oppenheimer moment?" Project Ploughshares, August 8, 2023.
Stephen Semler, "Military Spending Is Soaring, Even as Food Insecurity Reaches New Heights," Jacobin, August 8, 2023.
William Hartung, "Commentary: Congress shouldn’t create a new Pentagon slush fund," Tribune News Service, August 8, 2023.
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, "European arms manufacturers are legally virtually untouchable. That has to change," nrc, August 8, 2023.
Jordan Cohen, "Coups Are Just An Arms (Sale) Length Away: US Weapons Equip Niger’s Military," CATO at Liberty blog, August 3, 2023.
Jon Hoffman, Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen (emerging expert), "Biden steamrolls toward disaster in the Middle East," The Hill, August 2, 2023.
Dan Mahanty and Stefan Bakumenko, "Climate Change and the Protection of Civilians in Conflict," Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), August 2023.
Cor Oudes and Frank Slijper, "High-risk arms trade and the financial sector," PAX and Profundo, August 2023.
Emma Soubrier, "What is the role of the arms trade between Europe & North America and the MENA region? Revitalizing the Debate on the Global Arms Trade ," PRISME/SALAM debate #1 Synthesis paper, July 31, 2023.
Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen (emerging expert), "When Our Weapons Go Missing," Reason.com, July 31, 2023.
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz and other, "Access to Justice for Gun Violence. Seeking Accountability for European Arms Exports," University of Amsterdam International Law Clinic +, July 28, 2023.
William Hartung, "Senate bails out the weapons industry once again," Responsible Statecraft, July 28, 2023.
Nicholas Marsh, "Responding to needs: military aid to Ukraine during the first year after the 2022 invasion," Defense and Security Analysis, DOI, July 26, 2023.
Cesar Jaramillo and Kelsey Gallagher, "Canada risks letting Turkey off the hook, by prioritizing politics over arms control," Globe and Mail, July 26, 2023.
William Hartung and Dillon Fisher, "Buying and selling arms stock while voting on war should be illegal," Responsible Statecraft, July 25, 2023.
Iain Overton, "Cradles and Conflicts: Is Ukraine Facing a Demographic Death Spiral?," Byline Times, July 25, 2023.
Elias Yousif and Rachel Stohl, "The Humanitarian and Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine," Stimson Center, July 24, 2023.
Alexandra Stark and Michelle Grisé, "Fighting in Sudan Is Creating a Rift Among U.S. Security Partners," The RAND Blog, July 20, 2023.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Jordan's King Abdullah Joins Other Arab Autocrats in Targeting Dissidents Abroad," Democracy in Exile, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), July 19, 2023.
Jordan Cohen and A. Trevor Thrall, "2022 Arms Sales Risk Index," CATO Institute, July 18, 2023.
Bonnie Docherty, "U.S. Cluster Munition Transfer to Ukraine Ignores History of Civilian Harm," Just Security, July 14, 2023.
Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen (emerging expert), "Cluster Munitions May Win a Battle But Not Ukraine’s War," Inkstick, July 13, 2023.
Seth Binder and Sheridan Cole, "Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Egypt Under the Biden Administration," factsheet, Project on Middle East Democracy, July 12, 2023.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Saudi Arabia’s bid for control of the PGA isn’t just about golf," Responsible Statecraft, July 11, 2023.
Andrew Feinstein, "Sanctions Mark II," New Internationalist, July 5, 2023.
Daryl Kimball, "Why President Biden Should Not Transfer Prohibited Cluster Bombs to Ukraine," Just Security, July 3, 2023.
Ray Acheson, "Review of A New Agenda for Peace’s Recommendations for Disarmament and Demilitarisation," Reaching Critical Will, July 2023.
Elizabeth Kirkham and Roy Isbister, "The Arms Trade Treaty: Preparing for the next decade," Saferworld, July 2023.
Henrique Garbino, "Measuring restraint against humanitarian norms: the case of landmines and similar explosive devices," Armed Groups and International Law, June 30 2023.
William Hartung, "The Pentagon Authorization Bill Deserves to Be Defeated," Forbes, June 29, 2023.
William Hartung, "Lee amendment takes on arms company price gouging," Responsible Statecraft, June 27, 2023.
Ray Acheson, "Review of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralim’s Recommendations for Disarmament and Demilitarisation," Reaching Critical Will, June 2023.
Iryna Nikolaieva, Christina Parandii, Wim Zwijnenburg, "A Preliminary Environmental Risk Assessment of the Kakhovka Dam Flooding," Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine, PAX, June 2023.
Claire Taylor, Guy Lamb, Haylene Bossau and Tarryn Bannister, "The State of the Central Firearms Registry in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities," African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum and Gun Free South Africa, June 2023.
Jennifer L. Erickson, Jonathan D. Caverley, Jordan Cohen, Hoshik Nam (former Emerging Expert), Jennifer Spindel, "Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy," multiple essays in H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Policy Roundtable II-2, June 2023.
Bonnie Docherty, "Cluster Munitions and the Impact of International Law," Waynflete Magazine, Spring 2023.
Stephen Semler "The Cataclysmic Iraq War in 6 Charts," Jacobin, April 8, 2023.
Rachel Stohl, "The Arms Trade Treaty at Ten," Stimson Center, April 3, 2023.
Jeff Abramson, "New U.S. Arms Policy Boosts Human Rights Focus," Arms Control Today, April 2023.
Ethan Walton and Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Is Largest Arms Exporter in a Changing Market," Arms Control Association, April 2023.
Micheal Klare, "Dueling Views on AI, Autonomous Weapons," Arms Control Today, April 2023.
Elias Yousif, "'If we don’t sell it, someone else will:' Dependence & Influence in US Arms Transfers," Stimson Center, March 30, 2023.
William Hartung, "Has Congress Learned the Lessons of the Iraq War?," Defense One, March 29, 2023.
Seth Binder, Sheridan Cole, John Ramming Chappell (emerging expert), Annie Shiel, & Ari Tolany, "Fact Sheet – Closing A Leahy Law Loophole" Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), March 28, 2023.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Iryna Nikolaieva, "Attacks on Agro-Industrial Sites in Ukraine Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine," PAX, April 2023.
William Hartung, "An End To Pentagon Wish Lists?" Forbes, March 29, 2023.
Jon Hoffman and Sarah Leah Whitson, "Breaking Away From Secret Concessions in the Middle East," The American Prospect, March 28, 2023.
William Hartung, "The Pentagon's Budget from Hell," TomDispatch, March 26, 2023.
Henrique Garbino and Matthew Bolton, "Protecting the innocent, the land, and the body: traditional sources of restraint on landmine use," Humanitarian law & Policy, March 23, 2023.
Elias Yousif, "US Security Assistance to Somalia," Stimson Center, March 20, 2023.
Wanda Muñoz and Branka Marijan, "Autonomous weapons and deepfakes: weaponization of AI and the urgent need for regulation," in Missing Links in AI Governance, UNESCO and Mila - Québec Artificial Intelligence Institute, March 2023.
Tara Najim, Wim Zwijnenburg, Noor Nahas, and Roberto Jaramillo Vasquez, "Axed and Burned: How Conflict-caused Deforestation Impacts Environmental, Socio-economic and Climate Resilience in Syria," PAX, March 2023.
Ray Acheson, "Editorial: Taking on the War-Builders," in CCW Report, vol. 11, no.2, Reaching Critical Will, March 14, 2023.
Michael Klare, "Is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Imminent?," TomDispatch, March 14, 2023.
William Hartung, "US dominates global arms trade as exports to Europe surge," Responsible Statecraft, March 13, 2023.
William Hartung, "Biden’s new whopping $886B defense budget request," Responsible Statecraft, March 9, 2023.
Allison Pytlak, "Download in Progress: Addressing the Gender Dimensions of Cyber Security," Stimson Center, March 8, 2023.
William Hartung, "Cranes, Planes, and Surveillance Balloons: Hyping the China Threat Harms U.S. Security," Forbes, March 7, 2023.
Bonnie Docherty and Mary Wareham, "Latin America and Caribbean Nations Rally Against Autonomous Weapons Systems," Just Security, March 6, 2023.
John Chappell & Ari Tolany, "Unpacking Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy," Lawfare, March 2, 2023.
Rosie Berman, Dan Mahanty, & Annie Shiel, "(Un)Accountable: Rethinking US Security Sector Accountability Across the Domestic-International Divide," Center for Civilians in Conflict and Stimson Center, March 1, 2023.
Jeff Abramson, "Ukraine Landmine Use Under Scrutiny," Arms Control Today, March 2023.
Michael Klare, "Pentagon Seeks to Facilitate Autonomous Weapons Deployment," Arms Control Today, March 2023.
Stephen Miles, "A Progressive Take on Ukraine," Inkstick, February 28, 2023.
Michael T. Klare, "Pentagon Prepares for Island Combat in the Pacific as US-China Tensions Rise," Truthout, February 28, 2023.
Cesar Jaramillo, "A negotiated settlement is the only path to peace in Ukraine," The Globe and Mail, February 25, 2023.
Jordan Cohen, "Two Years Later: Biden Has Finally Taken the First Step on Stopping Risky Arms Transfers," CATO Institute, February 23, 2023.
Jordan Cohen and Jonathan Ellis Allen, "Examining One Year of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine," Inkstick, February 23, 2023.
Colby Goodman, "The corruption of massive industry ‘sweeteners’ in foreign arm sale," Responsible Statecraft, February 23, 2023.
William Hurtung, "New Bill Injects Note of Sanity Into Pentagon Spending Debate," Forbes, February 22, 2023.
Michael T. Klare, "Congress Girds for War With China," The Nation, February 21, 2023.
Robert Muggah, "Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure," Foreign Policy, February 17, 2023.
Elias Yousif, "Beyond Ukraine: Russia’s Invasion & Its Impact on the Conventional Arms Trade," Stimson Center, February 17, 2023.
Kate Kizer and Scott Paul, "What Yemen Needs Now," War on the Rocks, February 16, 2023.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Debunking the myth of the ‘robust control regime’: UK arms export controls during war and armed conflict," in Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 1, Durham University.
Jennifer L. Erickson, "Demystifying the ‘gold standard’ of arms export controls: US arms exports to conflict zonest," in Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 1, Durham University.
Emma Soubrier, "Unpacking the storytelling around French arms sales: Demystifying the ‘strategic autonomy’ argument," in Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 1, Durham University.
Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung, "Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex," TomDispatch, February 14, 2023.
Cesar Jaramillo and Kelsey Gallagher (emerging expert), "Five urgent questions about arms transfers to Ukraine," Ploughshares, February 9, 2023.
Allison Pytlak, "Exploring Human-Centric Cyber Security," Humanitarian Disarmament, February 6, 2023.
Guy Lamb, "Robberies surge as criminals take advantage of South Africa’s power outages," The Conversation, February 4, 2023.
Amy Nelson, "Arms control needs a shot in the arm," Brookings, February 3, 2023.
Afrah Nasser, "Child Soldiers in Yemen: Cannon Fodder for an Unnecessary War," Arab Center Washington DC, February 2, 2023.
Nate Smith, "U.S. Guns Are Fueling Violence in Central America, Here’s How to Help Stop the Arms Flow,” Just Security, February 1, 2023.
Elizabeth Minor, "Laws for LAWS: Towards a treaty to regulate lethal autonomous weapons," Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung New York, February 2023.
Doug Weir, "Ukraine Conflict Environmental Briefing: The Coastal and Marine Environment," Conflict and Environment Observatory, February 2023.
Michael T. Klare, "Assessing the Dangers: Emerging Military Technologies and Nuclear (In)Stability," Arms Control Association, February 2023.
Erin Hunt, "To rebuild Ukraine, the world needs to help clear the land from mines" The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2023.
Elias Yousif, "U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine: Where do we go from here?" The Stimson Center, January 30, 2023.
Michael T. Klare, "The Pentagon’s Quest for Academic Intelligence: (AI)," The Nation, January 30, 2023.
William Hartung, "Will the Debt Limit Fight Impact Pentagon Spending?," Forbes, January 30, 2023.
Michael T. Klare, "The Department of Defense Has Delivered Another Massive Intelligence Failure," The Nation, January 25, 2023.
Linsey Cottrell and Doug Weir, "EU Military Greening Politics: A Review of Transparency and Implementation," Conflict and Environment Observatory, commissioned by Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, January 24, 2023.
Rachel Stohl and Elias Yousif, "Over Promising and Under Delivering on Arms Transfer Policies" in "Hits & Strikes From Biden’s First Two Years," The Stimson Center, January 23, 2023.
Jennifer Spindel, "Arms for influence? The limits of Great Power leverage," European Journal of International Security, January 17, 2023.
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "UK Arms Export in 2021," Campaign Against Arms Trade, January 17, 2023.
William Hartung, "MLK’s anti-war views are more relevant than ever," Responsible Statecraft, January 15, 2023.
Jennifer Kavanagh and Jordan Cohen, "The Real Reasons for Taiwan's Arms Backlog - And How to Help Fill it," War on the Rocks, January 13, 2023.
William Hartung, "Hawks blow a lot of hot air over proposed budget cuts," Responsible Statecraft, January 10, 2023.
Jeff Abramson, "Mine Use Continues as Ban Treaty Marks Anniversary," Arms Control Today, January/February 2023.
Martin Butcher, "Fueling Conflict: Analyzing the human impact of the war in Yemen," Oxfam, January 11, 2023.
Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, "Opinion – Rwandan Support for M23 Rebels Cannot Continue," E-International Relations, January 10, 2023.
William D. Hartung, "Will the Freedom Caucus Tank the Pentagon Budget?," Forbes, January 9, 2023.
Natalie Goldring, "Call for Restraints in US Arms Transfers to Ukraine" IPS UN Bureau, January 5, 2023.
William D. Hartung, "When It Comes to Defense, Money Isn't Everything," Inkstick. January 3, 2023.
Ray Acheson, "Abolishing Geopolitics and Building a World Without State Violence," Metapolis, January 2023.
2022
William D. Hartung, "Rhetoric vs. reality: Biden’s foreign policy in review," Responsible Statecraft, December 29, 2022.
Amy J. Nelson, “The PLA’s Strategic Support Force and AI Innovation," Tech Stream, Brookings, December 23, 2022.
William Hartung, ”New Ukraine aid is a go — and it’s more than most states get in a year,” Responsible Statecraft, December 23, 2022.
Wim Zwijnenburg, “Risks and impacts from attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine,” Pax, December 21, 2022.
Ari Tolany, "The FY 2023 NDAA Falls Short on Security Assistance Oversight," Just Security, December 21, 2022.
Ivan Marques, “Brazil's gun control challenge: Ending the firearms boom," Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, December 20, 2022.
Kathi Lynn Austin "Bout’s release threatens global security; it’s also an opportunity," The Hill, December 13, 2022.
William Hartung, "Pentagon Profiteers: Executive Compensation In The Arms Industry," Forbes, December 12, 2022.
William Hartung, "New spending bill squanders billions on dysfunctional weapons programs," Responsible Statecraft, December 9, 2022.
Stephen Semler, "House authorizes $858B for the Pentagon," Speaking Security newsletter, December 8, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, “Preventing US weapons from escaping Ukraine is a challenge," The Hill, December 7, 2022.
John Lindsay-Poland, "Leaked Mexican army emails shed bright light on weapons trafficked, exported to Mexico," Stop US Arms to Mexico, December 6, 2022.
Rachel Stohl, "Twenty-five Years of Ridding the World of Landmines," Stimson Center December 5, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Explosive Weapons Declaration Endorsed," Arms Control Today, December 2022.
Magda Coss, "Gender Responsive Small Arms Control in Cities," Pathfinders, Peace in Our Cities, GENSAC, December 2022.
Alexandra Kuimova, Andrea Edoardo Varisco, "Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using UN Reports on Arms Embargoes to Identify Sources, Challenges and Policy Measures," SIPRI, December 2022.
Jesús Martínez and Wanda Muñoz Jaime, "Persons with disabilities in armed conflict," International Review of the Red Cross, November 2022.
Bonnie Docherty, "Over 80 Countries Committed to Curb Use of Explosive Weapons, Now Comes the Hard Part," Just Security, November 23, 2022.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "Arms Sales" in CATO Handbook for Policymakers 2022, November 2022.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak, CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 11 including Acheson's "Editorial: Procedural Tyranny Continues at the CCW," Reaching Critical Will, November 22, 2022.
William Hartung, "If the Biden administration won’t hold Mohammed Bin Salman accountable, Congress should," The Hill, November 21, 2022.
Michael Klare, "Biden and Xi Skirt the Abyss," The Nation, November 17, 2022.
William Hartung, "Corporate Weapons Heaven Is a Hell on Earth," TomDispatch, November 17, 2022.
Katherine Young, "Work to Protect Civilians Begins—Not Ends—at the Dublin Conference to Endorse the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons," Disarmament Dialogue, humanitariandisarmament.org, November 16, 2022.
William Hartung, "It’s Time to Cut Off Arms Sales to the Saudi Regime," The Nation, November 15, 2022.
Elias Yousif and Rachel Stohl, "A US Plan to Prevent Arms Diversion in Ukraine is Welcome But Just the First Step," Stimson Center, November 10, 2022.
Bonnie Docherty, "An Agenda for Action: Alternative Processes for Negotiating a Killer Robots Treaty," Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic, November 10, 2022.
Gabriela Iveliz Rosa-Hernandez, "The Art of the Possible: Minimizing Risks as a New European Order Takes Shape," Foreign Policy Research Institute, November 9, 2022.
Natália Pollachi, "De olhos vendados para o mercado ilegal de armas," JOTA, November 8, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "Biden Had It Right… Until He Didn’t," Cato Institute, November 8, 2022.
William Hartung, "Pentagon Blocks Contractor Push for Inflation Bailout," Forbes, November 7, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "Controling US Arms, Not Aid, to Yemen," Inkstick, November 3, 2022.
Elias Yousif and Rachel Stohl, "The Dilemma of Depending on Allies," in Stimson Center's "Experts React: The Biden Administration’s National Defense Strategy," November 2, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "State Dept. plan to track weapons for Ukraine should be starting point," Federal Times, November 2, 2022.
Wanda Muñoz, "Inteligencia Artificial Feminista: Hacia un agenda de investigación para América Latina," Red FAIR LAC, November 1, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Biden Urged to Halt Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia," Arms Control Today, November 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Mexico Files New Gun Lawsuit in U.S. Court," Arms Control Today, November 2022.
William Hartung, "Despite Outcries About Inflation, Major Arms Makers Are Doing Just Fine," Forbes, October 28, 2022.
William Hartung, "The U.S-Saudi Relationship Is Overrated," The National Interest, October 25, 2022.
Rachel Stohl, "Mixed Reviews: Positive Developments and Negative Trends in 2021 ATT Annual Reports," Stimson Center, October 25, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Saudi Arabia," Inkstick, October 24, 2022
Kate Kizer, "Letting Accountability Dictate US-Saudi Relationship," Inkstick, October 21, 2022.
Elias Yousif, “U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine Breaks All Precedents," Stimson Center, October 20, 2022.
William Hartung, "Promoting Stability or Fueling Conflict? The Impact of U.S. Arms Sales on National and Global Security," Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, October 20, 2022.
William Hartung, "Bombs & guns: Biden’s ‘business as usual’ approach to US arms sales," Responsible Statecraft, October 20, 2022.
Elias Yousif, “US Security Cooperation with Gulf OPEC States Amidst Energy Cuts," Stimson Center, October 17, 2022.
William Hartung, “An end to US military support for Saudi Arabia is long overdue," The Hill, October 12, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "ATT Meeting Focuses on Post-Transfer Arms Controls," Arms Control Today, October 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Meeting Flags Cluster Munitions Harm in Ukraine," Arms Control Today, October 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Offering More Arms to Taiwan," Arms Control Today, October 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Editorial: Working for Peace at the First Committee," First Committee Monitor, Vol. 20, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, September 30, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Despair and determination at the UN General Assembly," Reaching Critical Will, September 28, 2022.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Pérez Ricart, "Examining a Dataset on Gun Shows in the US, 2011–2019," Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 4(1), September 28, 2022.
Michael T. Klare, “The War in Ukraine Is at a Decisive Turning Point," The Nation, September 27, 2022.
John Lindsay-Poland, "Stopping Gun Violence in the Americas: A Preventable Pandemic," Speaking of Medicine and Health blog, PLOS, September 26, 2022.
Ray Acheson, Laura Boillot, Bonnie Docherty, Natalie Goldring, Allison Pytlak, Doug Weir, Wim Zwijnenburg, and others, "First Committee briefing book 2022" Reaching Critical Will, September 16, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "Not Looking Like Leverage: The False Promises of Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia," Cato Institute, September 12, 2022.
William Hartung, "In Pursuit of Higher Revenues, Weapons Contractors Exaggerate Impacts of Inflation," Forbes, September, 15, 2022.
William Hartung, “Spending Unlimited: Contractors Cash in as Congress Adds Billions to the Pentagon Budget," TomDispatch, September 11, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Congress Notifications Reinstated on Some Gun Exports," Arms Control Today, September 2022.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Dual-Use AI Technology in China, the US and the EU: Strategic Implications for the Balance of Power," PRIO, September, 2022.
Laura Boillot, "The political declaration on explosive weapons – a milestone achievement," Article 36, September 8, 2022.
“Cluster Munition Monitor 2022," Cluster Munition Coalition, August 25, 2022.
"ATT Monitor Report 2022," Control Arms Secretariat, August 2022.
Annie Shiel, “How the FY23 NDAA Can Strengthen U.S. Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Civilian Harm (Part I),” JustSecurity, August 25, 2022.
John Lindsay Poland, "Maquiladoras de armas, fábrica de balas: el flujo de municiones al norte en un tiempo violento," Animal Politico, August 24, 2022.
Jennifer Erickson, "The advocacy groups working to bring the Arms Trade Treaty to life," Devdiscourse, August 22, 2022.
Andrea Edoardo Varisco and Mark Bromley (editor), "Good Practice Guide on Post-shipment On-site Inspections of Military Materiel," SIPRI, August 2022.
Rachel Stohl and Elias Yousif, "Taking Stock of ATT Reporting," Stimson Center, August 22, 2022.
Michael Klare, “Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Launched a New Era of Military Competition With China,” The Nation, August 10, 2022.
William Hartung, “Weapons Contractors Thrive Despite Pandemic, Supply Chain Issues,” Forbes, August 9, 2022.
Lauren Woods, “Despite Rhetoric, Biden is Continuing Trump's Weapons Sales," War on the Rocks, August 8, 2022.
Rachel Stohl and Elias Yousif, "The Notorious Viktor Bout is Back," Stimson Center, August 4, 2022.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones (editor), "ARES Arms and Munitions Classification System," version 1.3, Armament Research Services, July 2022
Michael Picard and Colby Goodman, "Hidden Costs: US Private Military and Security Companies and the Risks of Corruption and Conflict," Transparency International Defence & Security, July 2022.
Allison Pytlak, "Consensus, Multilateralism, and Cyber Peace: the Marathon Continues for the UN’s Cyber Working Group," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, July 31, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Editorial: Road to nowhere," CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 10, Reaching Critical Will, July 29, 2022.
Ray Acheson+, "Editorial: Denial cannot stop the reality of momentum," CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 9, July 28, 2022.
Doug Weir, "Will the visibility of environmental damage in Ukraine translate into action to address the risks it poses to human health and ecosystems?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, July 28, 2022.
Ray Acheson+, "Editorial: Mitigating risk means prohibiting autonomous weapon systems," CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 8, July 27, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Potential convergence confronts persistent obstinance at the GGE on autonomous weapons," CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 6, July 25, 2022.
Elias Yousif, "Ukraine Aid Strains U.S. Defense Stockpiles," Stimson Center, July 25, 2022
Lauren Woods, "U.S. Arms Sales: 2021 - Early 2022," Issue Brief, Security Assistance Monitor, July 2022.
Allison Pytlak, "Action, Accountability, and Ambition," Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 2, No. 6, July 22, 2022.
Doug Weir+, "How to prosecute Russia for environmental crimes in Ukraine," euobserver, July 20, 2022.
Guy Lamb, "Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals," The Conversation, July 18, 2022.
William Hartung, "House military spending bill is a boon to the arms industry," Responsible Statecraft, July 15, 2022.
Rachel Stohl and Elias Yousif, "The Risks of U.S. Military Assistance to Ukraine," Stimson Center, July 13, 2022
Frank Slijper+, "Largest European banks bankroll high-risk arms traders," PAX, July 12, 2022
Jordan Cohen, "Where Is The Red Carpet? Biden’s Inane Trip To Saudi Arabia," CATO Institute, July 11, 2022.
Iain Overton, "Shinzo Abe’s assassination and firearm control in Japan," Action on Armed Violence, July 8, 2022.
Michael Klare, "Biden’s NATO Summit Divides the World Into Hostile Camps," The Nation, July 7, 2022.
Hanna Homestead (Emerging Expert) +, "Where Energy, Security, and Climate Imperatives Align," Inkstick Media, July 7, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "2023 NDAA Amendments on Arms Sales," Cato at Liberty, July 7, 2022.
William Hartung, "Fueling the Warfare State," Tom Dispatch, July 7, 2022.
Rachel Stohl and Elias Yousif, "The Risks of US Military Assistance to Ukraine," Defense One, July 5, 2022.
Elias Yousif, "Drone Warfare in Ukraine: Understanding the Landscape," Stimson Center, June 30 2022.
Jeff Abramson+, "Declaration Limiting Explosive Weapons Advances," Arms Control Today, July/August 2022.
Henrique Garbino+ (Emerging Expert), "Mine Action and the Reintegration of Former Combatants: Expanding the Debate," The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Spring 2022.
Daryl Kimball+, "Biden Reverts to Obama-Era Landmines Policy," Arms Control Today, July/August 2022.
Aurélien Pradier (Emerging Expert) +, "Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire: The Green Energy Transition, Resource Independence, and the War in Ukraine," World Economics Journal, June 2022.
William Hartung, "Biden’s Mideast Agenda Could Increase the Risks of War," Forbes, June 30, 2022.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "America’s Middle East ‘Withdrawal’ Breathes Its Last Breath," The American Prospect, June 24, 2022.
Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre, "America Is the World’s Gun Store," Foreign Policy, June 24, 2022.
Rachel Stohl, "Biden Administration Announces New APL Landmines Policy," Stimson Center, June 24, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "Dragging the U.S. into the tarpits: America should not deepen its ties with Saudi Arabia and the UAE," New York Daily News, June 17, 2022.
Natalie Goldring, “Six Key Issues for the Eighth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS8) on the UN Programme of Action,” IANSA, June 2022.
Diana Ohlbaum, "The People’s Unfunded Priorities List for Fiscal Year 2023," Friends Committee on National Legislation, June 14, 2022.
Katherine Young, "Adoption of Explosive Weapons Declaration to Mark Major Milestone in Protection of Civilians," Humanitarian Disarmament, June 13, 2022.
Rachel Stohl, Jordan Cohen +, "To Arm or Not to Arm Ukrainians?" Inkstick, June 10, 2022.
Erica Mumford (emerging expert), "The Unintended Impact of U.S. Weapons Supplied to Afghanistan," The Diplomat, June 7, 2022.
Robert Muggah, "Unregulated U.S. Firearms Are a Global Problem," World Politics Review, June 6, 2022.
Natalia Pollachi +, "Integrated Firearms Control Model," Instituto Sou da Paz, June, 2022.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak, "Autonomous Weapons and Questions of Ethics, Control, and Accountability," CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 4, June 3, 2022.
Jordan Cohen, "How a U.S. Law Allows for Continuing Commitments to Somalia," CATO June 3, 2022.
Philip Alpers, "Opinion: This is what happened when 3 nations that experienced mass shootings did something about it," CNN, June 2, 2022.
Elias Yousif, "HIMARS Marks Evolution in US Weapons Transfers to Ukraine," Stimson Center, June 2, 2022.
Brian Castner, "The White Power Mercenaries Fighting For the Lost Cause Around the World," Time, June 1, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "Congress begins effort to end US role in Yemen war," Responsible Statecraft, June 1, 2022.
Daniel Gettinger, "Phoenix Ghosts are part drones, part missiles. How does that change combat?," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 1, 2022.
Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, "Kazakhstan-Africa Relations: Building Partnerships," Africa Up Close, June 1, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Little-Used U.S. Powers Employed to Aid Ukraine," Arms Control Today, June, 2022.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Arming Ukraine: Weapons Control and the Future of International Order," Global Policy Journal, May 31, 2022.
Michael Klare, "President Biden’s Trip to Asia," The Nation, May 30, 2022.
Annie Shiel, "The Failures of the Baghuz Strike Investigation," Inkstick, May 27, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Rhetoric vs. reality at the UN Security Council debate on the protection of civilians," Reaching Critical Will, May 26, 2022.
Bruno Langeani and others, "Fatal Diversion – The Leakage of Weapons from the Legal to the Illegal Market in the State of São Paulo," Instituto Sou d Paz, May, 2022.
William Hartung, "Arsenal of Autocracy," Tom Dispatch, May 24, 2022.
Elias Yousif, "Ukraine to Set Record for U.S. Security Assistance," Stimson Center, May 23, 2022.
Diana Ohlbaum, "Time for a strategic pause on NATO expansion," The Hill, May 21, 2022.
Lauren Woods+, "U.S. Security Partnership and the Protection of Civilians: The Case of Nigeria and the Nigerian Armed Forces," Security Assistance Monitor, Brown University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Interaction, May 2022.
Allison Pytlak, "Advancing a Global Cyber Programme of Action: Options and priorities," Reaching Critical Will, WILPF, May, 2022.
Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre, "In the Americas, Homicide Is the Other Killer Epidemic," Foreign Policy, May 20, 2022
Jeff Abramson, "Disconnect: the United States, the Arms Trade, Humanitarian Disarmament, and the Summit for Democracy," Looking Ahead blog, Forum on the Arms Trade, May 17, 2022.
William Hartung, "Spending Smarter on Defense means Spending Less," Forbes, May 16, 2022.
Lauren Woods, "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act," Security Assistance Monitor, May 2022.
William Hartung+, "The costs and risks of the new Ukraine aid package," Tribune News Service, May 10, 2022.
Lode Dewaegheneire+, "Comment la Belgique peut arrêter les robots tueurs," Le Soir, May 9, 2022.
Allison Pytlak+, "Report from the ATT working group and preparatory meetings: The Horrific Harms of Selling Arms," ATT Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, May 5, 2022.
William Hartung+, "Don’t Overinflate the Pentagon Budget," Defense One, May 5, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Cluster Munitions Use in Ukraine Spurs U.S. Debate," Arms Control Today, May 2022.
Rachel Stohl and Elias Yousif+, "Taking Stock of ATT Reporting Trends and Challenges," Stimson Center, April 2022.
Annie Shiel and Sarah Yager, "Congressional Action on Civilian Harm Resulting from U.S. Military Operations: Part I," Just Security, April 28, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Intersessional meeting on autonomous weapons highlights two paths forward, and the urgency of action," CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, April 28, 2022.
William Hartung+, "Putting Biden’s new whopping $33B Ukraine package into context" Responsible Statecraft, April 28, 2022.
Rachel Stohl, "Why is the Biden Administration Still Silent on Arms Trade Treaty?," Stimson Center, April 27, 2022.
William Hartung, "Global military spending tops $2 trillion for the first time," Responsible Statecraft, April 25, 2022.
Amy J. Nelson, "How Emerging Technology IS Breaking Arms Control," Lawfare, April 24, 2022.
William Hartung+, "The New Gold Rush: How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis," Tom Dispatch, April 17, 2022.
Gabriel Mondragón Toledo (emerging expert), "German Arms Exports- A History of Restraint?" Inkstick, April 19, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "The political declaration on explosive weapon use must protect civilians, not militaries," Researching Critical Will, April 14, 2022.
Doug Weir+, "Do mention the war: Why conservation NGOs must speak out on biodiversity and conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, April 11, 2022.
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Equipped for War: Exposing Militarized Policing in California," AFSC, April 2022.
Afrah Nasser, "US Assistance to Saudi-Led Coalition Risks Complicity in War Crimes," The Yemen Review, March 2022, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, April 7, 2022.
Francesco Vignarca, "Armi esenti da IVA in UE?”, alcuni chiarimenti," Francesco Vignarca - Tracce, April 6, 2022.
Allison Pytlak+, "Cyber Peace & Security Monitor: Vo. 2 No.," Reaching Critical Will, April 5, 2022.
Erin Hunt+, "New Report: Abandoned Africa? Canada's Funding for Mine Action in Africa," Mines Action Canada, April 2022.
Iain Overton+, "Explosive Violence Monitor: 2021," Action on Armed Violence, launched April 5, 2022.
Emma Soubrier, "Weaponized storytelling à la française: Demystifying France’s narratives around its arms export policies," WPF, April 1, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Arms Trade Rising in Europe, Other Regions," Arms Control Today, April 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "West Rushes Weapons to Ukraine," Arms Control Today, April 2022.
Josh Ruebner, "Accountability for Russia, Impunity for Israel in US Policy," Institute for Middle East Understanding, March 30, 2022.
William Hartung, "Biden’s new Pentagon budget request is too damn high," Responsible Statecraft, March 28, 2022.
Nic Marsh+, "Security Logics of Africa’s Divided Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine," PRIO, March 28, 2022.
William D. Hartung+, "Commentary: Yemen: The forgotten war," Tribune News Service, March 24, 2022.
Jennifer L. Erickson, "On the Front Lines: Conflict zones and U.S. Arms Exports," WPF, March 23, 2022.
William D. Hartung+, "Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War," Tom Dispatch, March 22, 2022.
Bonnie Docherty, "Russia’s Use of Cluster Munitions and Other Explosive Weapons Shows Need for Stronger Civilian Protections," Just Security, March 21, 2022.
William Hartung, "We’re #1: The U.S. Government is the World’s Largest Arms Dealer," Forbes, March 18, 2022.
Sahar Vardi, "In Russia as in Israel, buying weapons is just as harmful as selling them," WPF, March 18, 2022.
Nic Marsh, "Arms and Influence in Ukraine," PRIO, March 17, 2022.
Michael T. Klare, "Stop the Fighting in Ukraine," The Nation, March 17, 2022.
Sarah Leah Whitson+, "How Ukraine Is Clarifying the Costs of America's Middle East Alliances," Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), March 17, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "Washington's Reversion to Meekness," Inkstick, March 15, 2022.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Missing in Action: UK arms export controls during war and armed conflict," WPF, March 15, 2022.
Robert Muggah, "Russian demoralization on the front lines: Chronicles of the war in Ukraine," LinkedIn, March 15, 2022.
Iain Overton, "In Sending Weapons to Ukraine We Must Not Forget the Lessons of History," Byline Times, March 14, 2022.
Lisa Haugaard, "Duque y Biden: lo que faltaba en esta imagen," El Espectador, March 14, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "CCW Report, Vol. 10, No. 2: We will not weaponize our way out of horror, " Reaching Critical Will, March 14, 2022.
Alexandra Kuimova (emerging expert)+, "Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2021," SIPRI, March 14, 2022.
William D. Hartung, "Don't embrace Saudi Arabia and the UAE because of the Ukraine crisis," The Hill, March 12, 2022.
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, "A New Era in U.S.-Moldova Relations Begins," The National Interest, March 11, 2022.
Amy J. Nelson+, "Mind the escalation aversion: Managing risk without losing the initiative in the Russia-Ukraine war," Brookings, March 11, 2022.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Environment and Conflict Alert Ukraine: A first glimpse of the toxic toll or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine," PAX, March 9, 2022.
William D. Hartung, "Support Ukraine, But Don’t Implement a No-Fly Zone," Forbes, March 8, 2022.
Lisa Haugaard, "A Chance to Right U.S. Wrongs in Honduras," El Faro, March 8, 2022.
Doug Weir, "States reluctant to strengthen laws protecting the environment from war," Conflict and Environment Observatory, March 8, 2022.
Robert Muggah+, "Five possible scenarios in the Ukraine-Russia war," iPolitics, March 7, 2022.
Elias Yousif and Rachel Stohl, "Under Caution: Assessing Arms Transfer Risk in Ukraine," Stimson Center, March 7, 2022.
William D. Hartung, "War in Ukraine Spells Bounty for Weapons Contractors," Inkstick, March 7, 2022.
Michale Klare, "Would a 'Cold' War Be the Best News Around?" TomDispatch, March 6, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "The US’s hypocritical criticism of Russia for deploying ‘exceptional lethal weaponry’," Responsible Statecraft, March 4, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "UN General Assembly condemns Russia’s war on Ukraine and calls for peace," Reaching Critical Will, March 4, 2022.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas+, "Gun Suicides Among Former and Current Military Members," Center for American Progress, March 3, 2022.
Wanda Muñoz+, "Ensuring access to mental health and psychosocial support in conflict, post-conflict and humanitarian settings," SEHLAC, ALSO, and RED-LAT, March 2022.*
William Hartung, "Pathways to Pentagon Spending Reductions: Removing the Obstacles," Quincy Institute, March 2, 2022.
Elias Yousif, "NATO’s Frontline – How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Shaping Security Cooperation with the Baltics," Stimson Center, March 2, 2022.
William Hartung, "Any aid package for Ukraine should focus on humanitarian assistance," Responsible Statecraft, March 1, 2022.
Amy J. Nelson, "Innovation acceleration, digitization, and the crisis of nonproliferation systems," The Nonproliferation Review, March 1, 2022.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones+, "Russian 3B30 submunitions documented in Ukraine (2022)," Armament Research Services, March 1, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "End war, build peace," WILPF, March 1, 2022.
Adam Isacson, "Great Power Competition Comes for Latin America," War on the Rocks, February 24, 2022.
Michael T. Klare, "Russia, Ukraine, and the New Bipartisanship in Washington," The Nation, February 23, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "US foreign policy and the American savior trap," Responsible Statecraft, February 21, 2022.
Michael T. Klare, "Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Relentless Struggle for Geopolitical Dominance in Asia," SANE U.S.-China Policy, February 20, 2022.
John Lindsay-Poland, "The guns that make you keep running," Univision, February 17, 2022.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Peter Schwartzstein, "We fear more war, we fear more drought," PAX, February 16, 2022.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart and Eugenio Weigend Vargas F, "Las balas que no matan: el elefante en la habitación," Nexos, February 15, 2022.
Brittany Benowitz, "Human Rights, Civilian Harm, and Arms Sales: A Primer on U.S. Law and Policy," CIVIC, February 15, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "Militarism Cannot Prevent War: An urgent call for de-escalation, demilitarisation, and disarmament in relation to Ukraine and beyond," WILPF, February 14, 2022.
Brian Castner, "Identifying the Drone-Launched Munitions Used in Ethiopian Air Strikes," Citizen Evidence Lab - Amnesty International, February 14, 2022.
Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta, Uldduz Sohrabi (emerging expert) and others, "After The Bombing Podcast, Episode 1: The impact of bombs on the human body," INEW, February 10, 2022.
Bonnie Docherty, "Humanitarian Disarmament in 2022: Negotiations, Implementation, and a Fresh Start," Disarmament Dialogue, February 8, 2022.
Iain Overton, "The Ugly Face of War: How Technology is Set to Change the Battlefield," Byline Times, February 7, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "Is Congress ready (and willing) to fix the president’s Yemen policy?," Responsible Statecraft, February 4, 2022.
William Hartung, "What a Waste! $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting," TomDispatch, February 3, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "The U.S. Is Wrong on Yemen. Again.," Foreign Policy, February 3, 2022.
Amy J. Nelson and Adam Twardowski "How the demise of an arms control treaty foreshadowed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, February 1, 2022.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, "La sociedad civil y el Estado mexicano contra las armas," SinEmbargo MX, February 1, 2022.
William Hartung, "As Congress moves to enshrine Abraham Accords, a look at the promised ‘peace’," Responsible Statecraft, January 31, 2022.
Guy Lamb, "Policing and Boundaries in a Violent Society: A South African Case Study," Routledge, January 31, 2022.
Whitney Grespin, "The Problem is the Contract, Not the Contractor," Inkstick, January 28, 2022.
Ray Acheson, "UN Security Council debates war in cities and the protection of civilians," Reaching Critical Will, January 28, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "Progressive Vision Meets the Proverbial Road in Ukraine," Inkstick, January 28, 2022.
William Hartung and Ben Freeman, "US announces $2.5B arms deal on anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring," Responsible Statecraft, January 26, 2022.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Remember the Clarion Call of Egypt's Revolution," DAWN, January 26, 2022.
Shuaib Almosawa and Sarah Leah Whitson, "The Biden administration could have ended the brutal war in Yemen. It’s now making it worse." Washington Post, January 26, 2022.
Elias Yousif, "U.S. Military Assistance to Ukraine," The Stimson Center, January 26, 2022.
Radhya Al-Mutawakel, briefing before the UN Security Council in the open debate “Wars in Cities: protection of civilians in urban settings,” January 25, 2022.
Sarah (Holewinski) Yager, "Lost Innocents: The U.S. Military’s Shameful Failure to Protect Civilians," Foreign Affairs, January 25, 2022.
Michael T. Klare, "A New “March of Folly” in Europe: Can It Be Averted?," The Nation, January 25, 2022.
Mark Bromley and others, "SALW-related assistance to states in sub-Saharan Africa: Hitting the target or missing the mark?," SIPRI, January 21, 2022.
Wim Zwijnenburg and others, "International Action to Protect People, Planet, and Peace: Building a UN system-wide environment, peace and security agenda," Ecosystem for Peace - Medium, January 21, 2022.
Ray Acheson and others, "Environmental Peacebuilding through Degrowth, Demilitarization, and Feminism: Rethinking environmental peacebuilding to stay within planetary boundaries and champion social justice," Ecosystem for Peace - Medium, January 19, 2022.
Ira Helfand and Daryl G. Kimball, "The US-Russia Crisis Over Ukraine: All Options Should Not Be On the Table," Just Security, January 18, 2022.
Kate Kizer, "Humanitarian assistance doesn’t give militarism a free pass," Responsible Statecraft, January 18, 2022.
Amy Nelson, "Is the U.S. military’s futurism obsession hurting national security?" Brookings, January 18, 2022.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "2021 Arms Sales Risk Index," CATO Institute, January 18, 2022.
William Hartung, "Dr. King’s 1967 anti-war speech wasn’t popular, but it was prescient," Responsible Statecraft, January 17, 2022.
Michael Klare, "None Dare Call It 'Encirclement," TomDispatch, January 13, 2022.
Laura Boillot and Brian Castner, Looking Ahead: Civilians Must Be Protected from Bombing and Shelling in Towns and Cities, Forum on the Arms Trade, January 13, 2022.
William Hartung, "How Private Contractor Disguise The Real Costs of War," Inkstick, January 12, 2022.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Turkish Drones Join Ethiopia’s war, Satellite Imagery Confirms," PAX, January 11, 2022.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "The Human Rights vs. National Security Dilemma Is a Fallacy," Foreign Policy, January 10, 2022.
Jeff Abramson, "Congress Fails to Block Saudi Arms Sales" Arms Control Today, January/February 2022.
Thompson Chengata, "Is the Convention on Conventional Weapons the appropriate framework to produce a new law on autonomous weapon systems?," in A life interrupted: essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns, Pretoria University Law Press, January 10, 2022.
Michael Klare, "Conference Makes No Progress on Robotic Weapons," Arms Control Today, January/February 2022.
Whitney Grespin, review of "The frontlines of peace: an insider's guide to changing the world," International Affairs, Volume 98, Issue 1, January 2022.
Robert Muggah, "Yemen’s Parallel War in Cyberspace," Foreign Policy, January 6, 2022.
Bill Hartung, "Arms sales to repressive regimes are more than just a human rights issue," Responsible Statecraft, January 6, 2022.
Bill Hartung, "Biden’s Arms Sales Policy In 2021: A Year of Missed Opportunities," Forbes, January 4, 2022.
Diana Ohlbaum, "Lucy and the NDAA," Inkstick, January 3, 2022.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, "¿Más armas, más violencia? Evidencia de una compleja relación desde América Latina" Perfiles Latinoamericanos, Vol. 30 Núm. 59, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede México (FLACSO Mexico), January 1, 2022.
Folade Mutota and others, Leadership and Small Arms Control: A Global Women’s Conversation, Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD), January 2022.
Frank Slijper, "Banks and Bombs: Engaging the Financial Sector on Investment in Arms Producers," Security in Context, January 2022.
2021
Michael Klare, "Containment on Steroids: Pentagon's 2022 Budget Seeks China Encirclement," Committee for a SANE U.S. China Policy, December 31, 2021.
Nicholas Marsh and Júlia Palik, "Negotiating Disarmament: Lessons Learnt from Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sri Lanka," PRIO, 2021.
Bruno Langeani, Natália Pollachi, "Armed violence, police violence and the arms trade in brazil," Sao da Paz and others, 2021, now available in English.
Kate Kizer, "Will we finally accept that ‘precision airstrikes’ don’t exist?" Responsible Statecraft, December 22, 2021.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Arms Trafficking," in Routledge Handbook of Smuggling, December 22, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Countering Consensus through Humanitarian Disarmament: Incendiary Weapons and Killer Robots," Humanitarian Disarmament blog, December 21, 2021.
Allison Pytlak and others, "Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol. 2 No. 3," Reaching Critical Will, December 21, 2021.
Elias Yousif and others, "U.S. Security Partnership and the Protection of Civilians: Government of Ethiopia & the Ethiopian National Defense Force," Security Assistance Monitor, December 20, 2021.
Philip Alpers, "A Pressing Need: Decades of Agreement, Few Results on Arms Record-Keeping," Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University, December 17, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "It’s Time to Talk About US Illiberalism," Foreign Exchanges, December 16, 2021.
Ray Acheson+, "CCW Report, Vol. 9 No. 10-13," Reaching Critical Will, December 14, 15, 16, 17, 2021.
Brian Castner and others, "Afghanistan: No escape: War crimes and civilian harm during the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban," Amnesty International, December 15, 2021.
Clayton Payne with Doug Weir, "Environmental governance in frozen conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, December 15, 2021.
Nils Duquet and Dennis Vanden Auweele, "Project TARGET: Targeting gun violence & trafficking in Europe," Flemish Peace Institute, December 13, 2021.
Sean McCafferty and Iain Overton, "The Improvised Explosive Device and ‘The Propaganda of the Deed’," Action on Armed Violence, December 13, 2021.
Michael Klare, "Spice — From the Ancient World to Dune," Music, Movies & Hoops, December 13, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Perez Ricart, "Non-fatal gunshot injuries during criminal acts in Mexico, 2013–2019," Injury Prevention, December 9, 2021.
Frank Slijper+ w/ special thanks to Bonnie Docherty, "Put Out the Fire: Strengthening International Law and Divestment Policies on Incendiary Weapons," PAX, December 9, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak+, "CCW Report, Vol. 9 No. 9," Reaching Critical Will, December 9, 2021.
Waleed Alhariri and others, "Coalition Falls Back in Hudaydah, Fighting Shifts South – The Yemen Review, November 2021," Yemen Review - November 2021, Sana'a Center, December 9, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "We can't trust the US military to investigate civilian casualties," Responsible Statecraft, December 7, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Congress Must Halt Biden's Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia," Foreign Policy, December 6, 2021.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "The risk of diversion in the arms transfer cycle: 3 factors to consider," Project Ploughshares, December 2021.
Doug Weir, "Military emissions cuts -- where do we go from here?" Conflict and Environment Observatory, December 2, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty+, "Crunch Time on Killer Robots: Why New Law is Needed and How It Can Be Achieved," Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic, December 1, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "Countries Grapple With 2025 Landmine Goal" Arms Control Today, December 2021.
William Hartung, "Arming Repression: U.S. Military Support for Saudi Arabia, from Trump to Biden," Center for International Policy, December 2021.
Mark Bromley+, "Post-shipment On-site Inspections of Military Materiel: Challenges and Responses," SIPRI, December 2021.
Laura Boillot, "The area effects of weapons and the risk of civilian harm," Article 36, November 2021.
Gabriel Mondragón Toledo (emerging expert), "Mexico is using courts to hold US gun manufacturers accountable," Inkstick, November 29, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Biden's Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Review Could be a Turning Point," War on the Rocks, November 29, 2021.
William Hartung+, "The Biden Administration's Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia Is Offensive, and Must Be Stopped," Forbes, November 28, 2021.
William Hartung, "The Philippines is a frontline of another cold war," The Hill, November 27, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Congress Seeks to Halt US Weapons in Yemen," Cato at Liberty, November 19, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Ethiopia now confirmed to fly Chinese armed drones," PAX, November 18, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert)+, "Don't give Turkey an F-16 consolation price," Defense News, November 18, 2021.
Tom Watts (emerging expert), co-editor of "Remote Warfare and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century," and co-author of articles "Revisiting the remoteness of remote warfare: US military intervention in Libya" and "Remote warfare – Buzzword or Buzzkill?" in Defense Studies, Volume 21, 2021 - Issue 4, December, 2021.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Arms Trafficking," in Routledge Handbook of Smuggling, December 22, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Increasing Situational Awareness of Conflict Linked Oil Pollution with VHR Satellite Imagery," European Space Imaging, November 11, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung, "Reining in the Pentagon," TomDispatch, November 9, 2021.
William Hartung, "Congress Should Cut Off U.S. Military Support for Saudi Arabia," Forbes, November 8, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton+, "First Committee Monitor: Volume 19, No. 5," Reaching Critical Will, November 5, 2021.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "Landmine Monitor 2021," International Campaign to Ban Landmines, November 10, 2021.
Ari Tolany (emerging expert)+, "Build back better or more of the same? New arms deal to Saudis announced," Responsible Statecraft, November 5, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert),
"Afghanistan and the Danger of Small Arms Transfers," Inkstick, November 2, 2021.
Jeff Abramson and William Ostermeyer (Forum Intern), "U.S. Continues Controversial Arms Assistance," Arms Control Today, November 1, 2021.
Diana Ohlbaum, "No, Mr. President, we haven't turned the page on war," The Hill, October 30, 2021.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, "Special Report 4 - Munitions Employing Sensor-fuzed Submunitions: Do they Comply with the Convention on Cluster Munitions?" Armament Research Services (ARES), October 29, 2021.
William Hartung, "The Heritage Foundation's Index of Military Distortions," Forbes, October 28, 2021.
Rachel Stohl, Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), and Shannon Dick, "2020 ATT Annual Reports: Examining Trends and Enduring Challenges," Stimson Center, October 27, 2021.
Dan Gettinger, "Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles | Current Types, Ordnance and Operations," Harpia Publishing, Oct 27, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, October 22, 2021.
Montserrat Martínez +, "Violencia de género con armas de fuego en México," Intersecta Organización para la Igualdad, Data Cívica,, EQUIS Justicia para las Mujeres, Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, October 2021.
Annie Shiel +, "Insight Into Biden’s Counterterrorism Thinking Suggests More of the Same" Just Security, October 18, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 16, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "The War in Afghanistan Has Not Ended If 'Over the Horizon' Operations Continue," CATO Institute, October 13, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Heidi Grants Resignation and the Future of U.S. Weapons Sales Policy," CATO Institute, October 13, 2021.
William Hartung, "Three Years After His Murder, the Biden Administration Should Do More to Bring Justice for Jamal Khashoggi," Forbes, October 11, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 9, 2021.
Diana Ohlbaum, "What have we learned from 20 years of war?" Stars and Stripes, October 7, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak +, "CCW Report," Volume 9, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, October 4, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 3, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "ATT Members Highlight Small Arms, Light Weapons," Arms Control Today, October, 2021.
Jeff Abramson and William Ostermeyer (Forum intern), "New Action Plan Adopted on Cluster Munitions," Arms Control Today, October, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Business as Usual: U.S. Arms Sales and Civilian Casualties in Nigeria," CATO Institute, September 30, 2021.
Iain Overton +, "The targeting of high-rises in Gaza: an analysis of Israel’s air strikes on tall buildings in 2021," Action on Armed Violence, September 30, 2021.
Ray Acheson, "Hope and hubris at the UN General Assembly," Reaching Critical Will, September 30, 2021.
Ara Marcen +, "Access to information in a world in crisis: how opacity in the defence sector makes countries more vulnerable to corruption," Transparency International-Defence and Security, September 28, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "A New U.S. Weapons Exports Policy: Transformed or Simply Revamped?" Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, September 27, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak +, "CCW Report," Volume 9, No. 6, Reaching Critical Will, September 23, 2021.
Seth Binder, "Back to Business as Usual: President Biden’s First Foreign Affairs Budget for the Middle East and North Africa," Project on Middle East Democracy, September 23, 2021.
Lauren Woods, "Taking Stock of U.S. Security Assistance Since the 9/11 Attacks," The Baraza, September 23, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson and John Hursh, "Biden's Middle East Policy is just sugar-coated business as usual," Responsible Statecraft, September 22, 2021.*
Allison Pytlak, "The Narrative Must Change: Prospects for the 2021 UNGA First Committee," Humanitarian Disarmament, September 22, 2021
William Hartung, "It's time for the US to end its involvement in the deadly Yemen war," Inkstick, September 22, 2021.
Annie Shiel, Elias Yousif, Lauren Woods, Rachel Stohl, Shannon Dick, Arianna Tolany (emerging expert), "Demystifying End-Use Monitoring in U.S. Arms Exports," Security Assistance Monitor, Center for Civilians in Conflict & Stimson Center, September 2021.*
Diana Ohlbaum+, "Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy," FCNL Education Fund and Center for International Policy, September 2021.
Erin Hunt+, "Canada's National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security: Moving towards Humanitarian Disarmament," Peace and Security Network - Canada, September 2021.
Wanda Muñoz, "Ethics and Autonomous Weapons Systems," Human Security Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (SEHLAC), September 16, 2021
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "Cluster Munition Monitor 2021," Cluster Munition Coalition, September 15, 2021.
Andrew Feinstein+, "Britain's 'robust' arms export controls are a fiction," Declassified UK, September 14, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "Guinea's Coup Is The Latest Example of Risks From U.S. Military Aid," Cato Institute, September 14, 2021.
Katherine Aguirre and Robert Muggah, "The state of police violence in the Americas," Small Wars Journal, September 13, 2021.
William Kullman+, "The Dynamics of Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking in the Caribbean Region" in Building Strategic Resilience: Managing Uncertainty in an Increasingly Complex World, Caribbean Journal of Strategic and Security Studies, October 30 (release pending), 2021.
Ray Acheson+, CCW Report Vol. 9, No. 5, Reaching Critical Will, September 10, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Bonnie Docherty, Natalie Goldring, Cindy Ebbs, Allison Pytlak, Doug Weir, Matthew Bolton+, "First Committee Briefing Book 2021," Reaching Critical Will, September 2021.
Elias Yousif and Lauren Woods, "The Expanding Scope of U.S. Security Assistance Since 9/11," Security Assistance Monitor, September 2021.
William Hartung, "Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge," Costs of War Project, September 13, 2021.
Stephen Miles, "How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11," Responsible Statecraft, September 9, 2021.
Jodi Vittori, "Corruption and Self-Dealing in Afghanistan and Other U.S.-Backed Security Sectors," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 9, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: The fuel that perpetuates conflict," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, September 8, 2021
Mark Bromley+, "Implementing the 2021 Recast of the EU Dual-use Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities," SIPRI, September 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Issue Brief: The Arms Left Behind in Afghanistan," Security Assistance Monitor, September 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "Lawsuit Targets Arms Flows to Mexico" & "Other Lawsuits on U.S. Arms Transfers," Arms Control Today, September 2021.
Thompson Chengeta, "Ethics and Autonomous Weapon Systems," in Proceedings of the Bruges Colloquium, New Technologies on the Battlefield: Friend or Foe? 12-16 October 2020, ICRC, published September 2021.
Alexandra Kuimova+, "Transfers of major arms to Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020," SIPRI, September 3, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas+, "A New Lawsuit Illustrates the Problem of U.S. Guns in Mexico," Center for American Progress, September 2, 2021.
Shannon Dick, Nicholas Marsh, and Rachel Stohl+, "ATT Monitor Report 2021," Control Arms, August 2021.
Roy Isbister+, "Domestic accountability for international arms transfers: Law, policy and practice," 8th report, ATT Expert Group, August 2021.
Erica Mumford+, "Arms Trade Treaty Issue Brief 3: Diversion Analysis Framework," UNIDIR, Conflict Armament Research, Stimson Center, August 31, 2021.
Wanda Muñoz, "It Is About More Than Autonomous Weapons Systems," Disarmament Dialogue, August 30, 2021.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "US trained Khashoggi's killers. A review of all military training programs is necessary" CNN, August 30, 2021.
William Hartung, "Afghanistan Is Just the Latest Case of U.S. Arms Ending Up With U.S. Adversaries," Forbes, August 27, 2021.
Allison Pyltak and Jillian Rafferty, "UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on international arms transfers," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, August 27, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: A world on fire," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, August 27, 2021.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, "¿Movimiento audaz de la Cancillería?" sinembargo, August 24, 2021.
Michael Klare, "China, 2049: A Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower," TomDispatch, August 24, 2021.
Rachel Stohl, "Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: Universalization," SIPRI, August 2021.
William Hartung, "Failure In Afghanistan, Over 40 Years in the Making," Forbes, August 18, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall, Jordan B. Cohen, and Michael Klare, "New arms sales send the wrong signal on Taiwan," Defense News, August 18, 2021.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, "Luces y sombras de la demanda mexicana contra las armerías estadunidenses" ("Lights and shadows of the Mexican lawsuit against U.S. armories,") nexos, August 16, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Jillian Rafferty+, CCW Report Vol. 9 Issue 4, Reaching Critical Will, August 14, 2021.
Whitney Grespin, "How the United States military can improve its use of contingency contractors," Medium, August 12, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Bonnie Docherty, CCW Report Vol 9 Issue 3, Reaching Critical Will, August 8, 2021.
Adam Isacson, "It’s Not Too Late for the Land of Mercenaries," The New York Times, August 5, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: Act today for a better tomorrow," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 4, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "A New Bill Seeks to Patch the Flaws in the Arms Export Control Act," Defense One, August 3, 2021.
Ray Acheson, "WILPF Against Autonomous Weapons," in CCW Report Vol. 9 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 2, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Areas of Alignment: Common Visions for a Killer Robots Treaty," Human Rights Watch/Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods and Elias Yousif, "Why American Security Cooperation Must Become More Transparent," The National Interest, August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods, "The Top US Diplomat on Arms Control Commits to `Values-Based Security Partnerships’ — Here’s How to Do That," Just Security, July 30, 2021.
Brian Castner and Rohini Haar, "Research and Regulation of Less-Lethal Projectiles Critically Needed," Bill of Health blog, Harvard Law, July 30, 2021.
Daniel R. Mahanty, "Even a Short War Over Taiwan or the Baltics Would Be Devastating," Foreign Policy, July 29, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Eye to the Horizon: The UAE’s Maritime Ambitions," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, July 28, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "'American Exceptionalism' for the 21st Century," Foreign Exchanges, July 26, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "More of the Same, or Can Things Change? Prospects For BMS7," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11 Issue 1, Reaching Critical Will, July 25, 2021.
Annie Shiel, "Reference Guide: Tracking Protection of Civilians Through the NDAA," CIVIC, July 21, 2021.
William Hartung, "If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now," Responsible Statecraft, July 21, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "A Hard Look at America's Embrace of Jordan's King," Democracy in Exile, DAWN, July 21, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), "Will Biden have courage on child soldiers?," The Hill, July 20, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, Noor Nahas, and Roberto Jaramillo Vasquez, "War, waste and polluted pastures," PAX, July 19, 2021.
William Hartung, "How Much Is Enough? Pentagon Spending and the Quest for Security," Medium, July 14, 2021.
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Open? The UK’s secret arms sales," Campaign Against Arms Trade, July 14, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Pérez Ricart, "¿Quiénes y por qué adquieren armas en México?," Chronica, July 14, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, and Jillian Rafferty, "CCW Report," including "Editorial: The imperative of preventing autonomous violence," Reaching Critical Will, July 13, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Opinion: New Khashoggi revelations show we don’t have the full story about his killing. The Biden administration must disclose what it knows," The Washington Post, July 6, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Introduction: new trends in Gulf international relations and transnational politics," International Affairs, July 5, 2021.
Adam Isacson, "It’s Not Too Late for the Land of Mercenaries," The New York Times, August 5, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: Act today for a better tomorrow," in Small Arms Monitor Vol 11 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 4, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "A New Bill Seeks to Patch the Flaws in the Arms Export Control Act," Defense One, August 3, 2021.
Ray Acheson, "WILPF Against Autonomous Weapons," in CCW Report Vol 9 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 2, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Areas of Alignment: Common Visions for a Killer Robots Treaty," Human Rights Watch/Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods and Elias Yousif, "Why American Security Cooperation Must Become More Transparent," The National Interest, August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods, "The Top US Diplomat on Arms Control Commits to `Values-Based Security Partnerships’ — Here’s How to Do That," Just Security, July 30, 2021.
Brian Castner and Rohini Haar, "Research and Regulation of Less-Lethal Projectiles Critically Needed," Bill of Health blog, Harvard Law, July 30, 2021.
Daniel R. Mahanty, "Even a Short War Over Taiwan or the Baltics Would Be Devastating," Foreign Policy, July 29, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Eye to the Horizon: The UAE’s Maritime Ambitions," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, July 28, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "'American Exceptionalism' for the 21st Century," Foreign Exchanges, July 26, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "More of the Same, or Can Things Change? Prospects For BMS7," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11 Issue 1, Reaching Critical Will, July 25, 2021.
Annie Shiel, "Reference Guide: Tracking Protection of Civilians Through the NDAA," CIVIC, July 21, 2021.
William Hartung, "If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now," Responsible Statecraft, July 21, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "A Hard Look at America's Embrace of Jordan's King," Democracy in Exile, DAWN, July 21, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), "Will Biden have courage on child soldiers?," The Hill, July 20, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, Noor Nahas, and Roberto Jaramillo Vasquez, "War, waste and polluted pastures," PAX, July 19, 2021.
William Hartung, "How Much Is Enough? Pentagon Spending and the Quest for Security," Medium, July 14, 2021.
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Open? The UK’s secret arms sales," Campaign Against Arms Trade, July 14, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Pérez Ricart, "¿Quiénes y por qué adquieren armas en México?," Chronica, July 14, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, and Jillian Rafferty, "CCW Report," including "Editorial: The imperative of preventing autonomous violence," Reaching Critical Will, July 13, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Opinion: New Khashoggi revelations show we don’t have the full story about his killing. The Biden administration must disclose what it knows," The Washington Post, July 6, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Introduction: new trends in Gulf international relations and transnational politics," International Affairs, July 5, 2021.
Doug Weir, "Report: Protected area conservation in Yemen’s conflict," Conflict and Environment Observatory, July 2021.
Bruno Langeani and Natália Pollachi, "Violência armada, violência policial e comércio de armas," Sou da Paz, July 2021.
Lauren Woods, "Factsheet: U.S. Foreign Military Training to Saudi Arabia," Security Assistance Monitor Center for International Policy, July 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "UN Adopts Nonbinding Arms Embargo On Myanmar," Arms Control Today, July 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Statement on the 'Emergence of Convergence' to the CCW informal meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems," Human Rights Watch, June 30, 2021.
William Hartung and Mandy Smithberger, "What Price 'Defense'? America's Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn't Making Us Any Safer," Tom Dispatch, June 29, 2021.
Wanda Muñoz, "Addressing gender-based violence in the context of assistance to victims of mines/ERW: recommendations for a way forward," SEHLAC, June 2021.
William Hartung, "End Military Aid to Saudi Arabia," The New York Times, June 24, 2021.
Guy Lamb, "Licensed to kill: Does owning a firearm in South Africa make you more or less safe? Well, it depends," Daily Maverick, June 23, 2021.
William Hartung, "Exaggerating Challenge From China Threatens U.S. Security," Forbes, June 22, 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Issue Brief: Israel's Exceptional Security Partnership with Washington," Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy, June 2021.
Doug Weir and Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, "If not us, who? How States – with the help of civil society – can implement the legal framework protecting the environment from armed conflict," Humanitarian Law and Policy, June, 2021.
Sahar Varidi, "Bombs and Dollars: Arms trade should always consider human rights," World Peace Foundation, June 18, 2021.
Radhya al-Mutawakel, "Expert Q&A – Beyond Rhetoric: How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa?" Project on Middle East Democracy, June 17, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty and Lan Mei, "Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Honoring Humanitarian Workers," Disarmament Dialogue blog, June 16, 2021.
William Hartung, "Congress should cut military aid to the Philippines," The Hill, June 16, 2021.
Adam Isacson, "Can the United States Do Much About Nicaragua?," AdamIsacson.com, June 16, 2021.
Rahna Epting and Stephen Miles, "Opinion: Don't Listen to the Pundits: Withdrawing from Afghanistan Is Incredibly Popular," Newsweek, June 16, 2021.
Doug Weir, "Did NATO members just pledge to reduce their military GHG emissions?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 15, 2021.
Doug Weir and Eoghan Darbyshire, "How does war contribute to climate change?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 14, 2021.
Josh Ruebner, "Opinion: A trickle of aid for Palestinians, a torrent of weapons for Israel," The New Arab, June 11, 2021.
Jennifer Spindel, "Trump’s Transactional Follies: The Consequences of Treating the Arms Trade like a Business," Policy Series 2021-38, H-Diplo, ISSF, June 10, 2021.
William Hartung, "There is still time to stop the $735 million arms sale to Israel," Responsible Statecraft, June 9, 2021.
Annie Shiel and Chris Woods, "A Legacy of Unrecognized Harm: DoD’s 2020 Civilian Casualties Report," Just Security, June 7, 2021.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, "Mine Warfare continues in Myanmar/Burma," Mine Free Myanmar, June 7, 2021.
Susi Snyder, Bonnie Docherty, Camilo Serna, Natalia Morales Campillo, Jeff Abramson, Chris Loughran, Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta, and Erin Hunt, "Lockdown Diplomacy: Reflections and Recommendations from a Humanitarian Disarmament Survey," June 2021.
Wanda Muñoz and Mariana Diaz in Discapacidad, conflicto armado y construcción de paz, National University of Colombia, June 2021.
Ray Acheson, "Protecting civilians by preventing conflict," Reaching Critical Will, June 4, 2021
Lauren Woods and Elias Yousif, "Ever-shifting Goalposts: Lessons From 20 Years of Security Assistance in Afghanistan," Security Assistance Monitor, June 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Enduring U.S. Support for Saudi-Led Operations in Yemen," Security Assistance Monitor, June 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Arms Sales to Israel Challenged," Arms Control Today, June 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict," Humanitarian Law and Policy, June 1, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "The Gulf Cooperation Council at 40: Finally Ripe for a Regional Security System?," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, May 27, 2021.
Quitterie de Labbey, Nils Duquet, and Lore Smets, "Stealing precious steel: Firearms theft in the European Union," Flemish Peace Institute, May 26, 2021.
William Hartung, "Memorial Day Can't Obscure Biden's Excessive Pentagon Budget," The National Interest, May 26, 2021.
Doug Weir, "Six ways to mainstream the environment in peace and security," Conflict and Environment Observatory, May 26, 2021.
Iain Overton, "The Politics Of Torture & the Erosion of Truth," ByLine Times, May 26, 2021.
William Hartung, "America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales)," Tom Dispatch, May 25, 2021.
"A Decade of Explosive Violence Harm, 2011-2020," edited by Iain Overton, AOAV, May 25, 2021.
Dan Gettinger, "Weapons of the future: Trends in drone proliferation," Defense News, May 25, 2021.
Dan Mahanty and Allegra Harpootlian, "Breaking the Horrifying US Drone Habit," Fellow Travelers, May 24, 2021.
William Hartung and Salih Booker, "Israel’s Military, Made in the USA," the Nation, May 21, 2021
William Hartung, "Pentagon Waste Takes Many Forms," Forbes, May 20, 2021.
Jodi Vittori, "Mitigating Patronage and Personal Enrichment in U.S. Arms Sales," in "From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab States," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 18, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "It’s time to rethink US drone policy," Responsible Statecraft, May 18, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Roos Boer, "Explosive weapons and civilian harm in the Gaza conflict," PAX, May 17, 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Factsheet: US Arms Sales and Security Assistance to Israel," Security Assistance Monitor, May 12, 2021.
Josh Ruebner, Salih Booker, Zaha Hassan, "Bringing Assistance to Israel in Line With Rights and U.S. Laws," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 12, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "Redraw the Limits on Lethal Force Against Terror Groups," Defense One, May 10, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg +, "Remote Horizons: Expanding use and proliferation of military drones in Africa," PAX, May 7, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: Preventing diversion of attention," ATT Monitor, Volume 14, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, May 5, 2021.
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "Congress's role in ending the 'forever wars'," The Hill, May 5, 2021.
William D. Hartung +, "Executive Excess: CEO Compensation in the Arms Industry, 2020," Arms and Security Program, Center for International Policy, May 4, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Still Seeks Major UAE Arms Sale" and "U.S. to Revise Landmine Policy," Arms Control Today, May 2021.
William Hartung, "Mixed Signals and Mixed Results Characterize Biden’s Foreign Policy at 100 Days," The Baraza, April 29, 2021.
Nils Duquet +, "Project DIVERT: Forgotten weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union," Flemish Peace Institute, April 28, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "A New Agenda For US Drone Policy And The Use Of Lethal Force," Stimson Center, April 2021.
Jeff Abramson, Annie Shiel, Seth Binder, William Hartung, Rachel Stohl, Adam Isacson and Daniel R. Mahanty, "At 100 Days, Grading Biden’s Progress Toward a More Responsible US Arms Trade Policy," Just Security, April 28, 2021.
Elias Yousif, “Afghanistan’s Own Security Forces Will Soon Take Over, Ready or Not,” The Baraza, April 27, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, “Editorial: What will it take," ATT Monitor, Volume 14, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, April 25, 2021.
William Hartung, "Selling Arms To The UAE Is Not In U.S. Security Interests," Forbes, April 23, 2021.
“Gun Trafficking and Violence: From The Global Network to The Local Security Challenge," multiple editors and authors, including Carlos Pérez Ricart, Katherine Aguirre, Michael Picard, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "The UAE’s Message of Hope, Delivered With a Soft-Power Focus and Some Strategic Hedging," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, April 22, 2021
Bonnie Docherty, "The Case for Condemnation: Denouncing All Use of Cluster Munitions," Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, April 2021
Jillian Rafferty, Elizabeth Kirkham, Roy Isbister, "Arms exports, terror and crime: Reducing risk under the Arms Trade Treaty," 7th briefing, ATT Experts Group series, Saferworld, April 2021.
Elias Yousif and Nani Detti, “Factsheet: U.S. Security Assistance in the Sahel,” Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy, April 2021.
Carlos Pérez Ricart, "Armas y violencia homicida en México 2006-2019," en "La violencia en América Latina," Jagiellonian University Press, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "No F-35s for UAE, Please," Defense One, April 17, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Don’t sell arms to the Philippines," DefenseNews, April 16, 2021.
Seth Binder and Amy Hawthorne, “Biden’s 'Skinny Budget' Loosens Belt on Foreign Aid,” Project on Middle East Democracy, April 16, 2021.
William Hartung, "Issue Brief: Transferring Arms To The UAE Is Not In U.S. Security Interests," Center for International Policy, April 2021.
Josh Ruebner, “Betty McCollum introduces historic bill seeking to end US complicity for Israeli human rights abuses,” Mondoweiss, April 15, 2021.
“Explosive violence trends and patterns in Afghanistan (2011-2020),” edited by Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence, April 14, 2021.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "U.S. Arms Sales Trends, 2020 and Beyond: From Trump to Biden," Security Assistance Monitor, April 7, 2021.
William Hartung, “Are we pressing Saudi Arabia enough on the Yemen blockade?” Responsible Statecraft, April 7, 2021.
John Lindsay-Poland, "Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S.," nacla, April 1, 2021
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Largest Seller in Flat Arms Market," Arms Control Today, April 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "Diversion and the Arms Trade Treaty: Identifying Good Practice and Opportunities for Progress," Stimson Center, launched March 2021.
Nils Duquet and others, “Cashing in on Guns: Identifying the Nexus between Small Arms, Light Weapons and Terrorist Financing,” The Hague: International Centre for CounterTerrorism - The Hague (ICCT), March 2021.
Erin Hunt and Farah Bogani, “Missed Opportunities: Disarmament and Canada’s National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security” in “Reflections on Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security: Gains, Gaps & Goals,” Women, Peace and Security Network - Canada, March 2021.
Jodi Vittori, “Mercenaries and Money Laundering in Libya,” Inkstick, March 29, 2021.
William Hartung, "In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War: Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade," The Nation, March 26, 2021.
William Hartung, "There’s Plenty of Room To Reduce the Pentagon Budget," Forbes, March 24, 2021
Verity Coyle, Anna Crowe and others, "The Arms Trade Treaty’s Gender-Based Violence Risk Assessment: A Questionnaire for Information Sources," Stimson and International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, March 23, 2021.
William Hartung, "If Biden doesn't hold MBS accountable for the Khashoggi murder, Congress should," The Hill, March 20, 2021
Kate Kizer, "Biden's Choice on Yemen," Inkstick, March 19, 2021.
William Hartung, "A $700 Billion-Plus Pentagon Budget Is Fat, Not Flat," Forbes, March 19, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall, "The Dangerous Global Marketplace for Conventional Weapons," Vital Interests Forum Issue 68, Center for National Security at Fordham Law, March 18, 2021.
Radhya al-Mutawakel, "‘Shall I Take You Back to War? You Know Exactly What War Means.’," The Nation, March 18, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), "Opportunities to Regulate Conventional Arms in the Middle East and Horn of Africa," Manara Magazine, March 16, 2021.
John Lindsay-Poland and William Hartung, "Trump made it easier to export U.S. guns. Biden must reverse these dangerous policies," Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2021.
"Report on the March 2021 consultations on a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas," with editorial by Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will, March 12, 2021.
"From Building Bombs to Building Futures: Anew U.S. approach to mass atrocity prevention," Caroline Smith and Kate Kizer, Win Without War Education Fund, March 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "A gun pledge Biden can easily keep," The Hill, March 9, 2021.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, "Italian Ammunition Used in Myanmar Police Assault on Ambulance Raises Questions," The Irrawaddy, March 9, 2021.
John Lindsay-Poland, "U.S. gun export data update for 2020," Stop US Arms to Mexico, March 7, 2021
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Business as Usual: How major weapons exporters arm the world’s conflicts," World Peace Foundation, March 3, 2020.
"Explosive Violence Monitor 2020," by Jennifer Dathan, edited by Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence, March 2, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger, "The Pentagon, First, Last, and Always," Tom Dispatch, March 2, 2021.
William Hartung, "Biden’s Response to the Khashoggi Killing," Letter to the Editor, New York Times, March 1, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Arms Sales Under Review," Arms Control Today, March 2021.
Francesco Vignarca, "Nuovo governo, solite vecchie armi. Facciamo i conti, a partire dagli F-35," Altreconomia, March 1, 2021.
Stephen Miles, "Biden’s Syria strikes: A perpetual cycle of endless war," Responsible Statecraft, February 26, 2021.
"Childhood Under Attack: A timeline of harm following an explosive blast," by Verity Hubbard, edited by Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence, February 25, 2021
Laura Boillot, "Protecting civilians from the reverberating effects of explosive weapons in populated areas," Article 36, February 23, 2021.
William Hartung, "Will Biden Really End Our Endless Wars?" The Nation, February 23, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger, William Hartung, and Mackenzie Eaglen, "After the Apocalypse: Defense Spending," Inkstick, February 25, 2021.
Dan Mahanty, "A US Return to Human Rights Requires Consistency and Self-Restraint in National Security," Just Security, February 18, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Nature-based Solutions Vital to Mitigating Conflict-linked Environmental Damage," NewSecurityBeat, February 18, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Programming Action: Observations From Small Arms Control For Cyber Peace," Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, February 2021.
William Hartung, "Don’t stop with Saudis — Biden must cut off weapons to UAE, too," Responsible Statecraft, February 17, 2021.
Magda Coss Nogueda, "El control de armas y violencia de género" Cuestione, Febrero 17, 2021.
William Hartung,"Three Reasons To Reduce Pentagon Spending -- Now," Forbes, February 16, 2021.
Lode Dewaegheneire, "Why (ex-) military should express their concerns on fully autonomous weapon systems," self-published on LinkedIn, February 16, 2021
Ara Marcen Naval, "Defence companies are not doing enough to stop corruption. Only a commitment to transparency will turn things around," Transparency International Defence & Security, February 9, 2021
Dan Mahanty and Elena Crespo, "Give Local Civil Society a Say in U.S. Security Assistance," Just Security, February 9, 2021.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Biden's announcement on Yemen is a hopeful sign – now the UK must follow suit," The Guardian, February 8, 2020.
William Hartung, "Biden Outlines a Post-Trump Foreign Policy," The Baraza, Center for International Policy, February 5, 2021.
Dan Mahanty, "They have names: Accounting for harm to civilians in Iraq in Syria," The Hill, February 3, 2021.
Kate Kizer with others, "After the Apocalypse: US Grand Strategy," Inkstick, February 3, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "The United States is Ready for Teamwork in the Gulf," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, January 29, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung, "Demilitarizing Our Democracy," Tom Dispatch, January 28, 2021.
William Hartung, "Fueling Conflict: U.S. Arms Sales to the United Arab Emirates and the U.S.-UAE Military Alliance," Center for International Policy, January 27, 2021.
Seth Binder, Insiya Raja, and Ayah Abdelwahab, "For the Record: The New Secretary of State on Democracy, MENA," Project on Middle East Democracy, January 26, 2021.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, "COVID-19 As An Opportunity For European Armament Cooperation?" IRSEM, January 25, 2021.
Matthew Breay Bolton, Matilda Byrne, Ryan Gariepy, Emilia Javorsky, Volker Lehmann, and Laura Nolan, "Addressing The Threat Of Autonomous Weapons," Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, January 2021.
Rachel Stohl, "Policy Recommendations for the New Administration: Improving U.S. Conventional Arms Policies," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2021.
Jeff Abramson and Alex Bertschi Wrigley (emerging expert), "UAE Arms Sales Survive Senate Vote," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2021.
Nina Lesikhina and Doug Weir, "Report finds that Russia securitises the environment - but on its terms," Conflict and Environment Observatory, January 20, 2021.
Annie Shiel, Seth Binder, Jeff Abramson, William Hartung, Rachel Stohl, Diana Ohlbaum, Adam Isacson, Brittany Benowitz and Dan Mahanty, "Toward A More Responsible US Arms Trade Policy: Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration," Just Security, January 19, 2021.
Andrew Feinstein and Paul Holden, "The Failure Of The Regulation Of The Global Arms Trade As A Consequence Of High-Level Conflicts Of Interest," Brown Journal of World Affairs, Fall/Winter 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Biden should reverse Trump's bombs sales to Saudi Arabia," The Hill, January 17, 2021.
John Lindsay Poland and Arnie Alpert, "Opinion: Rochester and the state are now partners in gun violence," Seacoast Online (New Hampshire), January 17, 2021.
Doug Weir and Stavros Pantazopoulos, "Report: Canada's practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, January 14, 2021.
Michael Klare, "Containment on Steroids: Pentagon's 2022 Budget Seeks China Encirclement," Committee for a SANE U.S. China Policy, December 31, 2021.
Nicholas Marsh and Júlia Palik, "Negotiating Disarmament: Lessons Learnt from Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sri Lanka," PRIO, 2021.
Bruno Langeani, Natália Pollachi, "Armed violence, police violence and the arms trade in brazil," Sao da Paz and others, 2021, now available in English.
Kate Kizer, "Will we finally accept that ‘precision airstrikes’ don’t exist?" Responsible Statecraft, December 22, 2021.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Arms Trafficking," in Routledge Handbook of Smuggling, December 22, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Countering Consensus through Humanitarian Disarmament: Incendiary Weapons and Killer Robots," Humanitarian Disarmament blog, December 21, 2021.
Allison Pytlak and others, "Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol. 2 No. 3," Reaching Critical Will, December 21, 2021.
Elias Yousif and others, "U.S. Security Partnership and the Protection of Civilians: Government of Ethiopia & the Ethiopian National Defense Force," Security Assistance Monitor, December 20, 2021.
Philip Alpers, "A Pressing Need: Decades of Agreement, Few Results on Arms Record-Keeping," Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University, December 17, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "It’s Time to Talk About US Illiberalism," Foreign Exchanges, December 16, 2021.
Ray Acheson+, "CCW Report, Vol. 9 No. 10-13," Reaching Critical Will, December 14, 15, 16, 17, 2021.
Brian Castner and others, "Afghanistan: No escape: War crimes and civilian harm during the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban," Amnesty International, December 15, 2021.
Clayton Payne with Doug Weir, "Environmental governance in frozen conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, December 15, 2021.
Nils Duquet and Dennis Vanden Auweele, "Project TARGET: Targeting gun violence & trafficking in Europe," Flemish Peace Institute, December 13, 2021.
Sean McCafferty and Iain Overton, "The Improvised Explosive Device and ‘The Propaganda of the Deed’," Action on Armed Violence, December 13, 2021.
Michael Klare, "Spice — From the Ancient World to Dune," Music, Movies & Hoops, December 13, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Perez Ricart, "Non-fatal gunshot injuries during criminal acts in Mexico, 2013–2019," Injury Prevention, December 9, 2021.
Frank Slijper+ w/ special thanks to Bonnie Docherty, "Put Out the Fire: Strengthening International Law and Divestment Policies on Incendiary Weapons," PAX, December 9, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak+, "CCW Report, Vol. 9 No. 9," Reaching Critical Will, December 9, 2021.
Waleed Alhariri and others, "Coalition Falls Back in Hudaydah, Fighting Shifts South – The Yemen Review, November 2021," Yemen Review - November 2021, Sana'a Center, December 9, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "We can't trust the US military to investigate civilian casualties," Responsible Statecraft, December 7, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Congress Must Halt Biden's Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia," Foreign Policy, December 6, 2021.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "The risk of diversion in the arms transfer cycle: 3 factors to consider," Project Ploughshares, December 2021.
Doug Weir, "Military emissions cuts -- where do we go from here?" Conflict and Environment Observatory, December 2, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty+, "Crunch Time on Killer Robots: Why New Law is Needed and How It Can Be Achieved," Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic, December 1, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "Countries Grapple With 2025 Landmine Goal" Arms Control Today, December 2021.
William Hartung, "Arming Repression: U.S. Military Support for Saudi Arabia, from Trump to Biden," Center for International Policy, December 2021.
Mark Bromley+, "Post-shipment On-site Inspections of Military Materiel: Challenges and Responses," SIPRI, December 2021.
Laura Boillot, "The area effects of weapons and the risk of civilian harm," Article 36, November 2021.
Gabriel Mondragón Toledo (emerging expert), "Mexico is using courts to hold US gun manufacturers accountable," Inkstick, November 29, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Biden's Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Review Could be a Turning Point," War on the Rocks, November 29, 2021.
William Hartung+, "The Biden Administration's Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia Is Offensive, and Must Be Stopped," Forbes, November 28, 2021.
William Hartung, "The Philippines is a frontline of another cold war," The Hill, November 27, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Congress Seeks to Halt US Weapons in Yemen," Cato at Liberty, November 19, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Ethiopia now confirmed to fly Chinese armed drones," PAX, November 18, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert)+, "Don't give Turkey an F-16 consolation price," Defense News, November 18, 2021.
Tom Watts (emerging expert), co-editor of "Remote Warfare and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century," and co-author of articles "Revisiting the remoteness of remote warfare: US military intervention in Libya" and "Remote warfare – Buzzword or Buzzkill?" in Defense Studies, Volume 21, 2021 - Issue 4, December, 2021.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Arms Trafficking," in Routledge Handbook of Smuggling, December 22, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Increasing Situational Awareness of Conflict Linked Oil Pollution with VHR Satellite Imagery," European Space Imaging, November 11, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung, "Reining in the Pentagon," TomDispatch, November 9, 2021.
William Hartung, "Congress Should Cut Off U.S. Military Support for Saudi Arabia," Forbes, November 8, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton+, "First Committee Monitor: Volume 19, No. 5," Reaching Critical Will, November 5, 2021.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "Landmine Monitor 2021," International Campaign to Ban Landmines, November 10, 2021.
Ari Tolany (emerging expert)+, "Build back better or more of the same? New arms deal to Saudis announced," Responsible Statecraft, November 5, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert),
"Afghanistan and the Danger of Small Arms Transfers," Inkstick, November 2, 2021.
Jeff Abramson and William Ostermeyer (Forum Intern), "U.S. Continues Controversial Arms Assistance," Arms Control Today, November 1, 2021.
Diana Ohlbaum, "No, Mr. President, we haven't turned the page on war," The Hill, October 30, 2021.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, "Special Report 4 - Munitions Employing Sensor-fuzed Submunitions: Do they Comply with the Convention on Cluster Munitions?" Armament Research Services (ARES), October 29, 2021.
William Hartung, "The Heritage Foundation's Index of Military Distortions," Forbes, October 28, 2021.
Rachel Stohl, Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), and Shannon Dick, "2020 ATT Annual Reports: Examining Trends and Enduring Challenges," Stimson Center, October 27, 2021.
Dan Gettinger, "Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles | Current Types, Ordnance and Operations," Harpia Publishing, Oct 27, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, October 22, 2021.
Montserrat Martínez +, "Violencia de género con armas de fuego en México," Intersecta Organización para la Igualdad, Data Cívica,, EQUIS Justicia para las Mujeres, Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, October 2021.
Annie Shiel +, "Insight Into Biden’s Counterterrorism Thinking Suggests More of the Same" Just Security, October 18, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 16, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "The War in Afghanistan Has Not Ended If 'Over the Horizon' Operations Continue," CATO Institute, October 13, 2021.
Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Heidi Grants Resignation and the Future of U.S. Weapons Sales Policy," CATO Institute, October 13, 2021.
William Hartung, "Three Years After His Murder, the Biden Administration Should Do More to Bring Justice for Jamal Khashoggi," Forbes, October 11, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Matthew Breay Bolton +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 9, 2021.
Diana Ohlbaum, "What have we learned from 20 years of war?" Stars and Stripes, October 7, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak +, "CCW Report," Volume 9, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, October 4, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak +, "First Committee Monitor," Volume 19, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 3, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "ATT Members Highlight Small Arms, Light Weapons," Arms Control Today, October, 2021.
Jeff Abramson and William Ostermeyer (Forum intern), "New Action Plan Adopted on Cluster Munitions," Arms Control Today, October, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Business as Usual: U.S. Arms Sales and Civilian Casualties in Nigeria," CATO Institute, September 30, 2021.
Iain Overton +, "The targeting of high-rises in Gaza: an analysis of Israel’s air strikes on tall buildings in 2021," Action on Armed Violence, September 30, 2021.
Ray Acheson, "Hope and hubris at the UN General Assembly," Reaching Critical Will, September 30, 2021.
Ara Marcen +, "Access to information in a world in crisis: how opacity in the defence sector makes countries more vulnerable to corruption," Transparency International-Defence and Security, September 28, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "A New U.S. Weapons Exports Policy: Transformed or Simply Revamped?" Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, September 27, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak +, "CCW Report," Volume 9, No. 6, Reaching Critical Will, September 23, 2021.
Seth Binder, "Back to Business as Usual: President Biden’s First Foreign Affairs Budget for the Middle East and North Africa," Project on Middle East Democracy, September 23, 2021.
Lauren Woods, "Taking Stock of U.S. Security Assistance Since the 9/11 Attacks," The Baraza, September 23, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson and John Hursh, "Biden's Middle East Policy is just sugar-coated business as usual," Responsible Statecraft, September 22, 2021.*
Allison Pytlak, "The Narrative Must Change: Prospects for the 2021 UNGA First Committee," Humanitarian Disarmament, September 22, 2021
William Hartung, "It's time for the US to end its involvement in the deadly Yemen war," Inkstick, September 22, 2021.
Annie Shiel, Elias Yousif, Lauren Woods, Rachel Stohl, Shannon Dick, Arianna Tolany (emerging expert), "Demystifying End-Use Monitoring in U.S. Arms Exports," Security Assistance Monitor, Center for Civilians in Conflict & Stimson Center, September 2021.*
Diana Ohlbaum+, "Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy," FCNL Education Fund and Center for International Policy, September 2021.
Erin Hunt+, "Canada's National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security: Moving towards Humanitarian Disarmament," Peace and Security Network - Canada, September 2021.
Wanda Muñoz, "Ethics and Autonomous Weapons Systems," Human Security Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (SEHLAC), September 16, 2021
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "Cluster Munition Monitor 2021," Cluster Munition Coalition, September 15, 2021.
Andrew Feinstein+, "Britain's 'robust' arms export controls are a fiction," Declassified UK, September 14, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "Guinea's Coup Is The Latest Example of Risks From U.S. Military Aid," Cato Institute, September 14, 2021.
Katherine Aguirre and Robert Muggah, "The state of police violence in the Americas," Small Wars Journal, September 13, 2021.
William Kullman+, "The Dynamics of Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking in the Caribbean Region" in Building Strategic Resilience: Managing Uncertainty in an Increasingly Complex World, Caribbean Journal of Strategic and Security Studies, October 30 (release pending), 2021.
Ray Acheson+, CCW Report Vol. 9, No. 5, Reaching Critical Will, September 10, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Bonnie Docherty, Natalie Goldring, Cindy Ebbs, Allison Pytlak, Doug Weir, Matthew Bolton+, "First Committee Briefing Book 2021," Reaching Critical Will, September 2021.
Elias Yousif and Lauren Woods, "The Expanding Scope of U.S. Security Assistance Since 9/11," Security Assistance Monitor, September 2021.
William Hartung, "Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge," Costs of War Project, September 13, 2021.
Stephen Miles, "How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11," Responsible Statecraft, September 9, 2021.
Jodi Vittori, "Corruption and Self-Dealing in Afghanistan and Other U.S.-Backed Security Sectors," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 9, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: The fuel that perpetuates conflict," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, September 8, 2021
Mark Bromley+, "Implementing the 2021 Recast of the EU Dual-use Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities," SIPRI, September 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Issue Brief: The Arms Left Behind in Afghanistan," Security Assistance Monitor, September 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "Lawsuit Targets Arms Flows to Mexico" & "Other Lawsuits on U.S. Arms Transfers," Arms Control Today, September 2021.
Thompson Chengeta, "Ethics and Autonomous Weapon Systems," in Proceedings of the Bruges Colloquium, New Technologies on the Battlefield: Friend or Foe? 12-16 October 2020, ICRC, published September 2021.
Alexandra Kuimova+, "Transfers of major arms to Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020," SIPRI, September 3, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas+, "A New Lawsuit Illustrates the Problem of U.S. Guns in Mexico," Center for American Progress, September 2, 2021.
Shannon Dick, Nicholas Marsh, and Rachel Stohl+, "ATT Monitor Report 2021," Control Arms, August 2021.
Roy Isbister+, "Domestic accountability for international arms transfers: Law, policy and practice," 8th report, ATT Expert Group, August 2021.
Erica Mumford+, "Arms Trade Treaty Issue Brief 3: Diversion Analysis Framework," UNIDIR, Conflict Armament Research, Stimson Center, August 31, 2021.
Wanda Muñoz, "It Is About More Than Autonomous Weapons Systems," Disarmament Dialogue, August 30, 2021.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "US trained Khashoggi's killers. A review of all military training programs is necessary" CNN, August 30, 2021.
William Hartung, "Afghanistan Is Just the Latest Case of U.S. Arms Ending Up With U.S. Adversaries," Forbes, August 27, 2021.
Allison Pyltak and Jillian Rafferty, "UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on international arms transfers," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, August 27, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: A world on fire," ATT Monitor Vol. 14 No. 4, August 27, 2021.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, "¿Movimiento audaz de la Cancillería?" sinembargo, August 24, 2021.
Michael Klare, "China, 2049: A Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower," TomDispatch, August 24, 2021.
Rachel Stohl, "Taking Stock of the Arms Trade Treaty: Universalization," SIPRI, August 2021.
William Hartung, "Failure In Afghanistan, Over 40 Years in the Making," Forbes, August 18, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall, Jordan B. Cohen, and Michael Klare, "New arms sales send the wrong signal on Taiwan," Defense News, August 18, 2021.
Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, "Luces y sombras de la demanda mexicana contra las armerías estadunidenses" ("Lights and shadows of the Mexican lawsuit against U.S. armories,") nexos, August 16, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, Jillian Rafferty+, CCW Report Vol. 9 Issue 4, Reaching Critical Will, August 14, 2021.
Whitney Grespin, "How the United States military can improve its use of contingency contractors," Medium, August 12, 2021.
Ray Acheson and Bonnie Docherty, CCW Report Vol 9 Issue 3, Reaching Critical Will, August 8, 2021.
Adam Isacson, "It’s Not Too Late for the Land of Mercenaries," The New York Times, August 5, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: Act today for a better tomorrow," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 4, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "A New Bill Seeks to Patch the Flaws in the Arms Export Control Act," Defense One, August 3, 2021.
Ray Acheson, "WILPF Against Autonomous Weapons," in CCW Report Vol. 9 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 2, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Areas of Alignment: Common Visions for a Killer Robots Treaty," Human Rights Watch/Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods and Elias Yousif, "Why American Security Cooperation Must Become More Transparent," The National Interest, August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods, "The Top US Diplomat on Arms Control Commits to `Values-Based Security Partnerships’ — Here’s How to Do That," Just Security, July 30, 2021.
Brian Castner and Rohini Haar, "Research and Regulation of Less-Lethal Projectiles Critically Needed," Bill of Health blog, Harvard Law, July 30, 2021.
Daniel R. Mahanty, "Even a Short War Over Taiwan or the Baltics Would Be Devastating," Foreign Policy, July 29, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Eye to the Horizon: The UAE’s Maritime Ambitions," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, July 28, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "'American Exceptionalism' for the 21st Century," Foreign Exchanges, July 26, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "More of the Same, or Can Things Change? Prospects For BMS7," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11 Issue 1, Reaching Critical Will, July 25, 2021.
Annie Shiel, "Reference Guide: Tracking Protection of Civilians Through the NDAA," CIVIC, July 21, 2021.
William Hartung, "If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now," Responsible Statecraft, July 21, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "A Hard Look at America's Embrace of Jordan's King," Democracy in Exile, DAWN, July 21, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), "Will Biden have courage on child soldiers?," The Hill, July 20, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, Noor Nahas, and Roberto Jaramillo Vasquez, "War, waste and polluted pastures," PAX, July 19, 2021.
William Hartung, "How Much Is Enough? Pentagon Spending and the Quest for Security," Medium, July 14, 2021.
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Open? The UK’s secret arms sales," Campaign Against Arms Trade, July 14, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Pérez Ricart, "¿Quiénes y por qué adquieren armas en México?," Chronica, July 14, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, and Jillian Rafferty, "CCW Report," including "Editorial: The imperative of preventing autonomous violence," Reaching Critical Will, July 13, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Opinion: New Khashoggi revelations show we don’t have the full story about his killing. The Biden administration must disclose what it knows," The Washington Post, July 6, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Introduction: new trends in Gulf international relations and transnational politics," International Affairs, July 5, 2021.
Adam Isacson, "It’s Not Too Late for the Land of Mercenaries," The New York Times, August 5, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: Act today for a better tomorrow," in Small Arms Monitor Vol 11 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 4, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen, "A New Bill Seeks to Patch the Flaws in the Arms Export Control Act," Defense One, August 3, 2021.
Ray Acheson, "WILPF Against Autonomous Weapons," in CCW Report Vol 9 Issue 2, Reaching Critical Will, August 2, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Areas of Alignment: Common Visions for a Killer Robots Treaty," Human Rights Watch/Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods and Elias Yousif, "Why American Security Cooperation Must Become More Transparent," The National Interest, August 2, 2021.
Lauren Woods, "The Top US Diplomat on Arms Control Commits to `Values-Based Security Partnerships’ — Here’s How to Do That," Just Security, July 30, 2021.
Brian Castner and Rohini Haar, "Research and Regulation of Less-Lethal Projectiles Critically Needed," Bill of Health blog, Harvard Law, July 30, 2021.
Daniel R. Mahanty, "Even a Short War Over Taiwan or the Baltics Would Be Devastating," Foreign Policy, July 29, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Eye to the Horizon: The UAE’s Maritime Ambitions," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, July 28, 2021.
Kate Kizer, "'American Exceptionalism' for the 21st Century," Foreign Exchanges, July 26, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "More of the Same, or Can Things Change? Prospects For BMS7," in Small Arms Monitor Vol. 11 Issue 1, Reaching Critical Will, July 25, 2021.
Annie Shiel, "Reference Guide: Tracking Protection of Civilians Through the NDAA," CIVIC, July 21, 2021.
William Hartung, "If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now," Responsible Statecraft, July 21, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "A Hard Look at America's Embrace of Jordan's King," Democracy in Exile, DAWN, July 21, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), "Will Biden have courage on child soldiers?," The Hill, July 20, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, Noor Nahas, and Roberto Jaramillo Vasquez, "War, waste and polluted pastures," PAX, July 19, 2021.
William Hartung, "How Much Is Enough? Pentagon Spending and the Quest for Security," Medium, July 14, 2021.
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Open? The UK’s secret arms sales," Campaign Against Arms Trade, July 14, 2021.
Eugenio Weigend Vargas and Carlos Pérez Ricart, "¿Quiénes y por qué adquieren armas en México?," Chronica, July 14, 2021.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak, and Jillian Rafferty, "CCW Report," including "Editorial: The imperative of preventing autonomous violence," Reaching Critical Will, July 13, 2021.
Sarah Leah Whitson, "Opinion: New Khashoggi revelations show we don’t have the full story about his killing. The Biden administration must disclose what it knows," The Washington Post, July 6, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "Introduction: new trends in Gulf international relations and transnational politics," International Affairs, July 5, 2021.
Doug Weir, "Report: Protected area conservation in Yemen’s conflict," Conflict and Environment Observatory, July 2021.
Bruno Langeani and Natália Pollachi, "Violência armada, violência policial e comércio de armas," Sou da Paz, July 2021.
Lauren Woods, "Factsheet: U.S. Foreign Military Training to Saudi Arabia," Security Assistance Monitor Center for International Policy, July 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "UN Adopts Nonbinding Arms Embargo On Myanmar," Arms Control Today, July 2021.
Bonnie Docherty, "Statement on the 'Emergence of Convergence' to the CCW informal meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems," Human Rights Watch, June 30, 2021.
William Hartung and Mandy Smithberger, "What Price 'Defense'? America's Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn't Making Us Any Safer," Tom Dispatch, June 29, 2021.
Wanda Muñoz, "Addressing gender-based violence in the context of assistance to victims of mines/ERW: recommendations for a way forward," SEHLAC, June 2021.
William Hartung, "End Military Aid to Saudi Arabia," The New York Times, June 24, 2021.
Guy Lamb, "Licensed to kill: Does owning a firearm in South Africa make you more or less safe? Well, it depends," Daily Maverick, June 23, 2021.
William Hartung, "Exaggerating Challenge From China Threatens U.S. Security," Forbes, June 22, 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Issue Brief: Israel's Exceptional Security Partnership with Washington," Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy, June 2021.
Doug Weir and Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, "If not us, who? How States – with the help of civil society – can implement the legal framework protecting the environment from armed conflict," Humanitarian Law and Policy, June, 2021.
Sahar Varidi, "Bombs and Dollars: Arms trade should always consider human rights," World Peace Foundation, June 18, 2021.
Radhya al-Mutawakel, "Expert Q&A – Beyond Rhetoric: How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa?" Project on Middle East Democracy, June 17, 2021.
Bonnie Docherty and Lan Mei, "Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Honoring Humanitarian Workers," Disarmament Dialogue blog, June 16, 2021.
William Hartung, "Congress should cut military aid to the Philippines," The Hill, June 16, 2021.
Adam Isacson, "Can the United States Do Much About Nicaragua?," AdamIsacson.com, June 16, 2021.
Rahna Epting and Stephen Miles, "Opinion: Don't Listen to the Pundits: Withdrawing from Afghanistan Is Incredibly Popular," Newsweek, June 16, 2021.
Doug Weir, "Did NATO members just pledge to reduce their military GHG emissions?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 15, 2021.
Doug Weir and Eoghan Darbyshire, "How does war contribute to climate change?," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 14, 2021.
Josh Ruebner, "Opinion: A trickle of aid for Palestinians, a torrent of weapons for Israel," The New Arab, June 11, 2021.
Jennifer Spindel, "Trump’s Transactional Follies: The Consequences of Treating the Arms Trade like a Business," Policy Series 2021-38, H-Diplo, ISSF, June 10, 2021.
William Hartung, "There is still time to stop the $735 million arms sale to Israel," Responsible Statecraft, June 9, 2021.
Annie Shiel and Chris Woods, "A Legacy of Unrecognized Harm: DoD’s 2020 Civilian Casualties Report," Just Security, June 7, 2021.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, "Mine Warfare continues in Myanmar/Burma," Mine Free Myanmar, June 7, 2021.
Susi Snyder, Bonnie Docherty, Camilo Serna, Natalia Morales Campillo, Jeff Abramson, Chris Loughran, Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta, and Erin Hunt, "Lockdown Diplomacy: Reflections and Recommendations from a Humanitarian Disarmament Survey," June 2021.
Wanda Muñoz and Mariana Diaz in Discapacidad, conflicto armado y construcción de paz, National University of Colombia, June 2021.
Ray Acheson, "Protecting civilians by preventing conflict," Reaching Critical Will, June 4, 2021
Lauren Woods and Elias Yousif, "Ever-shifting Goalposts: Lessons From 20 Years of Security Assistance in Afghanistan," Security Assistance Monitor, June 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Enduring U.S. Support for Saudi-Led Operations in Yemen," Security Assistance Monitor, June 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Arms Sales to Israel Challenged," Arms Control Today, June 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict," Humanitarian Law and Policy, June 1, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "The Gulf Cooperation Council at 40: Finally Ripe for a Regional Security System?," The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, May 27, 2021.
Quitterie de Labbey, Nils Duquet, and Lore Smets, "Stealing precious steel: Firearms theft in the European Union," Flemish Peace Institute, May 26, 2021.
William Hartung, "Memorial Day Can't Obscure Biden's Excessive Pentagon Budget," The National Interest, May 26, 2021.
Doug Weir, "Six ways to mainstream the environment in peace and security," Conflict and Environment Observatory, May 26, 2021.
Iain Overton, "The Politics Of Torture & the Erosion of Truth," ByLine Times, May 26, 2021.
William Hartung, "America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales)," Tom Dispatch, May 25, 2021.
"A Decade of Explosive Violence Harm, 2011-2020," edited by Iain Overton, AOAV, May 25, 2021.
Dan Gettinger, "Weapons of the future: Trends in drone proliferation," Defense News, May 25, 2021.
Dan Mahanty and Allegra Harpootlian, "Breaking the Horrifying US Drone Habit," Fellow Travelers, May 24, 2021.
William Hartung and Salih Booker, "Israel’s Military, Made in the USA," the Nation, May 21, 2021
William Hartung, "Pentagon Waste Takes Many Forms," Forbes, May 20, 2021.
Jodi Vittori, "Mitigating Patronage and Personal Enrichment in U.S. Arms Sales," in "From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab States," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 18, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "It’s time to rethink US drone policy," Responsible Statecraft, May 18, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Roos Boer, "Explosive weapons and civilian harm in the Gaza conflict," PAX, May 17, 2021.
Elias Yousif, "Factsheet: US Arms Sales and Security Assistance to Israel," Security Assistance Monitor, May 12, 2021.
Josh Ruebner, Salih Booker, Zaha Hassan, "Bringing Assistance to Israel in Line With Rights and U.S. Laws," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 12, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "Redraw the Limits on Lethal Force Against Terror Groups," Defense One, May 10, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg +, "Remote Horizons: Expanding use and proliferation of military drones in Africa," PAX, May 7, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Editorial: Preventing diversion of attention," ATT Monitor, Volume 14, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, May 5, 2021.
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "Congress's role in ending the 'forever wars'," The Hill, May 5, 2021.
William D. Hartung +, "Executive Excess: CEO Compensation in the Arms Industry, 2020," Arms and Security Program, Center for International Policy, May 4, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Still Seeks Major UAE Arms Sale" and "U.S. to Revise Landmine Policy," Arms Control Today, May 2021.
William Hartung, "Mixed Signals and Mixed Results Characterize Biden’s Foreign Policy at 100 Days," The Baraza, April 29, 2021.
Nils Duquet +, "Project DIVERT: Forgotten weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union," Flemish Peace Institute, April 28, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "A New Agenda For US Drone Policy And The Use Of Lethal Force," Stimson Center, April 2021.
Jeff Abramson, Annie Shiel, Seth Binder, William Hartung, Rachel Stohl, Adam Isacson and Daniel R. Mahanty, "At 100 Days, Grading Biden’s Progress Toward a More Responsible US Arms Trade Policy," Just Security, April 28, 2021.
Elias Yousif, “Afghanistan’s Own Security Forces Will Soon Take Over, Ready or Not,” The Baraza, April 27, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, “Editorial: What will it take," ATT Monitor, Volume 14, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, April 25, 2021.
William Hartung, "Selling Arms To The UAE Is Not In U.S. Security Interests," Forbes, April 23, 2021.
“Gun Trafficking and Violence: From The Global Network to The Local Security Challenge," multiple editors and authors, including Carlos Pérez Ricart, Katherine Aguirre, Michael Picard, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "The UAE’s Message of Hope, Delivered With a Soft-Power Focus and Some Strategic Hedging," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, April 22, 2021
Bonnie Docherty, "The Case for Condemnation: Denouncing All Use of Cluster Munitions," Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, April 2021
Jillian Rafferty, Elizabeth Kirkham, Roy Isbister, "Arms exports, terror and crime: Reducing risk under the Arms Trade Treaty," 7th briefing, ATT Experts Group series, Saferworld, April 2021.
Elias Yousif and Nani Detti, “Factsheet: U.S. Security Assistance in the Sahel,” Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy, April 2021.
Carlos Pérez Ricart, "Armas y violencia homicida en México 2006-2019," en "La violencia en América Latina," Jagiellonian University Press, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "No F-35s for UAE, Please," Defense One, April 17, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Don’t sell arms to the Philippines," DefenseNews, April 16, 2021.
Seth Binder and Amy Hawthorne, “Biden’s 'Skinny Budget' Loosens Belt on Foreign Aid,” Project on Middle East Democracy, April 16, 2021.
William Hartung, "Issue Brief: Transferring Arms To The UAE Is Not In U.S. Security Interests," Center for International Policy, April 2021.
Josh Ruebner, “Betty McCollum introduces historic bill seeking to end US complicity for Israeli human rights abuses,” Mondoweiss, April 15, 2021.
“Explosive violence trends and patterns in Afghanistan (2011-2020),” edited by Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence, April 14, 2021.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "U.S. Arms Sales Trends, 2020 and Beyond: From Trump to Biden," Security Assistance Monitor, April 7, 2021.
William Hartung, “Are we pressing Saudi Arabia enough on the Yemen blockade?” Responsible Statecraft, April 7, 2021.
John Lindsay-Poland, "Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S.," nacla, April 1, 2021
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Largest Seller in Flat Arms Market," Arms Control Today, April 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick, "Diversion and the Arms Trade Treaty: Identifying Good Practice and Opportunities for Progress," Stimson Center, launched March 2021.
Nils Duquet and others, “Cashing in on Guns: Identifying the Nexus between Small Arms, Light Weapons and Terrorist Financing,” The Hague: International Centre for CounterTerrorism - The Hague (ICCT), March 2021.
Erin Hunt and Farah Bogani, “Missed Opportunities: Disarmament and Canada’s National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security” in “Reflections on Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security: Gains, Gaps & Goals,” Women, Peace and Security Network - Canada, March 2021.
Jodi Vittori, “Mercenaries and Money Laundering in Libya,” Inkstick, March 29, 2021.
William Hartung, "In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War: Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade," The Nation, March 26, 2021.
William Hartung, "There’s Plenty of Room To Reduce the Pentagon Budget," Forbes, March 24, 2021
Verity Coyle, Anna Crowe and others, "The Arms Trade Treaty’s Gender-Based Violence Risk Assessment: A Questionnaire for Information Sources," Stimson and International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, March 23, 2021.
William Hartung, "If Biden doesn't hold MBS accountable for the Khashoggi murder, Congress should," The Hill, March 20, 2021
Kate Kizer, "Biden's Choice on Yemen," Inkstick, March 19, 2021.
William Hartung, "A $700 Billion-Plus Pentagon Budget Is Fat, Not Flat," Forbes, March 19, 2021.
A. Trevor Thrall, "The Dangerous Global Marketplace for Conventional Weapons," Vital Interests Forum Issue 68, Center for National Security at Fordham Law, March 18, 2021.
Radhya al-Mutawakel, "‘Shall I Take You Back to War? You Know Exactly What War Means.’," The Nation, March 18, 2021.
Rachel Stohl and Ryan Fletcher (emerging expert), "Opportunities to Regulate Conventional Arms in the Middle East and Horn of Africa," Manara Magazine, March 16, 2021.
John Lindsay-Poland and William Hartung, "Trump made it easier to export U.S. guns. Biden must reverse these dangerous policies," Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2021.
"Report on the March 2021 consultations on a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas," with editorial by Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will, March 12, 2021.
"From Building Bombs to Building Futures: Anew U.S. approach to mass atrocity prevention," Caroline Smith and Kate Kizer, Win Without War Education Fund, March 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "A gun pledge Biden can easily keep," The Hill, March 9, 2021.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, "Italian Ammunition Used in Myanmar Police Assault on Ambulance Raises Questions," The Irrawaddy, March 9, 2021.
John Lindsay-Poland, "U.S. gun export data update for 2020," Stop US Arms to Mexico, March 7, 2021
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Business as Usual: How major weapons exporters arm the world’s conflicts," World Peace Foundation, March 3, 2020.
"Explosive Violence Monitor 2020," by Jennifer Dathan, edited by Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence, March 2, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger, "The Pentagon, First, Last, and Always," Tom Dispatch, March 2, 2021.
William Hartung, "Biden’s Response to the Khashoggi Killing," Letter to the Editor, New York Times, March 1, 2021.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Arms Sales Under Review," Arms Control Today, March 2021.
Francesco Vignarca, "Nuovo governo, solite vecchie armi. Facciamo i conti, a partire dagli F-35," Altreconomia, March 1, 2021.
Stephen Miles, "Biden’s Syria strikes: A perpetual cycle of endless war," Responsible Statecraft, February 26, 2021.
"Childhood Under Attack: A timeline of harm following an explosive blast," by Verity Hubbard, edited by Iain Overton, Action on Armed Violence, February 25, 2021
Laura Boillot, "Protecting civilians from the reverberating effects of explosive weapons in populated areas," Article 36, February 23, 2021.
William Hartung, "Will Biden Really End Our Endless Wars?" The Nation, February 23, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger, William Hartung, and Mackenzie Eaglen, "After the Apocalypse: Defense Spending," Inkstick, February 25, 2021.
Dan Mahanty, "A US Return to Human Rights Requires Consistency and Self-Restraint in National Security," Just Security, February 18, 2021.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Nature-based Solutions Vital to Mitigating Conflict-linked Environmental Damage," NewSecurityBeat, February 18, 2021.
Allison Pytlak, "Programming Action: Observations From Small Arms Control For Cyber Peace," Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, February 2021.
William Hartung, "Don’t stop with Saudis — Biden must cut off weapons to UAE, too," Responsible Statecraft, February 17, 2021.
Magda Coss Nogueda, "El control de armas y violencia de género" Cuestione, Febrero 17, 2021.
William Hartung,"Three Reasons To Reduce Pentagon Spending -- Now," Forbes, February 16, 2021.
Lode Dewaegheneire, "Why (ex-) military should express their concerns on fully autonomous weapon systems," self-published on LinkedIn, February 16, 2021
Ara Marcen Naval, "Defence companies are not doing enough to stop corruption. Only a commitment to transparency will turn things around," Transparency International Defence & Security, February 9, 2021
Dan Mahanty and Elena Crespo, "Give Local Civil Society a Say in U.S. Security Assistance," Just Security, February 9, 2021.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Biden's announcement on Yemen is a hopeful sign – now the UK must follow suit," The Guardian, February 8, 2020.
William Hartung, "Biden Outlines a Post-Trump Foreign Policy," The Baraza, Center for International Policy, February 5, 2021.
Dan Mahanty, "They have names: Accounting for harm to civilians in Iraq in Syria," The Hill, February 3, 2021.
Kate Kizer with others, "After the Apocalypse: US Grand Strategy," Inkstick, February 3, 2021.
Emma Soubrier, "The United States is Ready for Teamwork in the Gulf," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, January 29, 2021.
Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung, "Demilitarizing Our Democracy," Tom Dispatch, January 28, 2021.
William Hartung, "Fueling Conflict: U.S. Arms Sales to the United Arab Emirates and the U.S.-UAE Military Alliance," Center for International Policy, January 27, 2021.
Seth Binder, Insiya Raja, and Ayah Abdelwahab, "For the Record: The New Secretary of State on Democracy, MENA," Project on Middle East Democracy, January 26, 2021.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, "COVID-19 As An Opportunity For European Armament Cooperation?" IRSEM, January 25, 2021.
Matthew Breay Bolton, Matilda Byrne, Ryan Gariepy, Emilia Javorsky, Volker Lehmann, and Laura Nolan, "Addressing The Threat Of Autonomous Weapons," Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, January 2021.
Rachel Stohl, "Policy Recommendations for the New Administration: Improving U.S. Conventional Arms Policies," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2021.
Jeff Abramson and Alex Bertschi Wrigley (emerging expert), "UAE Arms Sales Survive Senate Vote," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2021.
Nina Lesikhina and Doug Weir, "Report finds that Russia securitises the environment - but on its terms," Conflict and Environment Observatory, January 20, 2021.
Annie Shiel, Seth Binder, Jeff Abramson, William Hartung, Rachel Stohl, Diana Ohlbaum, Adam Isacson, Brittany Benowitz and Dan Mahanty, "Toward A More Responsible US Arms Trade Policy: Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration," Just Security, January 19, 2021.
Andrew Feinstein and Paul Holden, "The Failure Of The Regulation Of The Global Arms Trade As A Consequence Of High-Level Conflicts Of Interest," Brown Journal of World Affairs, Fall/Winter 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Biden should reverse Trump's bombs sales to Saudi Arabia," The Hill, January 17, 2021.
John Lindsay Poland and Arnie Alpert, "Opinion: Rochester and the state are now partners in gun violence," Seacoast Online (New Hampshire), January 17, 2021.
Doug Weir and Stavros Pantazopoulos, "Report: Canada's practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, January 14, 2021.
2020
Sam Perlo Freeman, "Corruption in the arms trade;" Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, "From economic to strategic crisis: European military expenditure and procurement in the 2010s;" Aude Fleurant and Yannick Quéau, "The European Defence Industries;" Michael Klare and Andrew Tan, "Emerging technologies and the arms trade" in Research Handbook on the Arms Trade, edited by Andrew T.H. Tan, December 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Battlefields in 2020 Were Testing Grounds for New Drone Warfare," Vice, December 23, 2020.
Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta, "Inclusiveness: The Future of the New and Improved 'Normal'," Disarmament Dialogue blog, December 21, 2020.
William Hartung, "Pushing Billions in Arms Sales is Not An 'Accomplishment'," Defense One, December 19, 2020.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau with many co-authors, "Emerging Suppliers in the Global Arms Trade,” SIPRI, December 2020.
Ray Acheson, Abolition, ePub edition, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, December 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Youth Campaigners Rock the RevCon," Disarmament Dialogue blog, December 15, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "How Will Antony Blinken Handle US Foreign Policy on Syria, Turkey and Yemen?" Politics Today, December 12, 2020.
Waleed Alhariri and many others, "Time for a New US Policy – The Yemen Review, November 2020," Sana'a Center, December 11, 2020.
Jodi Vittori, "Promoting Good Governance in Security Sectors" in "Addressing Fragility in a Global Pandemic: Elements of a Successful US Strategy," US Institute of Peace, December 2020.
John Lindsay-Poland with many co-authors, "Deadly Trade: How European and Israeli Arms Exports are Accelerating Violence in Mexico," Global Exchange, Vredesactie, OPAL, Agir pour la Paix, American Friends Service Committee, Ohne Rüstung Leben, NESEHNUTÍ, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, and the Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, December 2020.
Frank Slijper and Cor Oudes, "Controversial arms trade and investments of insurers," Fair Insurance Guide, December 2020.
Elias Yousif and Dan Mahanty, "When exceptions become the rule, 'forever wars' result," The Hill, December 8, 2020.
William Hartung, “Opinion Brief: The Pentagon’s Arms Sales Fact Book Is Short on Facts,” Security Assistance Monitor, December 2020.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau with many co-authors, "Mapping the International Presence of the World’s Largest Arms Companies,” SIPRI, December 2020.
Nate Smith, “Don’t Sell Arms to the UAE,” Amnesty International USA, December 7, 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "The UAE’s Role in the Yemen War, 2015 to Present,” Security Assistance Monitor, December 3, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Nations Laud Landmine Removal," Arms Control Today, December 2020.
Aude Fleurant and Yannick Quéau, "Trends in global military expenditure: drivers of increases and causes of concerns," in Military Spending and Global Security, Routledge, 2020.
William Hartung and Mandy Smithberger, "Shrinking the Pentagon: Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?" TomDispatch, November 29, 2020.
Folade Mutota, "The threat of gun violence: a constant companion for women,” International Action Network on Small Arms, November 27, 2020.
Dan Mahanty and Rachel Stohl, "The Next Administration Should Bring the Shadow Wars into the Light," Defense One, November 25, 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, “Implementing the Convention on Cluster Munitions: Components of Strong Law and Supporting Examples,” Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), November 25, 2020
"Cluster Munition Monitor 2020," International Campaign to Ban Landmines–Cluster Munition Coalition, with many Forum-listed experts on editing and review team, November 2020
William Hartung, "Congress Should Block Trump’s Lame Duck Arms Deals With UAE," Forbes, November 22, 2020.
Emma Soubrier, "Redefining Gulf Security Begins by Including the Human Dimension," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, November 19, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Are Emirati Armed Drones Supporting Ethiopia from an Eritrean Air Base?" Bellingcat, November 19, 2020.
Dan Mahanty and Elias Yousif+, "Exception(s) to the Rule(s): Civilian Harm, Oversight, and Accountability in the Shadow Wars," Center for Civilians in Conflict, Security Assistance Monitor, and Stimson Center, November 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "Countering 5 misconceptions about a political declaration on EWIPA," Project Ploughshares, November 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Issue Brief: Major Arms Sales to the United Arab Emirates," Security Assistance Monitor, November 13, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Yifang Shi, "Violence and wildfires driving people from their lands in Iraqi Kurdistan," PAX, November 13, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Biden should embrace the humanitarian disarmament agenda," Defense News, November 11, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Maha Yassin, "Troubled Waters: Documenting Pollution of Iraq’s Shatt Al-Arab River," Bellingcat, November 10, 2020.
"Landmine Monitor 2020," International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition, with many Forum-listed experts on editing and review team, November 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, "'They Burn Through Everything': The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons and the Limits of International Law," Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic, November 2020.
Emma Soubrier, "What the F-35 Deal Says About U.S.-UAE Relations," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, November 3, 2020.
Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Time to Rethink Arms Sales to Taiwan," Defense One, November 2, 2020.
Deepayan Basu Ray+, "Model Control List for Pacific Island Countries," Centre for Armed Violence Reduction, November 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Process Changes Offered as Arms Sales Rise," Arms Control Today, November 2020.
Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "The US is Selling Arms to Riskier Clients," Inkstick, October 29, 2020.
Rachel Stohl+, "Reporting During a Pandemic: Reflections on the Arms Trade Treaty 2019 Annual Reports," Arms Trade Treaty-Baseline Assessment Project, October 2020.
William Hartung, "Here’s How The U.S. Should Rein In Runaway Overseas Arms Sales,” Forbes, October 28, 2020.
Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "2020 Arms Sales Risk Index,” Cato Institute, October 27, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Robots Aren't Better Soldiers than Humans,” Boston Globe, October 26, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Autonomous Weapons and Patriarchy," Reaching Critical Will, October 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Autonomous Weapons and Gender-Based Violence,” Reaching Critical Will, October 2020.
Peter Asaro, "Autonomous Weapons and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence,” in Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Oxford Press, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Having Their Say: Guidelines for Involving Local Civil Society in the Planning, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of U.S. Security Assistance and Cooperation," Center for Civilians in Conflict, October 2020.
William Hartung+, "A Long Overdue Discussion on Pentagon Spending,” The Hill, October 25, 2020.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Doug Weir, "Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "Youth and Disarmament Education," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "In Search of Enemies: The Governments holding Humanitarian Disarmament Hostage,” Nonviolence International Canada, October 23, 2020.
Bonnie Docherty+, "New Weapons, Proven Precedent Elements of and Models for a Treaty on Killer Robots," Human Rights Watch and International Human Rights Clinic, October 20, 2020.
Elizabeth Minor+, "Regulating Autonomy in Weapons Systems," Article 36, October 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Confronting the Pandemic of Militarism at the First Committee," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "Youth and Disarmament Education," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "Nagorno-Karabakh a reminder of Canada's role as global arms dealer," Ottawa Citizen, October 16, 2020.
Iain Overton, "A decade of global IED harm reviewed," Action on Armed Violence, October 15, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Congress wants to let Israel nix US weapon sales," Mondoweiss, October 14, 2020.
William Hartung, "The U.S. of A(rms):The Art of the Weapons Deal in the Age of Trump," TomDispatch, October 13, 2020.
Elizabeth Minor, "'Autonomous' Weapons: Building Towards International Regulation from Contributions to the CCW," Article 36, October, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "Improvised Explosive Devices: Past, Present and Future," Action on Armed Violence, October 2020.
Pieter Wezeman,, Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, and Siemon Wezeman, "Transparency in Arms Procurement: Limitations and Opportunities for Assessing Global Armament Developments," SIPRI, October 2020.
Annie Shiel and Dan Mahanty+, "Great Responsibility: A Legislative Reform Agenda for U.S. Arms Transfers and Civilian Harm," Center for Civilians in Conflict and Stimson Center, October 13, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Choosing well-being over weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, "The twists and turns of UN cyber diplomacy," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "High-level calls to act on killer robots," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
Katherine Aguirre (emerging expert) and Robert Muggah, "Arming the Americas," The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Stigmatizing Cluster Munitions: A Decade of Success," Arms Control Today, October 2020.
William Hartung, "Congress must act to end US military aid to the Philippines," The Hill, October 5, 2020.
William Hartung, "Don't let the Abraham Accords become the Arms Sales Accords," CNN, October 4, 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Op-Ed: It's been 2 years since Khashoggi's killing. Why is Trump still enabling the Saudi regime?" Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "U.S. Security Assistance in the Maghreb," Security Assistance Monitor, October 1, 2020
Bonnie Docherty+, "Confronting Conflict Pollution: Principles for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War," Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Conflict and Environment Observatory, September 30, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Diplomatic talks reconvene," Reaching Critical Will, CCW Report, Vol. 8. No.2, September 30, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "War is Boring – But We Need to Scrutinise the Military More than Ever," Byline Times, September 29, 2020.
William Hartung, "Don't let the Abraham Accords become the Arms Sales Accords," CNN, October 4, 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Op-Ed: It's been 2 years since Khashoggi's killing. Why is Trump still enabling the Saudi regime?" Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "U.S. Security Assistance in the Maghreb," Security Assistance Monitor, October 1, 2020
Bonnie Docherty+, "Confronting Conflict Pollution: Principles for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War," Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Conflict and Environment Observatory, September 30, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Diplomatic talks reconvene," Reaching Critical Will, CCW Report, Vol. 8. No.2, September 30, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "War is Boring – But We Need to Scrutinise the Military More than Ever," Byline Times, September 29, 2020
William Hartung, "We Should Be Debating How To Reduce the Pentagon Budget," Forbes, September 28, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Locked out during lockdown: an analysis of UN system during COVID-19,"Reaching Critical Will, September 28, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, Allison Pytlak +, "The Trudeau government is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Yemen," The Globe and Mail, September 24, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Violent Skies: How lethal drone technology is shaping contemporary warfare," PAX, September 23, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Report: The Mideast Arms Bazaar: Top Arms Suppliers to the Middle East and North Africa, 2015-2019," Arms and Security Project, Center for International Policy, September 22, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Editorial: the importance of preventing the autonomy of violence"; Mary Wareham, "Maintaining momentum during the pandemic,"; Elizabeth Minor, "How states’ commentaries help build towards international regulation," Reaching Critical Will, CCW Report, Vol. 8. No.1, September 21, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "New Book Shows Catastrophic Folly of Automating Warfare," International Committee for Robot Arms Control, September 20, 2020.
Kate Kizer, "The Case for a Post 9/11 Truth Commission," Inkstick, September 18, 2020.
Nils Duquet, "Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts, Components and Ammunition to, from and across the European Union," UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2020.
Wanda Muñoz+, “Armas autónomas: una cuestión de derechos humanos, no de tecnología, y esto es lo que debes saber,” (“Autonomous weapons: it’s a question of human rights, not technology, and this is what you need to know”), SEHLAC Mexico, September 2020.
Wanda Muñoz+. “Los riesgos de las armas autónomas: una perspectiva interseccional latinoamericana,” (“The risks of autonomous weapons: a Latin American intersectional perspective”) SEHLAC México, September 2020.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, "COVID-19: A new wave of European arms industry consolidation," SIPRI, September 17, 2020.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak (editors), "First Committee Briefing Book 2020," Reaching Critical Will, September 2020, with sections authored by Wim Zwijnenburg (armed drones), Mary Wareham (fully autonomous weapons), Laura Boillot (explosive weapons in populated areas), Bonnie Docherty (incendiary weapons), Natalie Goldring (small arms and light weapons), Allison Pytlak (cyber peace and security),Ray Acheson (gender and disarmament), Doug Weir and Wim Zwijnenburg (protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts), Matthew Breay Bolton (disarmament education), and many others.
Mandy Smithberger, "National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget: A Post-Coronavirus Economy Can No Longer Afford to Put the Pentagon First," TomDispatch, September 13, 2020.
Andrew Feinstein +, "Arms sales and child health," BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Unlawful, Secret, and Unaccountable Use of Lethal Force," Just Security, September 11, 2020.
Kate Kizer, Annie Shiel, Mandy Smithberger +, "Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Endless War," Just Security, September 11, 2020.
John Lindsay-Poland, "US Gun Exports Have Spiked During the Pandemic," Inkstick, September 9, 2020.
Iain Overton (editor)+, "Explosive violence monitor 2019," Action on Armed Violence, September 4, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones +, "Cartridges of Caracas: The illicit trade in small-calibre ammunition in Venezuela’s capital," Research Report No. 11, Armament Research Services, September, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "ATT Takes on Arms Diversion," and "Inspector General Reviews U.S. Arms Sales," Arms Control Today, September 2020.
Roy Isbister, "Running on the spot: The Sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty," Saferworld, August 28, 2020.
Allison Pytlak +, "Editorial: One more time for the people in the back—transparency (still) matters!" plus news in brief, ATT Monitor, Vol. 13. No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, August 27, 2020.
Robert Muggah +, Terra Incognito: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, Penguin/Random House, 2020.
Daniel Mahanty, "U.S. Support to Security Sector Reform in Fragile States," CSIS Briefs, Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 26, 2020.
William Hartung, "The Trump administration should not sell weapons to the UAE," Washington Post, August 27, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Demobilising war," Women's League for International Peace and Freedom, August 25, 2020.
Mark Bromley+, "Reporting on Conventional Arms Transfers and Transfer Controls: Improving Coordination and Increasing Engagement," SIPRI, August 2020.
Dan Mahanty, "Are those who seek to protect civilians in armed conflict helping to prolong our endless wars?" Responsible Statecraft, August 20, 2020.
Denise Garcia, "Redirect military budgets to tackle climate change and pandemics," Nature, August 20, 2020.
Daniel Mack (co-editor), "ATT Monitor 2020," Control Arms, August 19, 2020 with data and drafts contributed by Shannon Dick, Roy Isbister, Nicolas Marsh, Rachel Stohl and others.
Allison Pyltak, "Transparency (Still) Matters"; Ray Acheson, "Explosive Weapons, The Arms Trade, And The Global Ceasefire"; Rachel Stohl, "Challenges To Transparency And Reporting In The Arms Trade Treaty"; Cesar Jaramillo, "Assessing Diversion Under The ATT: Three Options For CSP6, And Beyond"; Maria Pia Devoto, "The Arms Trade Treaty In 2020—A Lost Year?"; Deepayan Basu Ray, "A Review Of Ongoing Pacific Engagement In The Arms Trade Treaty" in ATT Monitor, Vol. 13, No. 3, Reaching Critical Will, August 14, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "One hundred days later, Esper still must explain landmine policy reversal," The Hill, August 14, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones+, "Firearm with 3D-printed frame recovered following police shooting in California," The Hoplite, Armament Research Services, August 14, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Yemen Environmental Bulletin: The Decline of Tihama Date Production and Yemen’s Agricultural Collapse," Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, August 14, 2020.
William Hartung, "Democrats need to get specific on defense cuts," The Hill, August 13, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Spend less on weapons, more on ’programs of social uplift’ | Opinion," New Jersey Star Ledger, August 13, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "Global explosive violence sharply declines during Covid19, new data suggests," Action on Armed Violence, August 12, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Civil Society Letter on Humanitarian Disarmament Advocates Path Ahead." Arms Control Now blog, August 11, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Stopping Killer Robots: Country Positions on Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons and Retaining Human Control," Human Rights Watch, August 10, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Ignominious Anniversary," Mines Action Canada at Ignominious Anniversary: Remembering Hiroshima and Imagining a World Without Autonomous Killer Robots, Nuclear Weapons and Blanket Surveillance, August 6, 2020.
Guy Lamb, "The coming crime catastrophe: The 2019/20 crime stats and post-COVID19 violence prevention in South Africa," Safer Spaces, August 4, 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, "Convention on Cluster Munitions Celebrates 10th Anniversary: A Living Legacy," Disarmament Dialogue blog, July 31, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Treaty Banning Cluster Munitions Turns 10, but Without the US," Just Security, July 31, 2020.
Amy Nelson+, "Inevitable Bedfellows? Cooperation on Military Technology for the Development of UAVs and Cruise Missiles in the Asia-Pacific," International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), July 28, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones+, "Black & Grey: The Illicit Online Trade of Small Arms in Venezuela," Armament Research Services (ARES), July 27, 2020
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Yemen’s Disappearing Date Palms: Applied Environmental OSINT," Bellingcat, July 24, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing," I.B. Taurus, July 23, 2020.
Anna Stavrianakis, "'Isolated incidents': The legal absurdity of UK arms sales for Saudi war in Yemen," Middle East Eye, July 23, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "Beyond Performance: Lessons Learned from U.S. Security Assistance to Tunisia,"Security Assistance Monitor, July 22, 2020.
Adam Isacson, "In Latin America, COVID-19 Risks Permanently Disturbing Civil-Military Relations," Washington Office on Latin America, July 20, 2020.
Robert Muggah, "To Downsize Bloated, Too-Powerful Police, Look at These Examples," Foreign Policy, July 17, 2020.
Elias Yousif and William Hartung, "Congress Needs a Veto, Not a Notification, on Arms Sales," DefenseOne, July 17, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum, "Don’t Let Congress Stick Its Head in the Sand on Pentagon Spending," Friends Committee on National Legislation, July 15, 2020.
William Hartung, "America Needs A Transformative Foreign Policy," Forbes, July 14, 2020.
Iain Overton (editor)+, "Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons," Action on Armed Violence, July 10, 2020.
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "A Record Number Of Countries Are Using Child Soldiers," Inkstick, July 9, 2020.
Amy Nelson, "Innovation and Its Discontents: National Models of Military Innovation and the Dual-Use Conundrum," The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), July 2020.
Mandy Smithberger+, "Ending police violence begins with cutting Pentagon money, militarization program," USA Today, July 8, 2020.
William Hartung, "Police, Prisons, and the Pentagon: Defunding America's Wars at Home and Abroad," The Nation, July 8, 2020.
Iain Overton, "The Effects of Strategic Bombing in WWII on German Morale," Action on Armed Violence, July 8, 2020. (See also summary of effects on health care and medicine.)
Waleed Alhariri+, "Struggle for the South – The Yemen Review, June 2020," Sana'a Center, July 8, 2020.
Doug Weir, "Closing the environmental monitoring gap in conflicts," Institution of Environmental Sciences, July 2020.
Iain Overton (editor) "The Broken Land: the environmental consequences of explosive weapon use," Action on Armed Violence, July 3, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "A proven model for human-centered international security exists. Let’s use it," Responsible Statecraft, July 2, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Disbanding police," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, July 2, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree," The Nation, July 2, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Coronavirus? What Coronavirus? Congress is setting national security priorities as if it's been living in a cave," Inkstick, July 1, 2020.
Maria Pia Devoto+ "Battling the true enemy: A comparative analysis of government spending on health and military in the context of a health crisis," APP-SEHLAC, July 1, 2020.
John Lindsay-Poland, “Much of the work to demilitarize police has to be done at the local level,” Responsible Statecraft, July 1, 2020.
Nicholas Marsh, "Exporting Coercive Power: Regulations and Best Practices for Security Force Assistance," PRIO Policy Brief, 3, July 1, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "A River of Death: How oil pollution is impacting health and livelihoods in conflict-affected north east Syria," PAX, June 30, 2020.
Mandy Smithberger, "Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health," The Nation, June 30, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Thanks to Ocasio-Cortez, Congress could finally hold Israel accountable," The New Arab (Alaraby), June 30, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "Is America becoming a police state?" The Hill, June 26, 2020.
Rachel Stohl, "Defense industry cheers as the Trump administration is poised to loosen restrictions on drone exports," Responsible Statecraft, June 25, 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall+, "Trump's dismal drone policy," Washington Examiner, June 23, 2020.
Rob Muggah+, "Calls for Police Reform Are Getting Louder—Here Is How to Do It," Foreign Policy, June 22, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Deconstructing borders," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, June 22, 2020.
Stephen Miles +, "Dismantle the war economy," openDemocracy, June 19, 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall+, "Explaining U.S. Arms Sales," CATO blog, June 18, 2020.
Mark Bromley+, "Using official development assistance to strengthen small arms and light weapons controls: Opportunities and risks," SIPRI, June 18, 2020.
William Hartung, "Senate Authorizers Tone Deaf on Defense," Forbes, June 16, 2020.
Nate Smith, "It's time to take away the tear gas," Amnesty International USA, June 15, 2020.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Towards a Postcolonial, Anti- Racist, Anti- Militarist Feminist Mode of Weapons Control" in New Directions in Women, Peace and Security, Bristol University Press, June 12, 2020.
Seth Binder+, "President Trump’s FY21 Budget: Examining U.S. Assistance to the Middle East and North Africa in the Shadow of COVID-19," Project on Middle East Democracy, June 10, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum and Rachel Stohl, "Yes, Congress, There Is Something You Can Do About Reckless Arms Sales," Just Security, June 9, 2020.
Doug Weir, "UN report details environmental degradation in West Bank and Gaza," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 8, 2020.
Iain Overton, "'I Drove this Exact Truck' How the War on Terror Came Back to Haunt America,"' Byline Times, June 4, 2020
Doug Weir, "How does war damage the environment?" Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 4, 2020.
Waleed Alhariri+, "A Grave Road Ahead – The Yemen Review, May 2020," Sana'a Center, June 3, 2020.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, "Staying Safe & Documenting Abandoned or Mis-fired Riot Control Munitions," Mines Action Canada, June 3, 2020.
William Hartung, "Trump’s Saudi arms deals underscore dangers of runaway arms sales," Responsible Statecraft, June 2, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: Dismantling Structural Racism and Disarming, Demilitarising, and Defunding Police to Rebuild our Communities," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, June 2, 2020.
Robert Muggah+, "Bolsonaro's end game," openDemocracy, June 2, 2020.
Nils Duquet+, “Illicit firearms trafficking in Europe during and after COVID-19”, Flemish Peace Institute, 2 June 2020.
Jodi Vittori, "A Weapons Epidemic," Diwan, Carnegie Middle East Center, June 1, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Arms Deals Continue During Pandemic," and "Lawmakers Press Esper on Landmine Policy, 'Arms Control Today, June 2020.
Iain Overton, "What is Missing in the Debate about Police Violence in the US,"' Byline Times, June 1, 2020
Doug Weir, "Time to move beyond Yemen’s SAFER oil tanker blame game," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 1, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "UN Security Council discusses but fails to enact real protection of civilians," Reaching Critical Will, May 29, 2020.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Compounding Fragmentation: Security force assistance to fragile states in the Sahel and Horn of Africa," PRIO Paper, May 2020.
William Hartung, "No time to be selling arms to the Philippines," The Hill, May 28, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Exploring environmental harm from explosive weapons in populated areas," PAX, May 28, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz+, "How the U.N. Can Help Prevent the Spread of Proxy Conflicts," JustSecurity, May 27, 2020.
Elizabeth Minor, "Protecting civilians as an international policy agenda – A snapshot from 2019,' Article 36, May 27, 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall, Caroline Dorminey+, "Power, Profit, or Prudence? US Arms Sales since 9/11," Strategic Studies Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 2, Summer 2020, May 27, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Congress is poised to pass far-reaching Israeli wish list," Mondoweiss, May 27, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Digital Diplomacy Dos and Don'ts: A New Guide," Disarmament Dialogue blog, May 26, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum, "The Afghanistan Exit Deal May Fail, The Withdrawal Shouldn't ," Inkstick, May 26, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, "Menace or Myth? A Closer Look at the 'Cop-killer' 5.7 × 28 mm Cartridge," Research Report No. 9, Armament Research Services, May 26, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "What another fired watchdog reveals about Trump's shady Saudi deals," The New Arab (Alaraby), May 23, 2020.
William Hartung, Christina Arabia+, "The Trump Effect: Trends in Major U.S. Arms Sales 2019," Security Assistance Monitor, May 21, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz+, "How States Supporting Armed Proxies Can Reduce Civilian Casualties and Protracted Hostilities," JustSecurity, May 20, 2020.
Mandy Smithberger+, "Congress needs to be more forceful in its response to Trump’s inspector general purges," Responsible Statecraft, May 20, 2020.
William Hartung, "U.S. Arms Sales and the Yemen War," New York Times letter to the editor, May 19, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Why are we continuing to sell arms to repressive regimes amid a pandemic?" Responsible Statecraft, May 15, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Gender-Based Violence and the Arms Trade"; Allison Pytlak, "Are Arms Trade Treaty Meetings Being Used to Their Full Potential?"; Sam Perlo-Freeman, "The ATT and War Profiteering: the Case of the UK"; Deepayan Basu Ray, "Commentary: Making Sense of the World that the ATT and the SDGs Are Designed to ‘Fix’" in Global Responsibility to Protect, Brill, Volume 12 (2020): Issue 2 (May 2020).
Seth Binder, "Black Box: Military Budgets in the Arab World," Project on Middle East Democracy, May 12, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz+, "Why No One Ever Wins a Proxy War," JustSecurity, May 11, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Grading DoDs Annual Civilian Casualties Report: 'Incomplete'," Just Security, May 7, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Record global military spending undermines human security," The Hill, May 7, 2020.
William Hartung, "Time to Rethink Security Aid to Egypt," Defense One, May 7, 2020
William Hartung and Seth Binder, "U.S. Security Assistance to Egypt: Examining the Return on Investment," Project on Middle East Democracy and the Center for International Policy, May 6, 2020
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: Divest, Demilitarise, and Disarm," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, May 5, 2020.
Mandy Smithberger, "Beware the Pentagon’s Pandemic Profiteers: Hasn’t the Military-Industrial Complex Taken Enough of Our Money?" TomDispatch, May 3, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum, "Five ways to reset US foreign policy amid the COVID-19 crisis," Responsible Statecraft, May 1, 2020.
Sam Perlo Freeman, "How unconstrained military spending harms international security"; Ray Acheson +, "A feminist approach for addressing excessive military spending"; William Hartung +, "From swords to ploughshares: lessons learned from conversion movements" in Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending, UNODA Occasional Papers - No. 35, April 30, 2020.
Martin Butcher +, "With Coronavirus Spreading, Time to Repurpose the Arms Industry to Meet Human Need," Oxfam International, April 30, 2020.
Lode Dewaeghenerie, "The importance of Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Reporting for the implementation of the Oslo Action Plan," Commentaries, European Studies Unit, University of Liège, April 30, 2020.
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "COVID-19 and the U.S. Defense Industry," Stimson Center, April 27, 2020.
Rachel Stohl, "Unhappy Anniversary: The US ‘Unsigned’ the Arms Trade Treaty a Year Ago," Defense One, April 26, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: Multilateralism Matters," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, April 24. 2020.
Wim Zwijnenberg, "Dying To Keep Warm: Oil Trade And Makeshift Refining In North-West Syria," Bellingcat, April 24, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "Human-rights must be safeguarded while fighting coronavirus," The Star, April 23, 2020.
Robert Muggah+, "We urgently need major cooperation on global security in the COVID-19 era," World Economic Forum, April 23, 2020.
Allison Pytlak+, "Why gender matters in international cyber security," Reaching Critical Will, April 2020.
Dan Mahanty, "Great Expectations: AFRICOM's New Quarterly Report on Civilian Casualties," Just Security, April 21, 2020.
Kate Kizer, "Incrementalism Won't Save Us, Bold Internationalism Will," Inkstick, April 21, 2020
William Hartung, "Duterte uses Covid-19 response to broaden reign of fear and repression," CNN, April 20, 2020
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: A Sustainable Ceasefire Means No More 'Business as Usual', Reaching Critical Will, April 17. 2020.
William Hartung+, "How the Military-Industrial Complex Is Using the Coronavirus," The Nation, April 17, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "In the midst of our COVID-19 crisis, Canada lifted its moratorium on arms exports to Saudi Arabia," The Globe and Mail, April 15, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: The Risks of Relying on Technology to “Save Us” from the Coronavirus," Reaching Critical Will, April 15. 2020.
Bonnie Docherty and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan,
"COVID-19: The Threats and Opportunities for Humanitarian Disarmament," Disarmament Dialogue blog, April 14, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "U.S. Security Aid Is a Faith-Based Policy," Just Security, April 14, 2020.
Robert Muggah+, "We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place," Foreign Policy, April 14, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz, "Time to Get a Handle on America’s Conduct of Proxy Warfare," Lawfare, April 9, 2020.
Dan Mahanty, "Renovating ‘the Swamp’ post COVID-19 by reconfiguring budgets and bureaucracy," Responsible Statecraft, April 8, 2020.
Verity Coyle, "Multilateralism in the Era of COVID 19," Stimson Center, April 8, 2020.
Radhya Almutawakel, "Yemen: First bombs, soon a coronavirus epidemic," Aljazeera, April 7, 2020.
Ray Acheson+, "Urgency of dealing with autonomous weapons is highlighted in Germany's online forum," Reaching Critical Will, April 6. 2020.
Guy Lamb, "OPINION: Fear and policing in the time of Covid-19," News24, April 3, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Digital Diplomacy Keeps Pressure on Killer Robots Challenge," Human Rights Watch, April 2, 2020.
Colby Goodman, "US reverses course on efforts to curb intensity of conflict violence," Responsible Statecraft, April 2, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "Arms control diplomacy a worrying casualty of COVID-19," Project Ploughshares, April 1, 2020.
Waleed Alhariri+, "Five Years Since Decisive Storm – The Yemen Review," Sana'a Center, April 1, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Fuels Growing Arms Trade Market" and "Firearms Export Changes Partially Blocked," Arms Control Today, April 2020.
Anna Stavrianakis, "The UK feigns ignorance, but five years on it's still intimately involved in Yemen's war," Guardian, March 31, 2020.
William Hartung, "Five Years Later, It's Time to End the Yemen War," Inkstick, March 30, 2020.
Dan Gettinger, "Drone Databook Update: March 2020," Center for the Study of the Drone, March 30, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones +, "Desktop Firearms: Emergent Small Arms Craft Production Technologies," Armament Research Services , March 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, "From Weapons Bans to Travel Bans: Humanitarian Disarmament Stays Strong during the Pandemic," humanitariandisarmament.org, March 27, 2020
Mandy Smithberger+, "America should save emergency spending for emergencies," DefenseNews, March 27, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "In a welcome shift, Canada makes banning killer robots a foreign policy priority," The Ploughshares Monitor, Project Ploughshares, March 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19:From Ceasefire to Divestment and Disarmament," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, March 26, 2020.
Kate Kizer, "BuT hOw WiLl We PaY fOr It?, "Responsible Statecraft, March 25, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Signs of Progress: Environment and Conflict in the UN Security Council," Planetary Security Initiative/PAX briefing note, March 2020.
Shannon Dick+, "How Arms Proliferation Is Driving Herder-Farmer Conflict in the Sahel," World Politics Review, March 19, 2020.
Andrew Feinstein+, "Why is South Africa providing a haven for an arms dealer convicted of war crimes?" Daily Maverick, March 18, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Congress seeks to hold Israel accountable for demolishing Palestinian homes," Mondoweiss, March 17, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Time to flip the script on congressional arms sales powers," The Hill, March 15, 2020
Colby Goodman, "Higher or Weaker Walls Over Sensitive U.S. Arms Exports?," The Export Practitioner, March 2020, also available here.
William Hartung, "We’re Number One: U.S. Dominates Global Arms Trade — Again," Forbes, March 12, 2020
Aude Fleurant+, "Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2019," SIPRI, March 9, 2020
Iain Overton (director)+, "Summary report from a joint AOAV-Chatham House round-table examining gender and explosive weapons," AOAV, March 2, 2020
Iain Overton (director)+, "Summary report from a joint AOAV-Chatham House round-table examining gender and explosive weapons," AOAV, March 2, 2020
Wim Zwijnenburg, "How do the Climate Crisis and Conflicts Bind Humanitarians and Environmentalists?," Environmental Emergencies Centre, March 2020
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. to Allow Expanded Landmine Use," Arms Control Today, March 2020
Jeff Abramson+, "Controversial Firearms Rules Published," Arms Control Today, March 2020
Waleed Alhariri +, The War Over Aid -The Yemen Review Jan/Feb 2020, Sana'a Center, February 29, 2020
Daniel Mack+, "VÅPENEKSPORT OG KRIGEN I JEMEN: Utilstrekkelige risikovurderinger og svakheter i norsk regelverk," Save the Children Norway and Changemaker, February 26, 2020
Dan Mahanty, "In Search of Answers: U.S. Military Investigations and Civilian Harm," War on the Rocks, February 20, 2020
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Fighting the wrong battles: How obsession with military power diverts resources from the climate crisis," Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), February 2020.
William Hartung, "Stop Arming Repressive Regimes," Forbes, February 19, 2020
Allison Pytlak+, “Correlates of state-sponsored cyber conflict” and Allison Pytlak, "In search of human rights in multilateral cybersecurity dialogues," Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity, edited by Eneken Tikk and Mika Kerttunen, London: Routledge, 2020
Alison Pytlak, "Cyber Security - A Team Sport" editorial, "News in Brief", and "A new 'Women in Cyber' fellowship has a big impact on the OEWG," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, February 18, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Impacts, not intentionality: the imperative of focusing on the effects of explosive weapons in a political declaration," Reaching Critical Will, February 14, 2020
Dan Mahanty+, “In Search of Answers: U.S. Military Investigations and Civilian Harm,” CIVIC and Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, February 13, 2020
Kate Kizer, "Ilhan Omar Turns Progressive Foreign Policy Principles Into Action," The American Prospect, February 13, 2020
Mark Bromley, "A search for common ground: export controls on surveillance technology and the role of the EU," about:intel, February 12, 2020
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "U.S. Drone Policy: Transparency & Oversight," The Stimson Center, February 12, 2020
Allison Pytlak, “A whole lot of unpacking going on” editorial, ATT Monitor, Vol. 13, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, February 11, 2020.
William Hartung, "Tomgram: William Hartung, Are Military-Funded Jobs a Key to Election 2020?," TomDispatch, February 11, 2020
Erin Hunt (overview), "New research project: How many women work in mine action?," Mines Action Canada, February 11, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, “Finding purpose” editorial, Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol.1 No. 6, Reaching Critical Will, February 10, 2020.
Rachel Stohl, "The US Just Gave Greater Legitimacy to Landmines," Inkstick, February 10, 2020
Bonnie Docherty+, "Analysis of the Draft Elements of a Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, February 6, 2020.
Iain Overton, "Government Refuses to Reveal How Many RAF Bombs Failed to Explode as it would Harm Arms Trade Manufacturer’s ‘Trade Secrets’," Byline Times, February 5, 2020
Erin Hunt +, "Bernstein and Hunt: Canada must stand up to U.S. reversal on landmines," Ottawa Citizen, February 5, 2020
Mary Wareham, "US Should Think Again About Reversing Landmine Policy," Just Security, February 4, 2020.
Allison Pytlak+, "New Opportunities to Reduce Human Suffering" and "Implementing the CSP5 Decisions on Gender and Gender-Based Violence"; Ray Acheson, ""The Lethal Connections Between the International Arms Trade and the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," ATT Monitor Vol. 13, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, February 3, 2020
Rachel Stohl (project lead), "The ATT Reporting Templates: Challenges and Recommendations," ATT-Baseline Assessment Project (ATT-BAP), January 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall +, "Trump extends travel ban to 6 countries — but is OK with selling arms to those same places," NBCNews, January 31, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "How Canada can eliminate lethal barriers to development," The Hill Times, January 30, 2020
Waleed Alhariri +, War’s Elusive End – The Yemen Annual Review 2019, Sana'a Center, January 30, 2020
Bonnie Docherty, "Humanitarian Disarmament’s Power and Potential at the Turn of the Decade," Humanitarian Disarmament, January 29, 2020
Adotei Akawei "New Arms Exports Rules Will Spread US Gun Violence Beyond Borders," The Globe Post, January 28, 2020
Anna Stavrianakis, "Britain must be held to account for its role in the war in Yemen," The Guardian, January 24, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Black Gold Burning: In Search Of South Sudan’s Oil Pollution," Bellingcat, January 23, 2020 Erin Hunt, "How Canada can eliminate lethal barriers to development," The Hill Times, January 30, 2020
Mary Wareham, "As Killer Robots Loom, Demands Grow to Keep Humans in Control of Use of Force," Human Rights Watch, January 15, 2019.
Colby Goodman, "Holes In The Net: US Arms Export Control Gaps In Combatting Corruption," Transparency International Defence & Security Program, January 14, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Senator Refreshes Hold on Firearms Export Changes," Arms Control Today, January/February 2020.
Iain Overton, "Could Trump have Started a Terrible New Era for Suicide Bombers?" Byline Times, January 8, 2020.
Dan Gettinger, "The Soleimani killing and 5 things to know about drones in Iraq," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 7, 2020.
Matthew Bolton+, "Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament," Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Matthew Bolton, "Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations," Palgrave Pivot, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "Explosive violence in 2019," AOAV, January 7, 2020.
Jennifer Erickson, "Punishing the violators? Arms embargoes and economic sanctions as tools of norm enforcement," Review of International Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, January 2020.
Sam Perlo Freeman, "Corruption in the arms trade;" Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, "From economic to strategic crisis: European military expenditure and procurement in the 2010s;" Aude Fleurant and Yannick Quéau, "The European Defence Industries;" Michael Klare and Andrew Tan, "Emerging technologies and the arms trade" in Research Handbook on the Arms Trade, edited by Andrew T.H. Tan, December 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Battlefields in 2020 Were Testing Grounds for New Drone Warfare," Vice, December 23, 2020.
Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta, "Inclusiveness: The Future of the New and Improved 'Normal'," Disarmament Dialogue blog, December 21, 2020.
William Hartung, "Pushing Billions in Arms Sales is Not An 'Accomplishment'," Defense One, December 19, 2020.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau with many co-authors, "Emerging Suppliers in the Global Arms Trade,” SIPRI, December 2020.
Ray Acheson, Abolition, ePub edition, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, December 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Youth Campaigners Rock the RevCon," Disarmament Dialogue blog, December 15, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "How Will Antony Blinken Handle US Foreign Policy on Syria, Turkey and Yemen?" Politics Today, December 12, 2020.
Waleed Alhariri and many others, "Time for a New US Policy – The Yemen Review, November 2020," Sana'a Center, December 11, 2020.
Jodi Vittori, "Promoting Good Governance in Security Sectors" in "Addressing Fragility in a Global Pandemic: Elements of a Successful US Strategy," US Institute of Peace, December 2020.
John Lindsay-Poland with many co-authors, "Deadly Trade: How European and Israeli Arms Exports are Accelerating Violence in Mexico," Global Exchange, Vredesactie, OPAL, Agir pour la Paix, American Friends Service Committee, Ohne Rüstung Leben, NESEHNUTÍ, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, and the Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, December 2020.
Frank Slijper and Cor Oudes, "Controversial arms trade and investments of insurers," Fair Insurance Guide, December 2020.
Elias Yousif and Dan Mahanty, "When exceptions become the rule, 'forever wars' result," The Hill, December 8, 2020.
William Hartung, “Opinion Brief: The Pentagon’s Arms Sales Fact Book Is Short on Facts,” Security Assistance Monitor, December 2020.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau with many co-authors, "Mapping the International Presence of the World’s Largest Arms Companies,” SIPRI, December 2020.
Nate Smith, “Don’t Sell Arms to the UAE,” Amnesty International USA, December 7, 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "The UAE’s Role in the Yemen War, 2015 to Present,” Security Assistance Monitor, December 3, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Nations Laud Landmine Removal," Arms Control Today, December 2020.
Aude Fleurant and Yannick Quéau, "Trends in global military expenditure: drivers of increases and causes of concerns," in Military Spending and Global Security, Routledge, 2020.
William Hartung and Mandy Smithberger, "Shrinking the Pentagon: Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?" TomDispatch, November 29, 2020.
Folade Mutota, "The threat of gun violence: a constant companion for women,” International Action Network on Small Arms, November 27, 2020.
Dan Mahanty and Rachel Stohl, "The Next Administration Should Bring the Shadow Wars into the Light," Defense One, November 25, 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, “Implementing the Convention on Cluster Munitions: Components of Strong Law and Supporting Examples,” Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), November 25, 2020
"Cluster Munition Monitor 2020," International Campaign to Ban Landmines–Cluster Munition Coalition, with many Forum-listed experts on editing and review team, November 2020
William Hartung, "Congress Should Block Trump’s Lame Duck Arms Deals With UAE," Forbes, November 22, 2020.
Emma Soubrier, "Redefining Gulf Security Begins by Including the Human Dimension," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, November 19, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Are Emirati Armed Drones Supporting Ethiopia from an Eritrean Air Base?" Bellingcat, November 19, 2020.
Dan Mahanty and Elias Yousif+, "Exception(s) to the Rule(s): Civilian Harm, Oversight, and Accountability in the Shadow Wars," Center for Civilians in Conflict, Security Assistance Monitor, and Stimson Center, November 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "Countering 5 misconceptions about a political declaration on EWIPA," Project Ploughshares, November 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Issue Brief: Major Arms Sales to the United Arab Emirates," Security Assistance Monitor, November 13, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Yifang Shi, "Violence and wildfires driving people from their lands in Iraqi Kurdistan," PAX, November 13, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Biden should embrace the humanitarian disarmament agenda," Defense News, November 11, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg and Maha Yassin, "Troubled Waters: Documenting Pollution of Iraq’s Shatt Al-Arab River," Bellingcat, November 10, 2020.
"Landmine Monitor 2020," International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition, with many Forum-listed experts on editing and review team, November 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, "'They Burn Through Everything': The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons and the Limits of International Law," Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic, November 2020.
Emma Soubrier, "What the F-35 Deal Says About U.S.-UAE Relations," Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, November 3, 2020.
Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "Time to Rethink Arms Sales to Taiwan," Defense One, November 2, 2020.
Deepayan Basu Ray+, "Model Control List for Pacific Island Countries," Centre for Armed Violence Reduction, November 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Process Changes Offered as Arms Sales Rise," Arms Control Today, November 2020.
Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "The US is Selling Arms to Riskier Clients," Inkstick, October 29, 2020.
Rachel Stohl+, "Reporting During a Pandemic: Reflections on the Arms Trade Treaty 2019 Annual Reports," Arms Trade Treaty-Baseline Assessment Project, October 2020.
William Hartung, "Here’s How The U.S. Should Rein In Runaway Overseas Arms Sales,” Forbes, October 28, 2020.
Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen (emerging expert), "2020 Arms Sales Risk Index,” Cato Institute, October 27, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Robots Aren't Better Soldiers than Humans,” Boston Globe, October 26, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Autonomous Weapons and Patriarchy," Reaching Critical Will, October 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Autonomous Weapons and Gender-Based Violence,” Reaching Critical Will, October 2020.
Peter Asaro, "Autonomous Weapons and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence,” in Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Oxford Press, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Having Their Say: Guidelines for Involving Local Civil Society in the Planning, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of U.S. Security Assistance and Cooperation," Center for Civilians in Conflict, October 2020.
William Hartung+, "A Long Overdue Discussion on Pentagon Spending,” The Hill, October 25, 2020.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Doug Weir, "Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "Youth and Disarmament Education," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 3, Reaching Critical Will, October 25, 2020.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "In Search of Enemies: The Governments holding Humanitarian Disarmament Hostage,” Nonviolence International Canada, October 23, 2020.
Bonnie Docherty+, "New Weapons, Proven Precedent Elements of and Models for a Treaty on Killer Robots," Human Rights Watch and International Human Rights Clinic, October 20, 2020.
Elizabeth Minor+, "Regulating Autonomy in Weapons Systems," Article 36, October 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Confronting the Pandemic of Militarism at the First Committee," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "Youth and Disarmament Education," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 2, Reaching Critical Will, October 18, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "Nagorno-Karabakh a reminder of Canada's role as global arms dealer," Ottawa Citizen, October 16, 2020.
Iain Overton, "A decade of global IED harm reviewed," Action on Armed Violence, October 15, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Congress wants to let Israel nix US weapon sales," Mondoweiss, October 14, 2020.
William Hartung, "The U.S. of A(rms):The Art of the Weapons Deal in the Age of Trump," TomDispatch, October 13, 2020.
Elizabeth Minor, "'Autonomous' Weapons: Building Towards International Regulation from Contributions to the CCW," Article 36, October, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "Improvised Explosive Devices: Past, Present and Future," Action on Armed Violence, October 2020.
Pieter Wezeman,, Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, and Siemon Wezeman, "Transparency in Arms Procurement: Limitations and Opportunities for Assessing Global Armament Developments," SIPRI, October 2020.
Annie Shiel and Dan Mahanty+, "Great Responsibility: A Legislative Reform Agenda for U.S. Arms Transfers and Civilian Harm," Center for Civilians in Conflict and Stimson Center, October 13, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Choosing well-being over weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, "The twists and turns of UN cyber diplomacy," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "High-level calls to act on killer robots," First Committee Monitor, vol. 18, no. 1, Reaching Critical Will, October 8, 2020.
Katherine Aguirre (emerging expert) and Robert Muggah, "Arming the Americas," The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Stigmatizing Cluster Munitions: A Decade of Success," Arms Control Today, October 2020.
William Hartung, "Congress must act to end US military aid to the Philippines," The Hill, October 5, 2020.
William Hartung, "Don't let the Abraham Accords become the Arms Sales Accords," CNN, October 4, 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Op-Ed: It's been 2 years since Khashoggi's killing. Why is Trump still enabling the Saudi regime?" Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "U.S. Security Assistance in the Maghreb," Security Assistance Monitor, October 1, 2020
Bonnie Docherty+, "Confronting Conflict Pollution: Principles for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War," Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Conflict and Environment Observatory, September 30, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Diplomatic talks reconvene," Reaching Critical Will, CCW Report, Vol. 8. No.2, September 30, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "War is Boring – But We Need to Scrutinise the Military More than Ever," Byline Times, September 29, 2020.
William Hartung, "Don't let the Abraham Accords become the Arms Sales Accords," CNN, October 4, 2020.
William Hartung and Elias Yousif, "Op-Ed: It's been 2 years since Khashoggi's killing. Why is Trump still enabling the Saudi regime?" Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "U.S. Security Assistance in the Maghreb," Security Assistance Monitor, October 1, 2020
Bonnie Docherty+, "Confronting Conflict Pollution: Principles for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War," Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Conflict and Environment Observatory, September 30, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Diplomatic talks reconvene," Reaching Critical Will, CCW Report, Vol. 8. No.2, September 30, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "War is Boring – But We Need to Scrutinise the Military More than Ever," Byline Times, September 29, 2020
William Hartung, "We Should Be Debating How To Reduce the Pentagon Budget," Forbes, September 28, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Locked out during lockdown: an analysis of UN system during COVID-19,"Reaching Critical Will, September 28, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, Allison Pytlak +, "The Trudeau government is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Yemen," The Globe and Mail, September 24, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Violent Skies: How lethal drone technology is shaping contemporary warfare," PAX, September 23, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Report: The Mideast Arms Bazaar: Top Arms Suppliers to the Middle East and North Africa, 2015-2019," Arms and Security Project, Center for International Policy, September 22, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Editorial: the importance of preventing the autonomy of violence"; Mary Wareham, "Maintaining momentum during the pandemic,"; Elizabeth Minor, "How states’ commentaries help build towards international regulation," Reaching Critical Will, CCW Report, Vol. 8. No.1, September 21, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "New Book Shows Catastrophic Folly of Automating Warfare," International Committee for Robot Arms Control, September 20, 2020.
Kate Kizer, "The Case for a Post 9/11 Truth Commission," Inkstick, September 18, 2020.
Nils Duquet, "Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts, Components and Ammunition to, from and across the European Union," UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2020.
Wanda Muñoz+, “Armas autónomas: una cuestión de derechos humanos, no de tecnología, y esto es lo que debes saber,” (“Autonomous weapons: it’s a question of human rights, not technology, and this is what you need to know”), SEHLAC Mexico, September 2020.
Wanda Muñoz+. “Los riesgos de las armas autónomas: una perspectiva interseccional latinoamericana,” (“The risks of autonomous weapons: a Latin American intersectional perspective”) SEHLAC México, September 2020.
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, "COVID-19: A new wave of European arms industry consolidation," SIPRI, September 17, 2020.
Ray Acheson, Allison Pytlak (editors), "First Committee Briefing Book 2020," Reaching Critical Will, September 2020, with sections authored by Wim Zwijnenburg (armed drones), Mary Wareham (fully autonomous weapons), Laura Boillot (explosive weapons in populated areas), Bonnie Docherty (incendiary weapons), Natalie Goldring (small arms and light weapons), Allison Pytlak (cyber peace and security),Ray Acheson (gender and disarmament), Doug Weir and Wim Zwijnenburg (protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts), Matthew Breay Bolton (disarmament education), and many others.
Mandy Smithberger, "National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget: A Post-Coronavirus Economy Can No Longer Afford to Put the Pentagon First," TomDispatch, September 13, 2020.
Andrew Feinstein +, "Arms sales and child health," BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Unlawful, Secret, and Unaccountable Use of Lethal Force," Just Security, September 11, 2020.
Kate Kizer, Annie Shiel, Mandy Smithberger +, "Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Endless War," Just Security, September 11, 2020.
John Lindsay-Poland, "US Gun Exports Have Spiked During the Pandemic," Inkstick, September 9, 2020.
Iain Overton (editor)+, "Explosive violence monitor 2019," Action on Armed Violence, September 4, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones +, "Cartridges of Caracas: The illicit trade in small-calibre ammunition in Venezuela’s capital," Research Report No. 11, Armament Research Services, September, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "ATT Takes on Arms Diversion," and "Inspector General Reviews U.S. Arms Sales," Arms Control Today, September 2020.
Roy Isbister, "Running on the spot: The Sixth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty," Saferworld, August 28, 2020.
Allison Pytlak +, "Editorial: One more time for the people in the back—transparency (still) matters!" plus news in brief, ATT Monitor, Vol. 13. No. 4, Reaching Critical Will, August 27, 2020.
Robert Muggah +, Terra Incognito: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, Penguin/Random House, 2020.
Daniel Mahanty, "U.S. Support to Security Sector Reform in Fragile States," CSIS Briefs, Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 26, 2020.
William Hartung, "The Trump administration should not sell weapons to the UAE," Washington Post, August 27, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Demobilising war," Women's League for International Peace and Freedom, August 25, 2020.
Mark Bromley+, "Reporting on Conventional Arms Transfers and Transfer Controls: Improving Coordination and Increasing Engagement," SIPRI, August 2020.
Dan Mahanty, "Are those who seek to protect civilians in armed conflict helping to prolong our endless wars?" Responsible Statecraft, August 20, 2020.
Denise Garcia, "Redirect military budgets to tackle climate change and pandemics," Nature, August 20, 2020.
Daniel Mack (co-editor), "ATT Monitor 2020," Control Arms, August 19, 2020 with data and drafts contributed by Shannon Dick, Roy Isbister, Nicolas Marsh, Rachel Stohl and others.
Allison Pyltak, "Transparency (Still) Matters"; Ray Acheson, "Explosive Weapons, The Arms Trade, And The Global Ceasefire"; Rachel Stohl, "Challenges To Transparency And Reporting In The Arms Trade Treaty"; Cesar Jaramillo, "Assessing Diversion Under The ATT: Three Options For CSP6, And Beyond"; Maria Pia Devoto, "The Arms Trade Treaty In 2020—A Lost Year?"; Deepayan Basu Ray, "A Review Of Ongoing Pacific Engagement In The Arms Trade Treaty" in ATT Monitor, Vol. 13, No. 3, Reaching Critical Will, August 14, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "One hundred days later, Esper still must explain landmine policy reversal," The Hill, August 14, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones+, "Firearm with 3D-printed frame recovered following police shooting in California," The Hoplite, Armament Research Services, August 14, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Yemen Environmental Bulletin: The Decline of Tihama Date Production and Yemen’s Agricultural Collapse," Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, August 14, 2020.
William Hartung, "Democrats need to get specific on defense cuts," The Hill, August 13, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Spend less on weapons, more on ’programs of social uplift’ | Opinion," New Jersey Star Ledger, August 13, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "Global explosive violence sharply declines during Covid19, new data suggests," Action on Armed Violence, August 12, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Civil Society Letter on Humanitarian Disarmament Advocates Path Ahead." Arms Control Now blog, August 11, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Stopping Killer Robots: Country Positions on Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons and Retaining Human Control," Human Rights Watch, August 10, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Ignominious Anniversary," Mines Action Canada at Ignominious Anniversary: Remembering Hiroshima and Imagining a World Without Autonomous Killer Robots, Nuclear Weapons and Blanket Surveillance, August 6, 2020.
Guy Lamb, "The coming crime catastrophe: The 2019/20 crime stats and post-COVID19 violence prevention in South Africa," Safer Spaces, August 4, 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, "Convention on Cluster Munitions Celebrates 10th Anniversary: A Living Legacy," Disarmament Dialogue blog, July 31, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Treaty Banning Cluster Munitions Turns 10, but Without the US," Just Security, July 31, 2020.
Amy Nelson+, "Inevitable Bedfellows? Cooperation on Military Technology for the Development of UAVs and Cruise Missiles in the Asia-Pacific," International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), July 28, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones+, "Black & Grey: The Illicit Online Trade of Small Arms in Venezuela," Armament Research Services (ARES), July 27, 2020
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Yemen’s Disappearing Date Palms: Applied Environmental OSINT," Bellingcat, July 24, 2020.
Matthew Breay Bolton, "Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing," I.B. Taurus, July 23, 2020.
Anna Stavrianakis, "'Isolated incidents': The legal absurdity of UK arms sales for Saudi war in Yemen," Middle East Eye, July 23, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "Beyond Performance: Lessons Learned from U.S. Security Assistance to Tunisia,"Security Assistance Monitor, July 22, 2020.
Adam Isacson, "In Latin America, COVID-19 Risks Permanently Disturbing Civil-Military Relations," Washington Office on Latin America, July 20, 2020.
Robert Muggah, "To Downsize Bloated, Too-Powerful Police, Look at These Examples," Foreign Policy, July 17, 2020.
Elias Yousif and William Hartung, "Congress Needs a Veto, Not a Notification, on Arms Sales," DefenseOne, July 17, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum, "Don’t Let Congress Stick Its Head in the Sand on Pentagon Spending," Friends Committee on National Legislation, July 15, 2020.
William Hartung, "America Needs A Transformative Foreign Policy," Forbes, July 14, 2020.
Iain Overton (editor)+, "Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons," Action on Armed Violence, July 10, 2020.
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "A Record Number Of Countries Are Using Child Soldiers," Inkstick, July 9, 2020.
Amy Nelson, "Innovation and Its Discontents: National Models of Military Innovation and the Dual-Use Conundrum," The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), July 2020.
Mandy Smithberger+, "Ending police violence begins with cutting Pentagon money, militarization program," USA Today, July 8, 2020.
William Hartung, "Police, Prisons, and the Pentagon: Defunding America's Wars at Home and Abroad," The Nation, July 8, 2020.
Iain Overton, "The Effects of Strategic Bombing in WWII on German Morale," Action on Armed Violence, July 8, 2020. (See also summary of effects on health care and medicine.)
Waleed Alhariri+, "Struggle for the South – The Yemen Review, June 2020," Sana'a Center, July 8, 2020.
Doug Weir, "Closing the environmental monitoring gap in conflicts," Institution of Environmental Sciences, July 2020.
Iain Overton (editor) "The Broken Land: the environmental consequences of explosive weapon use," Action on Armed Violence, July 3, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "A proven model for human-centered international security exists. Let’s use it," Responsible Statecraft, July 2, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Disbanding police," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, July 2, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree," The Nation, July 2, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Coronavirus? What Coronavirus? Congress is setting national security priorities as if it's been living in a cave," Inkstick, July 1, 2020.
Maria Pia Devoto+ "Battling the true enemy: A comparative analysis of government spending on health and military in the context of a health crisis," APP-SEHLAC, July 1, 2020.
John Lindsay-Poland, “Much of the work to demilitarize police has to be done at the local level,” Responsible Statecraft, July 1, 2020.
Nicholas Marsh, "Exporting Coercive Power: Regulations and Best Practices for Security Force Assistance," PRIO Policy Brief, 3, July 1, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "A River of Death: How oil pollution is impacting health and livelihoods in conflict-affected north east Syria," PAX, June 30, 2020.
Mandy Smithberger, "Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health," The Nation, June 30, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Thanks to Ocasio-Cortez, Congress could finally hold Israel accountable," The New Arab (Alaraby), June 30, 2020.
Elias Yousif, "Is America becoming a police state?" The Hill, June 26, 2020.
Rachel Stohl, "Defense industry cheers as the Trump administration is poised to loosen restrictions on drone exports," Responsible Statecraft, June 25, 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall+, "Trump's dismal drone policy," Washington Examiner, June 23, 2020.
Rob Muggah+, "Calls for Police Reform Are Getting Louder—Here Is How to Do It," Foreign Policy, June 22, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Deconstructing borders," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, June 22, 2020.
Stephen Miles +, "Dismantle the war economy," openDemocracy, June 19, 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall+, "Explaining U.S. Arms Sales," CATO blog, June 18, 2020.
Mark Bromley+, "Using official development assistance to strengthen small arms and light weapons controls: Opportunities and risks," SIPRI, June 18, 2020.
William Hartung, "Senate Authorizers Tone Deaf on Defense," Forbes, June 16, 2020.
Nate Smith, "It's time to take away the tear gas," Amnesty International USA, June 15, 2020.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Towards a Postcolonial, Anti- Racist, Anti- Militarist Feminist Mode of Weapons Control" in New Directions in Women, Peace and Security, Bristol University Press, June 12, 2020.
Seth Binder+, "President Trump’s FY21 Budget: Examining U.S. Assistance to the Middle East and North Africa in the Shadow of COVID-19," Project on Middle East Democracy, June 10, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum and Rachel Stohl, "Yes, Congress, There Is Something You Can Do About Reckless Arms Sales," Just Security, June 9, 2020.
Doug Weir, "UN report details environmental degradation in West Bank and Gaza," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 8, 2020.
Iain Overton, "'I Drove this Exact Truck' How the War on Terror Came Back to Haunt America,"' Byline Times, June 4, 2020
Doug Weir, "How does war damage the environment?" Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 4, 2020.
Waleed Alhariri+, "A Grave Road Ahead – The Yemen Review, May 2020," Sana'a Center, June 3, 2020.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, "Staying Safe & Documenting Abandoned or Mis-fired Riot Control Munitions," Mines Action Canada, June 3, 2020.
William Hartung, "Trump’s Saudi arms deals underscore dangers of runaway arms sales," Responsible Statecraft, June 2, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: Dismantling Structural Racism and Disarming, Demilitarising, and Defunding Police to Rebuild our Communities," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, June 2, 2020.
Robert Muggah+, "Bolsonaro's end game," openDemocracy, June 2, 2020.
Nils Duquet+, “Illicit firearms trafficking in Europe during and after COVID-19”, Flemish Peace Institute, 2 June 2020.
Jodi Vittori, "A Weapons Epidemic," Diwan, Carnegie Middle East Center, June 1, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Arms Deals Continue During Pandemic," and "Lawmakers Press Esper on Landmine Policy, 'Arms Control Today, June 2020.
Iain Overton, "What is Missing in the Debate about Police Violence in the US,"' Byline Times, June 1, 2020
Doug Weir, "Time to move beyond Yemen’s SAFER oil tanker blame game," Conflict and Environment Observatory, June 1, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "UN Security Council discusses but fails to enact real protection of civilians," Reaching Critical Will, May 29, 2020.
Nicholas Marsh+, "Compounding Fragmentation: Security force assistance to fragile states in the Sahel and Horn of Africa," PRIO Paper, May 2020.
William Hartung, "No time to be selling arms to the Philippines," The Hill, May 28, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Exploring environmental harm from explosive weapons in populated areas," PAX, May 28, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz+, "How the U.N. Can Help Prevent the Spread of Proxy Conflicts," JustSecurity, May 27, 2020.
Elizabeth Minor, "Protecting civilians as an international policy agenda – A snapshot from 2019,' Article 36, May 27, 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall, Caroline Dorminey+, "Power, Profit, or Prudence? US Arms Sales since 9/11," Strategic Studies Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 2, Summer 2020, May 27, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Congress is poised to pass far-reaching Israeli wish list," Mondoweiss, May 27, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "Digital Diplomacy Dos and Don'ts: A New Guide," Disarmament Dialogue blog, May 26, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum, "The Afghanistan Exit Deal May Fail, The Withdrawal Shouldn't ," Inkstick, May 26, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, "Menace or Myth? A Closer Look at the 'Cop-killer' 5.7 × 28 mm Cartridge," Research Report No. 9, Armament Research Services, May 26, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "What another fired watchdog reveals about Trump's shady Saudi deals," The New Arab (Alaraby), May 23, 2020.
William Hartung, Christina Arabia+, "The Trump Effect: Trends in Major U.S. Arms Sales 2019," Security Assistance Monitor, May 21, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz+, "How States Supporting Armed Proxies Can Reduce Civilian Casualties and Protracted Hostilities," JustSecurity, May 20, 2020.
Mandy Smithberger+, "Congress needs to be more forceful in its response to Trump’s inspector general purges," Responsible Statecraft, May 20, 2020.
William Hartung, "U.S. Arms Sales and the Yemen War," New York Times letter to the editor, May 19, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Why are we continuing to sell arms to repressive regimes amid a pandemic?" Responsible Statecraft, May 15, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Gender-Based Violence and the Arms Trade"; Allison Pytlak, "Are Arms Trade Treaty Meetings Being Used to Their Full Potential?"; Sam Perlo-Freeman, "The ATT and War Profiteering: the Case of the UK"; Deepayan Basu Ray, "Commentary: Making Sense of the World that the ATT and the SDGs Are Designed to ‘Fix’" in Global Responsibility to Protect, Brill, Volume 12 (2020): Issue 2 (May 2020).
Seth Binder, "Black Box: Military Budgets in the Arab World," Project on Middle East Democracy, May 12, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz+, "Why No One Ever Wins a Proxy War," JustSecurity, May 11, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Grading DoDs Annual Civilian Casualties Report: 'Incomplete'," Just Security, May 7, 2020.
William Hartung+, "Record global military spending undermines human security," The Hill, May 7, 2020.
William Hartung, "Time to Rethink Security Aid to Egypt," Defense One, May 7, 2020
William Hartung and Seth Binder, "U.S. Security Assistance to Egypt: Examining the Return on Investment," Project on Middle East Democracy and the Center for International Policy, May 6, 2020
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: Divest, Demilitarise, and Disarm," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, May 5, 2020.
Mandy Smithberger, "Beware the Pentagon’s Pandemic Profiteers: Hasn’t the Military-Industrial Complex Taken Enough of Our Money?" TomDispatch, May 3, 2020.
Diana Ohlbaum, "Five ways to reset US foreign policy amid the COVID-19 crisis," Responsible Statecraft, May 1, 2020.
Sam Perlo Freeman, "How unconstrained military spending harms international security"; Ray Acheson +, "A feminist approach for addressing excessive military spending"; William Hartung +, "From swords to ploughshares: lessons learned from conversion movements" in Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending, UNODA Occasional Papers - No. 35, April 30, 2020.
Martin Butcher +, "With Coronavirus Spreading, Time to Repurpose the Arms Industry to Meet Human Need," Oxfam International, April 30, 2020.
Lode Dewaeghenerie, "The importance of Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Reporting for the implementation of the Oslo Action Plan," Commentaries, European Studies Unit, University of Liège, April 30, 2020.
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "COVID-19 and the U.S. Defense Industry," Stimson Center, April 27, 2020.
Rachel Stohl, "Unhappy Anniversary: The US ‘Unsigned’ the Arms Trade Treaty a Year Ago," Defense One, April 26, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: Multilateralism Matters," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, April 24. 2020.
Wim Zwijnenberg, "Dying To Keep Warm: Oil Trade And Makeshift Refining In North-West Syria," Bellingcat, April 24, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "Human-rights must be safeguarded while fighting coronavirus," The Star, April 23, 2020.
Robert Muggah+, "We urgently need major cooperation on global security in the COVID-19 era," World Economic Forum, April 23, 2020.
Allison Pytlak+, "Why gender matters in international cyber security," Reaching Critical Will, April 2020.
Dan Mahanty, "Great Expectations: AFRICOM's New Quarterly Report on Civilian Casualties," Just Security, April 21, 2020.
Kate Kizer, "Incrementalism Won't Save Us, Bold Internationalism Will," Inkstick, April 21, 2020
William Hartung, "Duterte uses Covid-19 response to broaden reign of fear and repression," CNN, April 20, 2020
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: A Sustainable Ceasefire Means No More 'Business as Usual', Reaching Critical Will, April 17. 2020.
William Hartung+, "How the Military-Industrial Complex Is Using the Coronavirus," The Nation, April 17, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "In the midst of our COVID-19 crisis, Canada lifted its moratorium on arms exports to Saudi Arabia," The Globe and Mail, April 15, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19: The Risks of Relying on Technology to “Save Us” from the Coronavirus," Reaching Critical Will, April 15. 2020.
Bonnie Docherty and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan,
"COVID-19: The Threats and Opportunities for Humanitarian Disarmament," Disarmament Dialogue blog, April 14, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "U.S. Security Aid Is a Faith-Based Policy," Just Security, April 14, 2020.
Robert Muggah+, "We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place," Foreign Policy, April 14, 2020.
Brittany Benowitz, "Time to Get a Handle on America’s Conduct of Proxy Warfare," Lawfare, April 9, 2020.
Dan Mahanty, "Renovating ‘the Swamp’ post COVID-19 by reconfiguring budgets and bureaucracy," Responsible Statecraft, April 8, 2020.
Verity Coyle, "Multilateralism in the Era of COVID 19," Stimson Center, April 8, 2020.
Radhya Almutawakel, "Yemen: First bombs, soon a coronavirus epidemic," Aljazeera, April 7, 2020.
Ray Acheson+, "Urgency of dealing with autonomous weapons is highlighted in Germany's online forum," Reaching Critical Will, April 6. 2020.
Guy Lamb, "OPINION: Fear and policing in the time of Covid-19," News24, April 3, 2020.
Mary Wareham, "Digital Diplomacy Keeps Pressure on Killer Robots Challenge," Human Rights Watch, April 2, 2020.
Colby Goodman, "US reverses course on efforts to curb intensity of conflict violence," Responsible Statecraft, April 2, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "Arms control diplomacy a worrying casualty of COVID-19," Project Ploughshares, April 1, 2020.
Waleed Alhariri+, "Five Years Since Decisive Storm – The Yemen Review," Sana'a Center, April 1, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. Fuels Growing Arms Trade Market" and "Firearms Export Changes Partially Blocked," Arms Control Today, April 2020.
Anna Stavrianakis, "The UK feigns ignorance, but five years on it's still intimately involved in Yemen's war," Guardian, March 31, 2020.
William Hartung, "Five Years Later, It's Time to End the Yemen War," Inkstick, March 30, 2020.
Dan Gettinger, "Drone Databook Update: March 2020," Center for the Study of the Drone, March 30, 2020.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones +, "Desktop Firearms: Emergent Small Arms Craft Production Technologies," Armament Research Services , March 2020.
Bonnie Docherty, "From Weapons Bans to Travel Bans: Humanitarian Disarmament Stays Strong during the Pandemic," humanitariandisarmament.org, March 27, 2020
Mandy Smithberger+, "America should save emergency spending for emergencies," DefenseNews, March 27, 2020.
Cesar Jaramillo, "In a welcome shift, Canada makes banning killer robots a foreign policy priority," The Ploughshares Monitor, Project Ploughshares, March 2020.
Ray Acheson, "COVID-19:From Ceasefire to Divestment and Disarmament," Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, March 26, 2020.
Kate Kizer, "BuT hOw WiLl We PaY fOr It?, "Responsible Statecraft, March 25, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg+, "Signs of Progress: Environment and Conflict in the UN Security Council," Planetary Security Initiative/PAX briefing note, March 2020.
Shannon Dick+, "How Arms Proliferation Is Driving Herder-Farmer Conflict in the Sahel," World Politics Review, March 19, 2020.
Andrew Feinstein+, "Why is South Africa providing a haven for an arms dealer convicted of war crimes?" Daily Maverick, March 18, 2020.
Josh Ruebner, "Congress seeks to hold Israel accountable for demolishing Palestinian homes," Mondoweiss, March 17, 2020.
Dan Mahanty+, "Time to flip the script on congressional arms sales powers," The Hill, March 15, 2020
Colby Goodman, "Higher or Weaker Walls Over Sensitive U.S. Arms Exports?," The Export Practitioner, March 2020, also available here.
William Hartung, "We’re Number One: U.S. Dominates Global Arms Trade — Again," Forbes, March 12, 2020
Aude Fleurant+, "Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2019," SIPRI, March 9, 2020
Iain Overton (director)+, "Summary report from a joint AOAV-Chatham House round-table examining gender and explosive weapons," AOAV, March 2, 2020
Iain Overton (director)+, "Summary report from a joint AOAV-Chatham House round-table examining gender and explosive weapons," AOAV, March 2, 2020
Wim Zwijnenburg, "How do the Climate Crisis and Conflicts Bind Humanitarians and Environmentalists?," Environmental Emergencies Centre, March 2020
Jeff Abramson, "U.S. to Allow Expanded Landmine Use," Arms Control Today, March 2020
Jeff Abramson+, "Controversial Firearms Rules Published," Arms Control Today, March 2020
Waleed Alhariri +, The War Over Aid -The Yemen Review Jan/Feb 2020, Sana'a Center, February 29, 2020
Daniel Mack+, "VÅPENEKSPORT OG KRIGEN I JEMEN: Utilstrekkelige risikovurderinger og svakheter i norsk regelverk," Save the Children Norway and Changemaker, February 26, 2020
Dan Mahanty, "In Search of Answers: U.S. Military Investigations and Civilian Harm," War on the Rocks, February 20, 2020
Sam Perlo-Freeman, "Fighting the wrong battles: How obsession with military power diverts resources from the climate crisis," Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), February 2020.
William Hartung, "Stop Arming Repressive Regimes," Forbes, February 19, 2020
Allison Pytlak+, “Correlates of state-sponsored cyber conflict” and Allison Pytlak, "In search of human rights in multilateral cybersecurity dialogues," Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity, edited by Eneken Tikk and Mika Kerttunen, London: Routledge, 2020
Alison Pytlak, "Cyber Security - A Team Sport" editorial, "News in Brief", and "A new 'Women in Cyber' fellowship has a big impact on the OEWG," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 7, Reaching Critical Will, February 18, 2020.
Ray Acheson, "Impacts, not intentionality: the imperative of focusing on the effects of explosive weapons in a political declaration," Reaching Critical Will, February 14, 2020
Dan Mahanty+, “In Search of Answers: U.S. Military Investigations and Civilian Harm,” CIVIC and Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, February 13, 2020
Kate Kizer, "Ilhan Omar Turns Progressive Foreign Policy Principles Into Action," The American Prospect, February 13, 2020
Mark Bromley, "A search for common ground: export controls on surveillance technology and the role of the EU," about:intel, February 12, 2020
Shannon Dick and Rachel Stohl, "U.S. Drone Policy: Transparency & Oversight," The Stimson Center, February 12, 2020
Allison Pytlak, “A whole lot of unpacking going on” editorial, ATT Monitor, Vol. 13, No. 2, Reaching Critical Will, February 11, 2020.
William Hartung, "Tomgram: William Hartung, Are Military-Funded Jobs a Key to Election 2020?," TomDispatch, February 11, 2020
Erin Hunt (overview), "New research project: How many women work in mine action?," Mines Action Canada, February 11, 2020.
Allison Pytlak, “Finding purpose” editorial, Cyber Peace & Security Monitor, Vol.1 No. 6, Reaching Critical Will, February 10, 2020.
Rachel Stohl, "The US Just Gave Greater Legitimacy to Landmines," Inkstick, February 10, 2020
Bonnie Docherty+, "Analysis of the Draft Elements of a Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, February 6, 2020.
Iain Overton, "Government Refuses to Reveal How Many RAF Bombs Failed to Explode as it would Harm Arms Trade Manufacturer’s ‘Trade Secrets’," Byline Times, February 5, 2020
Erin Hunt +, "Bernstein and Hunt: Canada must stand up to U.S. reversal on landmines," Ottawa Citizen, February 5, 2020
Mary Wareham, "US Should Think Again About Reversing Landmine Policy," Just Security, February 4, 2020.
Allison Pytlak+, "New Opportunities to Reduce Human Suffering" and "Implementing the CSP5 Decisions on Gender and Gender-Based Violence"; Ray Acheson, ""The Lethal Connections Between the International Arms Trade and the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," ATT Monitor Vol. 13, No. 1, Reaching Critical Will, February 3, 2020
Rachel Stohl (project lead), "The ATT Reporting Templates: Challenges and Recommendations," ATT-Baseline Assessment Project (ATT-BAP), January 2020.
A. Trevor Thrall +, "Trump extends travel ban to 6 countries — but is OK with selling arms to those same places," NBCNews, January 31, 2020.
Erin Hunt, "How Canada can eliminate lethal barriers to development," The Hill Times, January 30, 2020
Waleed Alhariri +, War’s Elusive End – The Yemen Annual Review 2019, Sana'a Center, January 30, 2020
Bonnie Docherty, "Humanitarian Disarmament’s Power and Potential at the Turn of the Decade," Humanitarian Disarmament, January 29, 2020
Adotei Akawei "New Arms Exports Rules Will Spread US Gun Violence Beyond Borders," The Globe Post, January 28, 2020
Anna Stavrianakis, "Britain must be held to account for its role in the war in Yemen," The Guardian, January 24, 2020.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Black Gold Burning: In Search Of South Sudan’s Oil Pollution," Bellingcat, January 23, 2020 Erin Hunt, "How Canada can eliminate lethal barriers to development," The Hill Times, January 30, 2020
Mary Wareham, "As Killer Robots Loom, Demands Grow to Keep Humans in Control of Use of Force," Human Rights Watch, January 15, 2019.
Colby Goodman, "Holes In The Net: US Arms Export Control Gaps In Combatting Corruption," Transparency International Defence & Security Program, January 14, 2020.
Jeff Abramson, "Senator Refreshes Hold on Firearms Export Changes," Arms Control Today, January/February 2020.
Iain Overton, "Could Trump have Started a Terrible New Era for Suicide Bombers?" Byline Times, January 8, 2020.
Dan Gettinger, "The Soleimani killing and 5 things to know about drones in Iraq," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 7, 2020.
Matthew Bolton+, "Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament," Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Matthew Bolton, "Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations," Palgrave Pivot, 2020.
Iain Overton+, "Explosive violence in 2019," AOAV, January 7, 2020.
Jennifer Erickson, "Punishing the violators? Arms embargoes and economic sanctions as tools of norm enforcement," Review of International Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, January 2020.
2019
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, 'Finnish 160 Ntkr Series High Explosive Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot (HEFSDS) Extended-range 160 mm Mortar Projectiles', Ordnance Society Journal, Volume 26 (December 2019).
Mary Wareham, "Killer robots are not a fantasy. The world must reject and block these weapons." USA Today, December 30, 2019.
Jodi Vittori+, "A Mutual Extortion Racket: The Military Industrial Complex and US Foreign Policy – The Cases of Saudi Arabia & UAE," December 20, 2019.
Dan Mahanty+, "Hidden Gems: Civilian Casualties and Use of Force Reporting Provisions in the Annual Defense Bill," Just Security, December 17, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Requiem for Risk: Non-knowledge and Domination in the Governance of Weapons Circulation," International Political Sociology vol. 13, no. 4, December 16, 2019
William Hartung, "Lessons From Battling the Pentagon for Four Decades," TomDispatch, December 15, 2019.
Allison Pytlak+, "Breaking Silos, Building Community," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor vol. 1, no. 5, Reaching Critical Will, December 9, 2019.
Mark Bromley+, "Detecting, investigating and prosecuting export control violations: European perspectives on key challenges and good practices," SIPRI, December 2019.
Aude Fleurant+, "The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2018," December 2019.
Dan Gettinger, "Turkey’s military drones: an export product that’s disrupting NATO," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, December 6, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Move Signaled for Firearm Exports Changes," Arms Control Today," December 4, 2019.
Nils Duquet, "Reviewing the EU Common Position on arms exports: whither EU arms transfer controls?," Flemish Peace Institute, December 3, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "The Value of Multi-Stakeholderism," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor vol. 1, no. 4, December 2, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty+, "A Commitment to Civilians: Precedent for a Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," International Human Rights Clinic, November 2019.
Rasha Abdul Rahim, "The weaponisation of AI: An existential threat to human rights and dignity," in Artificial intelligence: Human rights, social justice and development, Global Information Society Watch 2019, November 28, 2019.
Martin Butcher, "The Gendered Impact of Explosive Weapons Use in Populated Areas in Yemen," Oxfam Briefing Paper, November 26, 2019.
Mary Wareham and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "Landmine Monitor 2019," Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, ICBL, November 21, 2019.
Cesar Jaramillo, "Collateral Damage No More: Urban Conflict, Explosive Weapons, and a Case Study in Multilateral Norm Building," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, November 21, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Ringing the Alarm on Killer Robots," Human Rights Watch, November 20, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Landmine stockpiles and their destruction," in The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Twenty Years of Saving Lives and Preventing Indiscriminate Harm, UN Occasional Paper 34, November 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Solving the jigsaw of conflict-related environmental damage: Utilizing open-source analysis to improve research into environmental health risks," Journal of Public Health, November 19, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty, "Incendiary Weapons Draw Widespread Condemnation," Human Rights Watch, November 18, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Trump administration's dangerous plan to make it easier to export assault weapons," CNN, November 18, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Democrats Should Debate Arms Policy, Not Just Impeachment," Defense One, November 18, 2019.
William Hartung, "America’s Arms Sales Addiction: The 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade," TomDispatch, November 18, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty+, "Elements of a Treaty to Ban Fully Autonmous Weapons," CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 8, November 17, 2019
Bonnie Docherty, "Incendiary Weapons," CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 8, November 17, 2019
Ray Acheson, "The CCW is still standing, but to what end?" CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 8, November 17, 2019
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Stemming the guns of massacre in Mexico," Salt Lake Tribune, November 16, 2019.
Doug Weir+, "Brexit, chemicals legislation and the UK defence sector," Conflict and Environment Observatory, November 14, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Italy’s contribution to the Mexican powder keg," Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico, November 12, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland, "Armas y matanzas en México," NEXOS, November 11, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty, "Standing Firm against Incendiary Weapons: Memorandum to Delegates of the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons," Human Rights Watch and IHRC, November 11, 2019.
Frank Slijper, "Slippery Slope: The arms industry and increasingly autonomous weapons," PAX, November 11, 2019.
Doug Weir, "Environment," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Fully Autonomous Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "The unbearable heaviness of hypocrisy," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Josh Ruebner, "Israel: the country that loves US handouts but hates US criticism," TheNewArab, November 8, 2019.
Scott Paul, "7 ways to sell US arms abroad without losing your soul," Oxfam, November 7, 2019.
Rachel Stohl, Shannon Dick, "Global Arms Trade: Setting an Example for Responsible Policy," Stimson Center issue brief, November 7, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "The Environment Has Become a Hostage to Armed Conflict," New Security Beat, Wilson Center, November 7, 2019.
Rachel Stohl+, "Trump administration turns its back on child soldiers again," The Hill, November 4, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Explosive Weapons Declaration Gains Momentum," Arms Control Today, vol. 49, no. 9, November 4, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Armed Drones" First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 5, November 4, 2019.
Denise Garcia+, "The Artificial Intelligence Arms Race: Trends and World Leaders in Autonomous Weapons
Development," Global Policy, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019.
Robert Muggah+, "We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here's how," World Economic Forum, October 28, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 4, October 28, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Liar, Liar, People on Fire," editorial, First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 4, October 28, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Converging Agendas: Global Norms on Gender, Small Arms, and Development" in "Gender-responsive Small Arms Control: A Practical Guide," Small Arms Survey, October 25, 2019.
William Hartung, "US Arms Sales Include Discounts for Dictators," Inkstick, October 25, 2019.
Rachel Stohl, "The Known Unknowns: Examining the 2018 ATT Annual Reports," Arms Trade Treaty-Baseline Assessment Project (Stimson Center), October 24, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, October 21, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, October 21, 2019.
Shannon Dick, "How the United States can ensure American weapons aren't used for human rights abuses," MilitaryTimes, October 17, 2019.
Dan Mahanty+, "We Americans Always Say We Do Our Best Not to Hurt Civilians. But Our Best Isn't Good Enough | Opinion," Newsweek, October 17, 2019.
William Hartung, "To Curb Turkey's Invasion of Syria, Cut off US Arms and Support," Inkstick, October 15, 2019.
Doug Weir+, "The United Kingdom's practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, October 14, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, October 14, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, October 14, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Fully Autonomous Weapons," First Committee Monitor, October 14, 2019.
William Hartung, "Turkey Issue Brief," Security Assistance Monitor, October 11, 2019.
William Hartung, "Turkey's Invasion of Syria, Made In The USA," Forbes, October 10, 2019.
Erin Hunt+, "#WPSAdvice: Put Canada Back in Humanitarian Disarmament," Women, Peace and Security Network - Canada, October 10, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Preserving First Committee's Global Village," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 1, October 7, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "States commit to take political action on explosive weapons at Vienna Conference," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 1, October 7, 2019.
William Hartung, "Why is the United States still siding with the ruthless regime in Saudi Arabia?" The Washington Post, October 6, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, "UK Stance on Khashoggi murder betrayed by unlawful arms sales to Saudis," The Guardian, October 3, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty, "The Function of Political Declarations," Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare, October 2, 2019.
William Hartung+, "Trump and money are shielding Saudi Arabia from accountability for Khashoggi's killing," Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2019.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "Canada joins the Arms Trade Treaty - but will it cancel the Saudi deal?" OpenCanada, October 1, 2019.
Josh Ruebner, "It's time for Congress to defund Trump's 'favourite dictator'," Alaraby, September 26, 2019 (updated).
Dan Gettinger, "The Drone Databook," Center for the Study of the Drone, September 25, 2019.
Iain Overton, "A Hospital on the Edge of Civilisation," Byline Times, September 23, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Time to Harden International Norms on Armed Drones," Defense One," September 21, 2019.
Diana Ohlbaum+, "Diplomacy is still the best option for dealing with Iran," The Hill, September 20, 2019.
Roy Isbister, "The UK's Arms-to-Saudi quagmire: from tragedy to farce," Saferworld, September 20, 2019.
Samuel Perlo-Freeman, "Red Flags and Red Diamonds: The Warning Signs and Political Drivers of Arms Trade Corruption," World Peace Foundation, September 19, 2019.
Kate Kizer and Stephen Miles+, (contributing) "Reimagining U.S. Security Spending for the 21st Century and beyond," Win Without War, September 2019.
A. Trevor Thrall and Caroline Dorminey, "Some Arms Exports are Riskier Than Others. Here's a Tool to Tell Which Ones," Defense One, September 18, 2019.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, "Chinese GP6 guided artillery projectiles in Libya," Armament Research Services, September 18, 2019.
A. Trevor Thrall, "Selling F-16s to Taiwan is Bad Business," Defense One, September 17, 2019.
Radhya Al-Mutawakel, "Africa must help end the war on its doorstep in Yemen," Mail & Guardian, September 17, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Not Starting From Scratch Means Building on Humanitarian Disarmament," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 3, September 16, 2019.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak (eds.), "First Committee Briefing Book 2019," Reaching Critical Will, September 2019. With articles by Ray Acheson, Matthew Bolton, Bonnie Docherty, Natalie Goldring, Hector Guerra, Elizabeth Minor, Allison Pytlak, Mary Wareham, Doug Weir, and Wim Zwijnenburg.
Allison Pytlak, "Capacity, Confidence-Building, and Consultation - The Work of the OEWG Begins," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 2, September 11, 2019.
Nate Smith+, "It's Time for Congress to Rein in US Arms Exports," Defense One, September 11, 2019.
A.Trevor Thrall, Caroline Dorminey+, The 2019 Arms Sales Risk Index," (update) The Cato Institute, September 10, 2019.
William Hartung, "Restore Controls over dangerous gun exports," The Hill, September 10, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Opportunity and imperative: can a new UN working group on cyber security bring security for all?" Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 1, September 9, 2019.
Patrick Wilcken (contributor), "Outsourcing Responsibility: Human Rights in the Defense Sector," Amnesty International publication, September 9, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, Armed Drones and Export Controls at UN," European Forum on Armed Drones, September 9, 2019.
William Hartung, "Should Arms Makers Be Held Responsible for How Their Weapons Are Used?" Forbes, September 9, 2019.
Doug Weir, "Civilian science: the potential of participatory environmental monitoring in areas affected by armed conflicts," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, September 6, 2019.
Shannon Dick, "The Arms Trade and Syria," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, September 2, 2019.
Matthew Bolton+, “Local Peacebuilding in East Africa: The Role of Customary Norms and Institutions in Addressing Pastoralist Conflict in Kenya and Uganda,” Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies (ed. Stacey Connaughton and Jessica Berns), September 2019.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak, "Turning from the final report to implementation, let’s make the ATT a treaty that save lives," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 9, August 30, 2019; see also "News in brief" by Ray Acheson et al, ATT Monitor, Reaching Critical Will.
Ray Acheson, "A fight for the moral and political credibility of the ATT," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 8, August 30, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "The Meaning of Implementation," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 7, August 29, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Effective ATT Implementation means putting people above profits," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 6, August 29, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Where Black Rivers Flow," Ecologist, August 28, 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, “ZSQUARED Engineering develops new unmanned surface vehicle as demand for USVs grows,” Jane’s 360, August 28, 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, “Chile buys Fibrotex’s camouflage systems,” Jane’s 360, August 28, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Making sure the rhetoric matches the reality," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 5, August 27, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "What will- and won't- be discussed at CSP5," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 4, August 26, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "While a few countries control the CCW, we risk losing control over weapons," vol. 7, no. 7, August 22, 2019; "This cannot be kicked down the road any further," vol 7., no. 6, August 21; see also "News in brief" by Allison Pytlak in both editions, CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will.
Rachel Stohl, "Understanding the Role of U.S. Industry in the Arms Trade Treaty," Stimson Center, August 20, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Be bolder to prevent a future of killer robots," CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 5, Reaching Critical Will, August 20, 2019.
Frank Slijper, "Don't Be Evil? A Survey of the Tech Sector's Stance on Lethal Autonomous Weapons," PAX, August 19, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Out of sight: British press ignores the continuing horror in Afghanistan," politics.co.uk, August 15, 2019.
Kate Kizer, "The UAE’s Dominant Role in Trump-Era Foreign Policy," The American Prospect, August 2, 2019.
Doug Weir, "How Yemen’s conflict destroyed its waste management system," Conflict and Environment Observatory, August 1, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Iranian Oil Spills on Syria’s Shores: A Brief OSINT Overview of an Environmental Incident," Bellingcat, July 31, 2019.
William Hartung, "Economics Shouldn't Determine U.S.-Saudi Arms Sales," Forbes, July 30, 2019.
Mark Bromley+, "Measuring illicit arms and financial flows: Improving the assessment of Sustainable Development Goal 16," SIPRI, July 2019.
William Hartung+, "US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: The Corporate Connection," Arms and Security Project, Center for International Policy, July 29, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Brexit Britain's Love Affair with its Navy is Rooted in a Foolish and Costly Obsession with the Past," Byline Times, July 29, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Conflict reporting: are injuries no longer news?" OpenDemocracy, July 29, 2019
William Hartung, "Trump’s Saudi Arms Vetoes, Deconstructed," LobeLog, July 26, 2019.
Dan Mahanty+, "Niger: A Bulwark against Further Instability in West Africa," CSIS Briefs, July 24, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland, "The U.S. Is Flooding the World With Guns. Congress Can Stop That," Foreign Policy in Focus, July 22, 2019.
Rob Muggah+, "Building the Bridge: SDG 16 // Commentary on Arms Control To Reduce Violence, Prevent Conflict and Advance Sustainable Development," UNIDIR, July 2019.
Radhya al-Mutawakel+, "Withering Life: The Human Rights Situation in Yemen 2018," Mwatana for Human Rights, July 2019.
Roy Isbister, "Reviewing EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP: Some food for thought," July 2019.
William Hartung, "Merger Mania: The Military-Industrial Complex on Steroids" TomDispatch, July 16, 2019.
Christina Arabia, "Disappearing Transparency in U.S. Arms Trade," Lawfare, July 15, 2019.
Jeff Abramson +, “Saudi Arms Sales Hit Hurdles in U.S., UK,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2019.
Anna Stavriankis, “See no evil: How the UK government tries not to know about bombing civilians in Yemen,” Middle East Eye, June 27, 2019.
Roy Isbister,"'Nothing to see here': UK's response to court ruling on arms sales to Saudi Arabia raises doubts about its willingness to fix problems," Saferworld (blog), June 26, 2019.
Seth Binder + "President Trump's Third Foreign Affairs Budget," Project on Middle East Democracy, June 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, "Peru and China sign new agreement for military donations," Jane's Defence Weekly, June 26, 2019.
William Hartung, "Do U.S. Defense Firms Really Need Arms Exports?" Forbes, June 24, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, “British arms sales to Saudi Arabia deemed unlawful, but now the hard work begins,” The Guardian, June 22, 2019.
Iain Overton, "The UK’s arming of the Saudis is unlawful, but will a Brexiteering government care?" Open Democracy, June 20, 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, "Moldova-US relations and the National Guard’s State Partnership Programme," Defence IQ, June 19, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Why the Landmine Legacy of Princess Diana needs to address a 21st Century Reality," Byline Times, June 18, 2019.
Nils Duquet, “Q&A:What is the impact of the internet on illicit weapon markets in Europe?” Flemish Peace Institute, June 13, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Inclusive Protection of Civilians During Conflicts: Making a Case for the Environment," New Security Beat, June 12, 2019.
Peter Asaro, "AI Ethics in Predictive Policing: From Models of Threat to an Ethics of Care," IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, June 10, 2019.
Rachel Stohl+, "An 'Emergency' Arms Deal: Will Congress Acquiesce in Another Blow to Its Authority?" Just Security, June 6, 2019.
Scott Paul, "End the arms sales, end the suffering," Oxfam's Politics of Poverty blog, June 6, 2019.
Frank Slijper+, "Controversial Arms Trade and investments of Dutch banks," Fair Bank Guide, June 6, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Fact Sheet on U.S. Weapons Sales to Honduras," Stop US Arms to Mexico, June 4, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Torching And Extortion: OSINT Analysis Of Burning Agriculture In Iraq," Bellingcat, June 3, 2019.
Peter Asaro, “Algorithms of Violence," Special Issue on Algorithms, Social Research, Summer 2019.
William Hartung, "Trump's 'Emergency' Sale to Saudi Arabia Must Not Stand," LobeLog, May 24, 2019.
Doug Weir, "The weaponisation of environmental information in the era of fake news," Conflict and Environment Observatory, May 16, 2019.
William Hartung, "It's Time To Stop Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia," LobeLog, May 15, 2019.
Kate Kizer, "Are you there McMaster? It's me, the American people." Inkstick, May 14, 2019.
Doug Weir, "A hazardous oil tanker has become a bargaining chip in the Yemen conflict," Conflict and Environment Observatory, May 16, 2019.
Frank Slijper+, "State of AI: Artificial intelligence, the military and increasingly autonomous weapons," PAX, released May 2019.
Seth Binder+, "The case for arms embargoes against uncooperative regimes," War on the Rocks, May 10, 2019.
Rachel Stohl+, "Leaving the Arms Trade Treaty would be another shot in America's foot," DefenseNews, May 10,
2019.
Rachel Stohl, "Trump Unsigns the Arms Trade Treaty: How Did We Get Here?" War on the Rocks, May 3,
2019.
Jeff Abramson +, "U.S. to Quit Arms Trade Treaty," and "Trump Vetoes Yemen War Powers Restraint Effort," Arms Control Today, May 2019.
Dan Mahanty +, "Protecting Civilians Still Matters in Great- Power Conflict," DefenseOne, May 3, 2019.
Dan Mahanty +, "The Pentagon's 2018 Civilian Casualties Report: What's In It and What's Next," Just Security, May 2, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Why NZ should ban killer robots," RadioNZ, May 1, 2019.
Rachel Stohl, "Trump’s decision to leave a global arms treaty was built on an NRA lie," Washington Post, April 29, 2019.
Rachel Stohl +, "Trump’s Withdrawl from Arms Trade Treaty Could Reduce US Exports," Defense One, April 29, 2019.
Aude Fleurant +, "Trends in world military expenditure, 2018," SIPRI, April 2019.
Rachel Stohl, "U.S. exit from Arms Trade Treaty forfeits input on a global challenge," Axios, April 27, 2019.
Iain Overton, "After Sri Lanka: the best books to understand modern terrorism," The Guardian, April 25, 2019.
Kate Kizer, "Congress Demands End to Yemen War: Now What?", Lobelog, April 10, 2019.
William Hartung and Christina Arabia, "Trends in Major U.S. Arms Sales in 2018: The Trump Record - Rhetoric Versus Reality," Center for International Policy, April 2019.
Iain Overton, "The Price of Paradise," Quercus, April 2019.
Nils Duquet, "The 2018 EU SALW Strategy: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Approach," No. 62, EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Paper, April 2019.
Daniel Mahanty and Alex Moorehead, "Costs of War Can’t Be Assessed Without Official Civilian Casualty Estimates" Just Security, April 3, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Sorry Jeremy Hunt, it's not that easy to excuse selling arms to Saudi Arabia," Independent, April 2, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, “It's time to get serious about gender-based violence,” ATT Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 12, No. 2, April 2, 2019.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones (editor), "Field Guide No.2: Introduction to Photogrammetry," Armament Research Services, April 2, 2019.
John Lindsay Poland +, “Human Rights and Legal Arms Exports: The United States and Germany in Light of the Crisis in Mexico,” Vol LIX, 2, Foro Internacional, April-June 2019.
Jeff Abramson, “U.S, Saudi Arms Transfers Top Global Trade," and “Congress Acts on War in Yemen,” Arms Control Today, April 2019.
William Hartung, "Pentagon Spending is a Poor Job Creator," The Nation, March 22 2019.
Ray Acheson, “It’s Time to Exercise Human Control Over the CCW,” (No. 2), “Will the ‘Insignificant States’ Please Stand Up,” (No. 3), CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, March 2019.
Erin Hunt, “Autonomous Weapons, Ethical AI, and Feminist Foreign Policy,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2019.
Mary Wareham, “Time to Get Serious Before It’s Too Late,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
Allison Pytlak, “Getting There, One Way or Another,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
William Hartung, “Pentagon Spending Is a Poor Job Creator,” The Nation, March 22, 2019.
Iain Overton +, "RAF claims 4,315 enemies killed and injured in Syria and Iraq, with just one civilian casualty" Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), March 7, 2019.
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.
Ray Acheson, “It’s Time to Exercise Human Control Over the CCW,” (No. 2), “Will the ‘Insignificant States’ Please Stand Up,” (No. 3), CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, March 2019.
Erin Hunt, “Autonomous Weapons, Ethical AI, and Feminist Foreign Policy,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2019.
Mary Wareham, “Time to Get Serious Before It’s Too Late,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
Allison Pytlak, “Getting There, One Way or Another,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
Peter Asaro, "What is an 'Artificial Intelligence Arms Race' Anyway," Ohio State Technology Law Journal, Spring 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, 2019.
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, 2019.
Iain Overton [editor], "The reverberating effects of explosive weapon use in Syria," AOAV, Feb. 6, 2019.
Kate Kizer, “A U.S. Grand Strategy for a Values-Driven Foreign Policy,” in New Voices in Grand Strategy, February 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.
Erin Hunt, "Why 'killer robots' are neither feminist nor ethical," OpenCanada.com, Jan. 22, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "How Congress Can Exert Responsible Oversight on Trump's Dangerous Approach to Arms Sales," Issue Brief, Arms Control Association, Jan. 15, 2019.
Robert Muggah, "Opinion: Relaxing Brazil's Gun Laws Could Make A Murderous Country Even Deadlier," National Public Radio, Jan. 10, 2019.
Jasmin Nario-Galace ("Women Controlling Arms, Building Peace: The Case of the Philippines") in "Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security," Jan. 10, 2019.
Ray Acheson ("WPS and Arms Trade Treaty"), in "Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security," Jan. 10, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Senate Buck's Trumps Saudi Approach" and "Mine Ban Nears 20th Anniversary," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2019.
Iain Overton [edited], "ISIS, air-strikes and the language of retaliation," AOAV, Jan. 7, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Heavy Rains in Hasakah: An Open-Source Analysis of Catastrophic Damage," Bellingcat, Jan. 3, 2019.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, 'Finnish 160 Ntkr Series High Explosive Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot (HEFSDS) Extended-range 160 mm Mortar Projectiles', Ordnance Society Journal, Volume 26 (December 2019).
Mary Wareham, "Killer robots are not a fantasy. The world must reject and block these weapons." USA Today, December 30, 2019.
Jodi Vittori+, "A Mutual Extortion Racket: The Military Industrial Complex and US Foreign Policy – The Cases of Saudi Arabia & UAE," December 20, 2019.
Dan Mahanty+, "Hidden Gems: Civilian Casualties and Use of Force Reporting Provisions in the Annual Defense Bill," Just Security, December 17, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Requiem for Risk: Non-knowledge and Domination in the Governance of Weapons Circulation," International Political Sociology vol. 13, no. 4, December 16, 2019
William Hartung, "Lessons From Battling the Pentagon for Four Decades," TomDispatch, December 15, 2019.
Allison Pytlak+, "Breaking Silos, Building Community," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor vol. 1, no. 5, Reaching Critical Will, December 9, 2019.
Mark Bromley+, "Detecting, investigating and prosecuting export control violations: European perspectives on key challenges and good practices," SIPRI, December 2019.
Aude Fleurant+, "The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2018," December 2019.
Dan Gettinger, "Turkey’s military drones: an export product that’s disrupting NATO," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, December 6, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Move Signaled for Firearm Exports Changes," Arms Control Today," December 4, 2019.
Nils Duquet, "Reviewing the EU Common Position on arms exports: whither EU arms transfer controls?," Flemish Peace Institute, December 3, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "The Value of Multi-Stakeholderism," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor vol. 1, no. 4, December 2, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty+, "A Commitment to Civilians: Precedent for a Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," International Human Rights Clinic, November 2019.
Rasha Abdul Rahim, "The weaponisation of AI: An existential threat to human rights and dignity," in Artificial intelligence: Human rights, social justice and development, Global Information Society Watch 2019, November 28, 2019.
Martin Butcher, "The Gendered Impact of Explosive Weapons Use in Populated Areas in Yemen," Oxfam Briefing Paper, November 26, 2019.
Mary Wareham and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan+, "Landmine Monitor 2019," Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, ICBL, November 21, 2019.
Cesar Jaramillo, "Collateral Damage No More: Urban Conflict, Explosive Weapons, and a Case Study in Multilateral Norm Building," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, November 21, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Ringing the Alarm on Killer Robots," Human Rights Watch, November 20, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Landmine stockpiles and their destruction," in The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Twenty Years of Saving Lives and Preventing Indiscriminate Harm, UN Occasional Paper 34, November 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Solving the jigsaw of conflict-related environmental damage: Utilizing open-source analysis to improve research into environmental health risks," Journal of Public Health, November 19, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty, "Incendiary Weapons Draw Widespread Condemnation," Human Rights Watch, November 18, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Trump administration's dangerous plan to make it easier to export assault weapons," CNN, November 18, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Democrats Should Debate Arms Policy, Not Just Impeachment," Defense One, November 18, 2019.
William Hartung, "America’s Arms Sales Addiction: The 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade," TomDispatch, November 18, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty+, "Elements of a Treaty to Ban Fully Autonmous Weapons," CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 8, November 17, 2019
Bonnie Docherty, "Incendiary Weapons," CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 8, November 17, 2019
Ray Acheson, "The CCW is still standing, but to what end?" CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 8, November 17, 2019
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Stemming the guns of massacre in Mexico," Salt Lake Tribune, November 16, 2019.
Doug Weir+, "Brexit, chemicals legislation and the UK defence sector," Conflict and Environment Observatory, November 14, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Italy’s contribution to the Mexican powder keg," Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico, November 12, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland, "Armas y matanzas en México," NEXOS, November 11, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty, "Standing Firm against Incendiary Weapons: Memorandum to Delegates of the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons," Human Rights Watch and IHRC, November 11, 2019.
Frank Slijper, "Slippery Slope: The arms industry and increasingly autonomous weapons," PAX, November 11, 2019.
Doug Weir, "Environment," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Fully Autonomous Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "The unbearable heaviness of hypocrisy," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 6, November 11, 2019.
Josh Ruebner, "Israel: the country that loves US handouts but hates US criticism," TheNewArab, November 8, 2019.
Scott Paul, "7 ways to sell US arms abroad without losing your soul," Oxfam, November 7, 2019.
Rachel Stohl, Shannon Dick, "Global Arms Trade: Setting an Example for Responsible Policy," Stimson Center issue brief, November 7, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "The Environment Has Become a Hostage to Armed Conflict," New Security Beat, Wilson Center, November 7, 2019.
Rachel Stohl+, "Trump administration turns its back on child soldiers again," The Hill, November 4, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Explosive Weapons Declaration Gains Momentum," Arms Control Today, vol. 49, no. 9, November 4, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Armed Drones" First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 5, November 4, 2019.
Denise Garcia+, "The Artificial Intelligence Arms Race: Trends and World Leaders in Autonomous Weapons
Development," Global Policy, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019.
Robert Muggah+, "We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here's how," World Economic Forum, October 28, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 4, October 28, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Liar, Liar, People on Fire," editorial, First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 4, October 28, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Converging Agendas: Global Norms on Gender, Small Arms, and Development" in "Gender-responsive Small Arms Control: A Practical Guide," Small Arms Survey, October 25, 2019.
William Hartung, "US Arms Sales Include Discounts for Dictators," Inkstick, October 25, 2019.
Rachel Stohl, "The Known Unknowns: Examining the 2018 ATT Annual Reports," Arms Trade Treaty-Baseline Assessment Project (Stimson Center), October 24, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, October 21, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, October 21, 2019.
Shannon Dick, "How the United States can ensure American weapons aren't used for human rights abuses," MilitaryTimes, October 17, 2019.
Dan Mahanty+, "We Americans Always Say We Do Our Best Not to Hurt Civilians. But Our Best Isn't Good Enough | Opinion," Newsweek, October 17, 2019.
William Hartung, "To Curb Turkey's Invasion of Syria, Cut off US Arms and Support," Inkstick, October 15, 2019.
Doug Weir+, "The United Kingdom's practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts," Conflict and Environment Observatory, October 14, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Cyber," First Committee Monitor, October 14, 2019.
Laura Boillot, "Explosive Weapons," First Committee Monitor, October 14, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Fully Autonomous Weapons," First Committee Monitor, October 14, 2019.
William Hartung, "Turkey Issue Brief," Security Assistance Monitor, October 11, 2019.
William Hartung, "Turkey's Invasion of Syria, Made In The USA," Forbes, October 10, 2019.
Erin Hunt+, "#WPSAdvice: Put Canada Back in Humanitarian Disarmament," Women, Peace and Security Network - Canada, October 10, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Preserving First Committee's Global Village," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 1, October 7, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "States commit to take political action on explosive weapons at Vienna Conference," First Committee Monitor, vol. 17, no. 1, October 7, 2019.
William Hartung, "Why is the United States still siding with the ruthless regime in Saudi Arabia?" The Washington Post, October 6, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, "UK Stance on Khashoggi murder betrayed by unlawful arms sales to Saudis," The Guardian, October 3, 2019.
Bonnie Docherty, "The Function of Political Declarations," Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare, October 2, 2019.
William Hartung+, "Trump and money are shielding Saudi Arabia from accountability for Khashoggi's killing," Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2019.
Cesar Jaramillo+, "Canada joins the Arms Trade Treaty - but will it cancel the Saudi deal?" OpenCanada, October 1, 2019.
Josh Ruebner, "It's time for Congress to defund Trump's 'favourite dictator'," Alaraby, September 26, 2019 (updated).
Dan Gettinger, "The Drone Databook," Center for the Study of the Drone, September 25, 2019.
Iain Overton, "A Hospital on the Edge of Civilisation," Byline Times, September 23, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Time to Harden International Norms on Armed Drones," Defense One," September 21, 2019.
Diana Ohlbaum+, "Diplomacy is still the best option for dealing with Iran," The Hill, September 20, 2019.
Roy Isbister, "The UK's Arms-to-Saudi quagmire: from tragedy to farce," Saferworld, September 20, 2019.
Samuel Perlo-Freeman, "Red Flags and Red Diamonds: The Warning Signs and Political Drivers of Arms Trade Corruption," World Peace Foundation, September 19, 2019.
Kate Kizer and Stephen Miles+, (contributing) "Reimagining U.S. Security Spending for the 21st Century and beyond," Win Without War, September 2019.
A. Trevor Thrall and Caroline Dorminey, "Some Arms Exports are Riskier Than Others. Here's a Tool to Tell Which Ones," Defense One, September 18, 2019.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, "Chinese GP6 guided artillery projectiles in Libya," Armament Research Services, September 18, 2019.
A. Trevor Thrall, "Selling F-16s to Taiwan is Bad Business," Defense One, September 17, 2019.
Radhya Al-Mutawakel, "Africa must help end the war on its doorstep in Yemen," Mail & Guardian, September 17, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Not Starting From Scratch Means Building on Humanitarian Disarmament," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 3, September 16, 2019.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak (eds.), "First Committee Briefing Book 2019," Reaching Critical Will, September 2019. With articles by Ray Acheson, Matthew Bolton, Bonnie Docherty, Natalie Goldring, Hector Guerra, Elizabeth Minor, Allison Pytlak, Mary Wareham, Doug Weir, and Wim Zwijnenburg.
Allison Pytlak, "Capacity, Confidence-Building, and Consultation - The Work of the OEWG Begins," Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 2, September 11, 2019.
Nate Smith+, "It's Time for Congress to Rein in US Arms Exports," Defense One, September 11, 2019.
A.Trevor Thrall, Caroline Dorminey+, The 2019 Arms Sales Risk Index," (update) The Cato Institute, September 10, 2019.
William Hartung, "Restore Controls over dangerous gun exports," The Hill, September 10, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "Opportunity and imperative: can a new UN working group on cyber security bring security for all?" Cyber Peace and Security Monitor, vol. 1, no. 1, September 9, 2019.
Patrick Wilcken (contributor), "Outsourcing Responsibility: Human Rights in the Defense Sector," Amnesty International publication, September 9, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, Armed Drones and Export Controls at UN," European Forum on Armed Drones, September 9, 2019.
William Hartung, "Should Arms Makers Be Held Responsible for How Their Weapons Are Used?" Forbes, September 9, 2019.
Doug Weir, "Civilian science: the potential of participatory environmental monitoring in areas affected by armed conflicts," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, September 6, 2019.
Shannon Dick, "The Arms Trade and Syria," Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, September 2, 2019.
Matthew Bolton+, “Local Peacebuilding in East Africa: The Role of Customary Norms and Institutions in Addressing Pastoralist Conflict in Kenya and Uganda,” Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies (ed. Stacey Connaughton and Jessica Berns), September 2019.
Ray Acheson and Allison Pytlak, "Turning from the final report to implementation, let’s make the ATT a treaty that save lives," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 9, August 30, 2019; see also "News in brief" by Ray Acheson et al, ATT Monitor, Reaching Critical Will.
Ray Acheson, "A fight for the moral and political credibility of the ATT," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 8, August 30, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "The Meaning of Implementation," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 7, August 29, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Effective ATT Implementation means putting people above profits," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 6, August 29, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Where Black Rivers Flow," Ecologist, August 28, 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, “ZSQUARED Engineering develops new unmanned surface vehicle as demand for USVs grows,” Jane’s 360, August 28, 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, “Chile buys Fibrotex’s camouflage systems,” Jane’s 360, August 28, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "Making sure the rhetoric matches the reality," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 5, August 27, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, "What will- and won't- be discussed at CSP5," ATT Monitor vol. 12, no. 4, August 26, 2019.
Ray Acheson, "While a few countries control the CCW, we risk losing control over weapons," vol. 7, no. 7, August 22, 2019; "This cannot be kicked down the road any further," vol 7., no. 6, August 21; see also "News in brief" by Allison Pytlak in both editions, CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will.
Rachel Stohl, "Understanding the Role of U.S. Industry in the Arms Trade Treaty," Stimson Center, August 20, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Be bolder to prevent a future of killer robots," CCW Report, vol. 7, no. 5, Reaching Critical Will, August 20, 2019.
Frank Slijper, "Don't Be Evil? A Survey of the Tech Sector's Stance on Lethal Autonomous Weapons," PAX, August 19, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Out of sight: British press ignores the continuing horror in Afghanistan," politics.co.uk, August 15, 2019.
Kate Kizer, "The UAE’s Dominant Role in Trump-Era Foreign Policy," The American Prospect, August 2, 2019.
Doug Weir, "How Yemen’s conflict destroyed its waste management system," Conflict and Environment Observatory, August 1, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Iranian Oil Spills on Syria’s Shores: A Brief OSINT Overview of an Environmental Incident," Bellingcat, July 31, 2019.
William Hartung, "Economics Shouldn't Determine U.S.-Saudi Arms Sales," Forbes, July 30, 2019.
Mark Bromley+, "Measuring illicit arms and financial flows: Improving the assessment of Sustainable Development Goal 16," SIPRI, July 2019.
William Hartung+, "US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: The Corporate Connection," Arms and Security Project, Center for International Policy, July 29, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Brexit Britain's Love Affair with its Navy is Rooted in a Foolish and Costly Obsession with the Past," Byline Times, July 29, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Conflict reporting: are injuries no longer news?" OpenDemocracy, July 29, 2019
William Hartung, "Trump’s Saudi Arms Vetoes, Deconstructed," LobeLog, July 26, 2019.
Dan Mahanty+, "Niger: A Bulwark against Further Instability in West Africa," CSIS Briefs, July 24, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland, "The U.S. Is Flooding the World With Guns. Congress Can Stop That," Foreign Policy in Focus, July 22, 2019.
Rob Muggah+, "Building the Bridge: SDG 16 // Commentary on Arms Control To Reduce Violence, Prevent Conflict and Advance Sustainable Development," UNIDIR, July 2019.
Radhya al-Mutawakel+, "Withering Life: The Human Rights Situation in Yemen 2018," Mwatana for Human Rights, July 2019.
Roy Isbister, "Reviewing EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP: Some food for thought," July 2019.
William Hartung, "Merger Mania: The Military-Industrial Complex on Steroids" TomDispatch, July 16, 2019.
Christina Arabia, "Disappearing Transparency in U.S. Arms Trade," Lawfare, July 15, 2019.
Jeff Abramson +, “Saudi Arms Sales Hit Hurdles in U.S., UK,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2019.
Anna Stavriankis, “See no evil: How the UK government tries not to know about bombing civilians in Yemen,” Middle East Eye, June 27, 2019.
Roy Isbister,"'Nothing to see here': UK's response to court ruling on arms sales to Saudi Arabia raises doubts about its willingness to fix problems," Saferworld (blog), June 26, 2019.
Seth Binder + "President Trump's Third Foreign Affairs Budget," Project on Middle East Democracy, June 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, "Peru and China sign new agreement for military donations," Jane's Defence Weekly, June 26, 2019.
William Hartung, "Do U.S. Defense Firms Really Need Arms Exports?" Forbes, June 24, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, “British arms sales to Saudi Arabia deemed unlawful, but now the hard work begins,” The Guardian, June 22, 2019.
Iain Overton, "The UK’s arming of the Saudis is unlawful, but will a Brexiteering government care?" Open Democracy, June 20, 2019.
Alejandro Sanchez, "Moldova-US relations and the National Guard’s State Partnership Programme," Defence IQ, June 19, 2019.
Iain Overton, "Why the Landmine Legacy of Princess Diana needs to address a 21st Century Reality," Byline Times, June 18, 2019.
Nils Duquet, “Q&A:What is the impact of the internet on illicit weapon markets in Europe?” Flemish Peace Institute, June 13, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Inclusive Protection of Civilians During Conflicts: Making a Case for the Environment," New Security Beat, June 12, 2019.
Peter Asaro, "AI Ethics in Predictive Policing: From Models of Threat to an Ethics of Care," IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, June 10, 2019.
Rachel Stohl+, "An 'Emergency' Arms Deal: Will Congress Acquiesce in Another Blow to Its Authority?" Just Security, June 6, 2019.
Scott Paul, "End the arms sales, end the suffering," Oxfam's Politics of Poverty blog, June 6, 2019.
Frank Slijper+, "Controversial Arms Trade and investments of Dutch banks," Fair Bank Guide, June 6, 2019.
John Lindsay-Poland+, "Fact Sheet on U.S. Weapons Sales to Honduras," Stop US Arms to Mexico, June 4, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Torching And Extortion: OSINT Analysis Of Burning Agriculture In Iraq," Bellingcat, June 3, 2019.
Peter Asaro, “Algorithms of Violence," Special Issue on Algorithms, Social Research, Summer 2019.
William Hartung, "Trump's 'Emergency' Sale to Saudi Arabia Must Not Stand," LobeLog, May 24, 2019.
Doug Weir, "The weaponisation of environmental information in the era of fake news," Conflict and Environment Observatory, May 16, 2019.
William Hartung, "It's Time To Stop Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia," LobeLog, May 15, 2019.
Kate Kizer, "Are you there McMaster? It's me, the American people." Inkstick, May 14, 2019.
Doug Weir, "A hazardous oil tanker has become a bargaining chip in the Yemen conflict," Conflict and Environment Observatory, May 16, 2019.
Frank Slijper+, "State of AI: Artificial intelligence, the military and increasingly autonomous weapons," PAX, released May 2019.
Seth Binder+, "The case for arms embargoes against uncooperative regimes," War on the Rocks, May 10, 2019.
Rachel Stohl+, "Leaving the Arms Trade Treaty would be another shot in America's foot," DefenseNews, May 10,
2019.
Rachel Stohl, "Trump Unsigns the Arms Trade Treaty: How Did We Get Here?" War on the Rocks, May 3,
2019.
Jeff Abramson +, "U.S. to Quit Arms Trade Treaty," and "Trump Vetoes Yemen War Powers Restraint Effort," Arms Control Today, May 2019.
Dan Mahanty +, "Protecting Civilians Still Matters in Great- Power Conflict," DefenseOne, May 3, 2019.
Dan Mahanty +, "The Pentagon's 2018 Civilian Casualties Report: What's In It and What's Next," Just Security, May 2, 2019.
Mary Wareham, "Why NZ should ban killer robots," RadioNZ, May 1, 2019.
Rachel Stohl, "Trump’s decision to leave a global arms treaty was built on an NRA lie," Washington Post, April 29, 2019.
Rachel Stohl +, "Trump’s Withdrawl from Arms Trade Treaty Could Reduce US Exports," Defense One, April 29, 2019.
Aude Fleurant +, "Trends in world military expenditure, 2018," SIPRI, April 2019.
Rachel Stohl, "U.S. exit from Arms Trade Treaty forfeits input on a global challenge," Axios, April 27, 2019.
Iain Overton, "After Sri Lanka: the best books to understand modern terrorism," The Guardian, April 25, 2019.
Kate Kizer, "Congress Demands End to Yemen War: Now What?", Lobelog, April 10, 2019.
William Hartung and Christina Arabia, "Trends in Major U.S. Arms Sales in 2018: The Trump Record - Rhetoric Versus Reality," Center for International Policy, April 2019.
Iain Overton, "The Price of Paradise," Quercus, April 2019.
Nils Duquet, "The 2018 EU SALW Strategy: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Approach," No. 62, EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Paper, April 2019.
Daniel Mahanty and Alex Moorehead, "Costs of War Can’t Be Assessed Without Official Civilian Casualty Estimates" Just Security, April 3, 2019.
Anna Stavrianakis, "Sorry Jeremy Hunt, it's not that easy to excuse selling arms to Saudi Arabia," Independent, April 2, 2019.
Allison Pytlak, “It's time to get serious about gender-based violence,” ATT Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 12, No. 2, April 2, 2019.
N.R. Jenzen-Jones (editor), "Field Guide No.2: Introduction to Photogrammetry," Armament Research Services, April 2, 2019.
John Lindsay Poland +, “Human Rights and Legal Arms Exports: The United States and Germany in Light of the Crisis in Mexico,” Vol LIX, 2, Foro Internacional, April-June 2019.
Jeff Abramson, “U.S, Saudi Arms Transfers Top Global Trade," and “Congress Acts on War in Yemen,” Arms Control Today, April 2019.
William Hartung, "Pentagon Spending is a Poor Job Creator," The Nation, March 22 2019.
Ray Acheson, “It’s Time to Exercise Human Control Over the CCW,” (No. 2), “Will the ‘Insignificant States’ Please Stand Up,” (No. 3), CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, March 2019.
Erin Hunt, “Autonomous Weapons, Ethical AI, and Feminist Foreign Policy,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2019.
Mary Wareham, “Time to Get Serious Before It’s Too Late,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
Allison Pytlak, “Getting There, One Way or Another,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
William Hartung, “Pentagon Spending Is a Poor Job Creator,” The Nation, March 22, 2019.
Iain Overton +, "RAF claims 4,315 enemies killed and injured in Syria and Iraq, with just one civilian casualty" Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), March 7, 2019.
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.
Ray Acheson, “It’s Time to Exercise Human Control Over the CCW,” (No. 2), “Will the ‘Insignificant States’ Please Stand Up,” (No. 3), CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, March 2019.
Erin Hunt, “Autonomous Weapons, Ethical AI, and Feminist Foreign Policy,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2019.
Mary Wareham, “Time to Get Serious Before It’s Too Late,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
Allison Pytlak, “Getting There, One Way or Another,” CCW Report, Reaching Critical Will, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2019.
Peter Asaro, "What is an 'Artificial Intelligence Arms Race' Anyway," Ohio State Technology Law Journal, Spring 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, 2019.
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, 2019.
Iain Overton [editor], "The reverberating effects of explosive weapon use in Syria," AOAV, Feb. 6, 2019.
Kate Kizer, “A U.S. Grand Strategy for a Values-Driven Foreign Policy,” in New Voices in Grand Strategy, February 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.
Erin Hunt, "Why 'killer robots' are neither feminist nor ethical," OpenCanada.com, Jan. 22, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "How Congress Can Exert Responsible Oversight on Trump's Dangerous Approach to Arms Sales," Issue Brief, Arms Control Association, Jan. 15, 2019.
Robert Muggah, "Opinion: Relaxing Brazil's Gun Laws Could Make A Murderous Country Even Deadlier," National Public Radio, Jan. 10, 2019.
Jasmin Nario-Galace ("Women Controlling Arms, Building Peace: The Case of the Philippines") in "Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security," Jan. 10, 2019.
Ray Acheson ("WPS and Arms Trade Treaty"), in "Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security," Jan. 10, 2019.
Jeff Abramson, "Senate Buck's Trumps Saudi Approach" and "Mine Ban Nears 20th Anniversary," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2019.
Iain Overton [edited], "ISIS, air-strikes and the language of retaliation," AOAV, Jan. 7, 2019.
Wim Zwijnenburg, "Heavy Rains in Hasakah: An Open-Source Analysis of Catastrophic Damage," Bellingcat, Jan. 3, 2019.
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