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Category Archives: Arms Trade
Film Focuses on Illicit Weapons Trade and the Need for an Arms Trade Treaty
By Wyatt Hoffman A newly released video called “A Short Film About Guns” underscores the need for an effective Arms Trade Treaty to reduce the illegal flow of weapons to conflicts across the world. Director Minos Papas partnered with the … Continue reading
Posted in Arms Trade, Conventional Weapons
Tagged arms trade treaty, human rights, illicit arms trade
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The Global Arms Trade Is Just Bananas: Time to Negotiate A Robust ATT
By Daryl G. Kimball The ongoing conflict in Syria–like recent wars in Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Congo–underscores the urgent necessity of common-sense rules to prevent the international transfer of weapons, particularly when it is determined there is a substantial … Continue reading
New York Jury Convicts Viktor Bout
By Xiaodon Liang and Daryl G. Kimball After two days of deliberations, a New York jury has convicted Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout on multiple conspiracy charges that could lead to his life imprisonment. Bout was found guilty of conspiring … Continue reading
Posted in Arms Trade, Conventional Weapons
Tagged arms trade treaty, FARC, Southern District New York, Viktor Bout
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Viktor Bout and the Tools Needed to Fight Arms Trafficking
By Xiaodon Liang Next week, the world’s most notorious arms trafficker, Viktor Bout, will go on trial in New York. Bout’s case underscores the urgent need for stronger national and international efforts to curb illicit gun running and conventional arms … Continue reading
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Tagged arms smuggling, arms trade treaty, FARC, Lord of War, Oxfam, SALW, small arms, Viktor Bout
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Left Hand Tussles With Right as U.S. Arms Persian Gulf States
By Xiaodon Liang As the Libyan summer gives way to an autumn of uncertainty in the Middle East, memories of the policy inconsistencies brought to light by the Arab Spring have apparently faded entirely from the minds of U.S. arms … Continue reading
India Nuclear Deal: Dumb and Dumber
By Daryl G. Kimball One of the chief proponents of the disastrous 2008 civil nuclear trade exemption for India, Ashley Tellis, is apparently a bit sour about this week’s announcement from the Indian government that it will pursue the purchase … Continue reading
Posted in Arms Trade, Asia, Civil Nuclear Trade, Conventional Weapons, India
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Human Rights Report Release: A Moment to Reflect on U.S. Arms Policy
By Jeff Abramson In a live broadcast at 11:30 this morning, the State Department will release its annual human rights report. Among many hopes of what will become of this important yearly assessment, one is that it will spur an … Continue reading
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Middle East Arms Trade: Yemen
By Xiaodon Liang On April 3 the New York Times published a news story citing U.S. administration officials that stated the United States had over the past week adopted a new position calling for the departure from office of Ali … Continue reading
Posted in Arms Trade, Conventional Weapons, Middle East
Tagged Arms Sales, Arms Trade, Bulgaria, Saleh, United States, Wikileaks, yemen
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Arab Spring: A Wake Up Call on U.S. Arms Policy
By Jeff Abramson As President Obama openly ponders whether to arm rebels in Libya and the media is reporting that the CIA is already on the ground to potentially support that cause, attention is now focused on Libya. But one … Continue reading
Update: U.S.-Libya Arms Trade
In a February 3 post, Arms Exporters React to Middle East Unrest , Arms Control Now noted that the United States had not sold military goods to Libya and had maintained a unilateral embargo on arms sales to Col. Gaddafi’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Conventional Arms, Libya, U.S. Arms Trade
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