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Arms Transfer Project
Information and analysis on the global arms market.


Landmine Resources
CDI's landmine resources and links.


Small Arms Resources
A database of documents concerning small arms issues.


Child and Armed Conflict
Facts, policy and resources concerning the youngest of soldiers worldwide.


Arms Trade Videos
All of America's Defense Monitor videos dealing with arms sales issues.

 

 

Outside Links

United Nations: The Study of the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children

Action Atlas on U.S. Arm Sales
MoJo Wire spotlights the United States' growing dominance in the world arms trade.

 

Small Arms are Continuing Threat in Iraq 1
March 24, 2003

Transcript of a Panel Discussion on Arms Transfers to India and Pakistan
On January 28, 2003, the Arms Transfer Working Group sponsored a panel discussion on arms transfers to India and Pakistan. The featured speakers were Dr. George Perkovich and Husain Haqqani of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Dr. Jo Husbands of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The discussion was moderated by Rachel Stohl, Center for Defense Information.
Jan. 28, 2003

Post Sept. 11 Arms Sales and Military Aid Demonstrate Dangerous Trend 1
Jan. 15, 2003

Export-Control Murkiness:
U.S. Secrecy Spurs Talk of Looser Standards

Updated Jan. 14, 2003

How Little is Enough:
U.S. End-Use Monitoring and Oversight of the Weapons Trade

August 2002 — Requires Acrobat Reader

Global Arms Sales Fall, But U.S. has Most Exports
Aug. 29, 2002

Supplemental Request Boosts Security Assistance
April 18, 2002

Monitoring, Oversight of Weapons Trade Even More Important Today
First appeared in Defense News March 2002

Post Sept. 11 Arms Sales and Military Aid Demonstrate Trend
Jan. 29, 2002

A Risky Business:
U.S. Arms Exports to Countries Where Terror Thrives

Nov. 20, 2001

Terrorism in Colombia:
Different, But Real

Oct. 10, 2001

Latin American Allies can Help U.S. Fight Against Terrorism without High Tech Weapons
Oct. 2, 2001

Unrestricted Arms Sales Not the Answer to Terror
First appeared in Defense News Sept. 26, 2001

Evolution of U.S. Policy on Small Arms
June 29, 2001

Reflections on the Clinton Presidency:
The Arms Trade

Jan. 18, 2001

U.S. Dominance in Arms Sales Unchallenged
Nov. 16, 2000

Arms Trade Ups and Downs
Nov. 2, 2000

End-Use Monitoring Program in Shambles
Sept. 8, 2000

Another Missed Opportunity in Africa
Aug. 31, 2000

U.S. Still Number One Arms Exporter
Aug. 24, 2000

Exporting American "Diplomacy"
Aug. 10, 2000

UN Imposes Diamond Ban on Sierra Leone
July 13, 2000

IRA Arms Inspected
June 29, 2000

U.S. Changes Arms Export Policy
June 1, 2000

Fighting Erupts in Horn of Africa
May 18, 2000

UN Report Reveals Sanctions Violators
March 23, 2000

Turkey Looks to U.S. for Attack Helicopters
March 16, 2000

The Continuing Arms Trade Muddle
March 16, 2000

Middle East Remains Attractive Market for U.S. Arms
Feb. 17, 2000

Russia-China Arms Trade Growing
Feb. 3, 2000

U.S. Plans Huge Colombian Aid Package
Jan. 20, 2000

In the Shadow of Landmines — video
Jan. 2, 2000

Africa at the End of the Century
Dec. 16, 1999

Bulgaria's Arms Trafficking:
An Issue Yet to be Resolved

Dec. 2, 1999

Changes Planned for the School of the Americas
Dec. 2, 1999

Continued Trade, Continued War
Nov. 4, 1999

Small Arms and Failed States — video
Oct. 24, 1999
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Neglecting Africa
Oct. 21, 1999

Albright Expands U.S. Small Arms Policy at United Nations
Oct. 7, 1999

Arming Indonesia
Sept. 16, 1999

The Kosovo Liberation Army:
Demilitarized or Transformed?

Sept. 9, 1999

Weapons, Weapons Everywhere
Aug. 19, 1999

U.S. Ratification of OAS Firearms Convention Held Up in Senate
Aug. 19, 1999

Developing World Remains Attractive Market
Aug. 12, 1999

Albright Speech and Report Links Arms and Conflict in Africa
July 22, 1999

Helicopters, Not Jets, Are Hungary's Weapon of Choice
July 22, 1999

Full Code of Conduct Introduced in House
July 8, 1999

Turkey's Shopping Spree
June 24, 1999

U.S. Plans More Weapons Exports
April 22, 1999

New Bill Would Increase U.S. Arms Exports to Taiwan
April 15, 1999

Arming the KLA
March 25, 1999

Welfare for Weapons Dealers — video
March 14, 1999

Code of Conduct Returns to House Floor
March 11, 1999

ACDA Releases Annual Arms Transfer Report
Feb. 4, 1999

Foreign Military Sales Deliveries Near $14 Billion for 1998
Jan. 28, 1999

Light Weapons, Heavy Casualties — video
Dec. 27, 1998

Ban on High-Tech Weapons Sales Shows No Effect
Dec. 10, 1998

Adding Fuel to the Fire: U.S. Arms Sales to Greece and Turkey
Dec. 3, 1998

The Human Cost of America's Arms Sales
Nov. 8, 1998

Coming Soon:
An Arms Transfer Seminar Near You

Oct. 29, 1998

CDI's Policy for U.S. Conventional Arms Sales
Oct. 9, 1998

U.S. Proposes APC Sale to Turkey
Sept. 29, 1998

Keeping Weapons Out of the Hands of Abusers
video

Sept. 17, 1998

Ammunition:
A Choke Point for Light Weapons Control?

Sept. 10, 1998

Developing World Receives $28.6 Billion in Conventional Arms in 1997
Aug. 28, 1998

Code of Conduct Receives Increased Attention
Aug. 6, 1998

U.S. Leads World as Top Arms Exporter
June 18, 1998

European Union Passes Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers
June 11, 1998

Weapons Production:
Welfare for Executives?

June 4, 1998

Stopping Weapons Sales to Dictators:
An Update on the U.S. Code of Conduct

May 7, 1998

Arming the "Bad Guys":
Preventing the Re-Export of Weapons

April 30, 1998

Forgetting Arms Sales at the Summit of the Americas
April 23, 1998

Armed and Dangerous — video
Nov. 20, 1994

The Black Market Arms Trade — video
March 20, 1994

 
For more information on the arms trade, please email Rachel Stohl.