Jeff Abramson
Senior Fellow for Conventional Arms Control and Transfers, Arms Control Association (website)
Director, Forum on the Arms Trade
twitter: @jeffabramson
email: jeff [at] ForumArmsTrade [dot] org
phone: (202) 780-6215
Senior Fellow for Conventional Arms Control and Transfers, Arms Control Association (website)
Director, Forum on the Arms Trade
twitter: @jeffabramson
email: jeff [at] ForumArmsTrade [dot] org
phone: (202) 780-6215
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Jeff Abramson is a senior fellow for arms control and conventional arms transfers at the Washington DC-based Arms Control Association and also directs the Forum on the Arms Trade. Prior to re-joining the Arms Control Association in September 2019, he managed 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 is a senior fellow for arms control and conventional arms transfers at the Washington DC-based Arms Control Association and also directs the Forum on the Arms Trade. Prior to re-joining the Arms Control Association in September 2019, he managed 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:
- "Senator Refreshes Hold on Firearms Export Changes," Arms Control Today, January/February 2020.
- "Move Signaled for Firearm Exports Changes," Arms Control Today," December 4, 2019.
- "Trump administration's dangerous plan to make it easier to export assault weapons," CNN, November 18, 2019.
- "Democrats Should Debate Arms Policy, Not Just Impeachment," Defense One, November 18, 2019.
- "Explosive Weapons Declaration Gains Momentum," Arms Control Today, November 2019.
- “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.
- "Cluster Munitions Ban Marks Progress," Arms Control Today, October 2018.
- "ATT Tackles Diversion, Not Controversy," Arms Control Today, October 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.
- "U.S. May Ease Arms Export Rules," Arms Control Today, March 2018.
* Indicates that piece was co-written by another author/authors