On 17 July 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 crashed while flying over eastern Ukraine. While the specific details of the crash remain unclear, it is believed that the commercial airliner was struck by a surface-to-air antiaircraft missile of Russian …
By Rachel Stohl and Jessica Kosmider: Fifty heads of state from African governments are meeting to conclude the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington, DC today. Yet missing from the agenda seems to be an essential conversation concerning U.S. military …
By Jessica Sun: From UAVs to advanced mapping technology, the United Nations is turning to 21st century tools to meet modern peacekeeping challenges. According to Hervé Ladsous, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, the UN “can …
By Rachel Stohl, Senior Associate, and Jessica Kosmider: Have you ever wondered where Boko Haram, ISIS, pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists or Syrian rebels acquire their weapons? These non-state actors cannot use the same avenues as nati …
Unauthorized retransfers – which occur when a party to an authorized arms trade retransfers weapons to an unauthorized recipient without obtaining prior permission from the original exporter – can contribute to a multitude of transnational challenges. …
The United States released a new conventional arms transfer policy earlier this year that updates and refreshes the policy for 21st century realities. Questions surrounding U.S. arms sales to Egypt and other Arab countries during the Arab Spring, when …
Nuclear terrorism is not a preeminent concern for most countries, but preventing it has benefits they should consider, writes Brian Finlay for the Stanley Foundation Courier. Click here to read the full article.
At the NATO Summit meeting in May 1989, President George Bush asked the Western Allies to join in proposing the most far-reaching conventional arms reductions ever offered in any negotiation. Moreover, he urged that agreement be reached within six …