Jeff Abramson
Senior Fellow, Arms Control Association
Program Manager, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor (website)
twitter: @jeffabramson web: jeffmabramson.net
email: jeff [at] ForumArmsTrade [dot] org
phone: (202) 780-6215
Senior Fellow, Arms Control Association
Program Manager, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor (website)
twitter: @jeffabramson web: jeffmabramson.net
email: jeff [at] ForumArmsTrade [dot] org
phone: (202) 780-6215
Arms Trade Treaty | landmines and cluster munitions | global trade data/trends
Jeff Abramson organizes the Forum on the Arms Trade and is a non-resident senior fellow for arms control and conventional arms transfers at the Washington DC-based Arms Control Association. He also manages the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, the de facto monitoring regime for the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions. Immediately prior to joining the Monitor, he served as a policy advisor and director to the secretariat of Control Arms, the global civil society alliance that championed the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty that for the first time established global regulations for the trade in a wide array of conventional weapons. He is former Deputy Director of the Arms Control Association and Managing Editor of their publication Arms Control Today. An arms trade expert, his work has been published in numerous journals and comments cited by major US and global media.
Recent Publications:
Jeff Abramson organizes the Forum on the Arms Trade and is a non-resident senior fellow for arms control and conventional arms transfers at the Washington DC-based Arms Control Association. He also manages the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, the de facto monitoring regime for the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions. Immediately prior to joining the Monitor, he served as a policy advisor and director to the secretariat of Control Arms, the global civil society alliance that championed the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty that for the first time established global regulations for the trade in a wide array of conventional weapons. He is former Deputy Director of the Arms Control Association and Managing Editor of their publication Arms Control Today. An arms trade expert, his work has been published in numerous journals and comments cited by major US and global media.
Recent Publications:
- “Saudi Arms Sales Hit Hurdles in U.S., UK,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2019.*
- "U.S. to Quit Arms Trade Treaty," and "Trump Vetoes Yemen War Powers Restraint Effort," Arms Control Today, May 2019.*
- “U.S, Saudi Arms Transfers Top Global Trade," and “Congress Acts on War in Yemen,” Arms Control Today, April 2019.
- "How Congress Can Exert Responsible Oversight on Trump's Dangerous Approach to Arms Sales," Issue Brief, Arms Control Association, Jan. 15, 2019.
- “Improved Prospects for U.S. Arms Sales Restraint? Look to Congress” Forum on the Arms Trade Looking Ahead 2019 Blog Series, Jan 3, 2019.
- "Senate Buck's Trumps Saudi Approach" and "Mine Ban Nears 20th Anniversary," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2019.
- "Cluster Munitions Ban Marks Progress," Arms Control Today, October 2018.
- "ATT Tackles Diversion, Not Controversy," Arms Control Today, October 2018.
- "Firearm Export Rule Change Draws Criticism," Arms Control Today, June, 2018.
- "Trump Favors Arms Industry in Effort to Loosen Export Controls," Issue Brief, Arms Control Association, June 7, 2018.
- "New Policies Promote Arms, Drone Exports," Arms Control Today, May 2018.
- "Trump Touts Saudi Arms Sales, Arms Control Today," Arms Control Today, April 2018.
- "Europeans Cut Saudi Arms Sales," Arms Control Today, March 2018.
- "U.S. May Ease Arms Export Rules," Arms Control Today, March 2018.
- "Mine Ban Membership Grows," Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2018.
- "Finding Leadership Outside the White House," "Looking Ahead" blog post, December 21, 2017.
- "Congress Should Not Cede Oversight on Small Arms Exports," Issue Brief, Arms Control Association, Oct 5, 2017.
- "Opponents Challenge Saudi Arms Sale," Arms Control Today, July/August 2017.
- "Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Should be Rejected," Issue brief, Arms Control Association, May 18, 2017.
- "Cluster Munitions Used in Syria, Yemen" (with Danielle Preskitt), Arms Control Today, April 2017.
- "U.S. Leads Rising Global Arms Trade," Arms Control Today, March 2017.
- "On travel bans: Instead of refugees going out, looking at weapons coming in," The Hill-Congress Blog. February 24, 2017.
* Indicates that piece was co-written by another author/authors