Nate Smith
Co-chair, Military, Security and Policy Co-Group, Amnesty International USA (website)
email: nathaniel [dot] travis [at] gmail [dot] com
Co-chair, Military, Security and Policy Co-Group, Amnesty International USA (website)
email: nathaniel [dot] travis [at] gmail [dot] com
arms sales | export control, transfer policy and laws | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Nate Smith is co-chair of Amnesty International USA's Military, Security and Police Co-group - a group of volunteer experts focusing on policy and advocacy relating to the arms trade and use of force. He attended Arms Trade Treaty negotiations as the Amnesty International USA representative on the global Amnesty International delegation in both the July 2012 and March 2013 conferences. Nate holds a Master's of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where he specialized in human rights, international policy and quantitative analysis.
Recent Publications:
Nate Smith is co-chair of Amnesty International USA's Military, Security and Police Co-group - a group of volunteer experts focusing on policy and advocacy relating to the arms trade and use of force. He attended Arms Trade Treaty negotiations as the Amnesty International USA representative on the global Amnesty International delegation in both the July 2012 and March 2013 conferences. Nate holds a Master's of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where he specialized in human rights, international policy and quantitative analysis.
Recent Publications:
- "U.S. Guns Are Fueling Violence in Central America, Here’s How to Help Stop the Arms Flow,” Just Security, February 1, 2023.
- "Don’t Sell Arms to the UAE," Amnesty International USA, December 7, 2020.
- "It's time to take away the tear gas," Amnesty International USA, June 15, 2020.
- "It's Time for Congress to Rein in US Arms Exports," Defense One, September 11, 2019.*
- "Nigerian President's Harmful Misunderstanding of U.S. Human Rights Restrictions," Amnesty International USA, 2015
- "Deconstructing the Leahy Law: Fact vs. Fiction," Amnesty International USA
- "It's Official! United States Signs U.N. Arms Trade Treaty," Amnesty International USA, September 2013.*
- "Arms Trade Treaty Blocked, But Success Only Delayed," Amnesty International USA, March 2013.*
* indicates co-authored text