New plan to secure US weapons in Ukraine leaves gaps: experts
The State Department is issuing welcome new protections to stop diversion, but it’s doing nothing yet about small arms.
The State Department is issuing welcome new protections to stop diversion, but it’s doing nothing yet about small arms.
As conflict rages overseas, the public is losing the ability to effectively track the use of American guns and other weapons of war.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz was in Washington this week asking for an upgrade to maintain Israel’s regional military edge.
The conventional arms trade is indeed a destabilizing factor in the Middle East, but a multilateral approach that does more than pressure one regional actor would be needed to address that problem effectively.
Total global military expenditure rose to $1917 billion in 2019, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The Trump administration recently loosened restrictions on controls the United States had previously adopted to curb illegitimate firearms sales to conflict zones.