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Jeff Abramson
Jeff Abramson
Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy

Director, Forum on the Arms Trade 
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email: jeff [at] ForumArmsTrade [dot] org
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Jeff Abramson is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and also directs the Forum on the Arms Trade. He was recently a senior fellow at the Arms Control Association, and prior to that 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 also 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:
  •  "Industry a Focus at Latest ATT Meeting," Arms Control Today, October 2023. ​
  • "New U.S. Arms Policy Boosts Human Rights Focus," Arms Control Today, April 2023.
  •  "U.S. Is Largest Arms Exporter in a Changing Market," Arms Control Association, April 2023.*
  • ​"Ukraine Landmine Use Under Scrutiny," Arms Control Today, March 2023.
  • "Mine Use Continues as Ban Treaty Marks Anniversary," Arms Control Today, January/February 2023
  • "Explosive Weapons Declaration Endorsed," Arms Control Today, December 2022. 
  • "Biden Urged to Halt Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia," Arms Control Today, November 2022.
  • "Mexico Files New Gun Lawsuit in U.S. Court," Arms Control Today, November 2022.
  • "ATT Meeting Focuses on Post-Transfer Arms Controls," Arms Control Today, October 2022.
  • ​"Meeting Flags Cluster Munitions Harm in Ukraine," Arms Control Today, October 2022.​
  • "U.S. Offering More Arms to Taiwan," Arms Control Today, October 2022.
  • "Congress Notifications Reinstated on Some Gun Exports," Arms Control Today, September 2022.
  • "Declaration Limiting Explosive Weapons Advances," Arms Control Today, July/August 2022.* 
  • "Little-Used U.S. Powers Employed to Aid Ukraine," Arms Control Today, June, 2022.
  • ​​"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.
  • "Cluster Munitions Use in Ukraine Spurs U.S. Debate," Arms Control Today, May 2022.
  • "Arms Trade Rising in Europe, Other Regions," Arms Control Today, April 2022.
  • "West Rushes Weapons to Ukraine," Arms Control Today, April 2022.
  • "The US’s hypocritical criticism of Russia for deploying ‘exceptional lethal weaponry’," Responsible Statecraft, March 4, 2022.
  • "Congress Fails to Block Saudi Arms Sales" Arms Control Today, January/February 2022.
  • "Countries Grapple With 2025 Landmine Goal" Arms Control Today, December 2021.
  • "U.S. Continues Controversial Arms Assistance," Arms Control Today, November 1, 2021.*
  • "ATT Members Highlight Small Arms, Light Weapons," Arms Control Today, October, 2021.
  • "New Action Plan Adopted on Cluster Munitions," Arms Control Today, October, 2021.*
  • "Lawsuit Targets Arms Flows to Mexico" & "Other Lawsuits on U.S. Arms Transfers," Arms Control Today, September 2021.
  • "UN Adopts Nonbinding Arms Embargo On Myanmar," Arms Control Today, July 2021.
  • "UN Adopts Nonbinding Arms Embargo On Myanmar," Arms Control Today, July-August 2021.
  • "U.S. Still Seeks Major UAE Arms Sale", Arms Control Today, May 2021.
  • "U.S. to Revise Landmine Policy", Arms Control Today, May 2021.
  • "U.S. Largest Seller in Flat Arms Market", Arms Control Today, April 2021.
  • "At 100 Days, Grading Biden’s Progress Toward a More Responsible US Arms Trade Policy," Just Security, April 28, 2021.*
  • "A gun pledge Biden can easily keep", The Hill, March 9, 2021.
  • "U.S. Arms Sales Under Review", Arms Control Today, March 2021.
  • "UAE Arms Sales Survive Senate Vote", Arms Control Today, January/February 2021.
  • "Toward A More Responsible US Arms Trade Policy: Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration", Just Security, January 19, 2021.*​​​
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