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Advancing Child Protection Through Peacekeeping

Assessing efforts to protect children and prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers in the context of peacekeeping missions

Arms Trade Treaty

Supporting effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty

Child Soldiers

Examining the nexus between arms sales, military assistance, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers around the world

Drones

Promoting an effective, transparent, and accountable US drone policy and responsible international standards guiding drone transfers and use

Managing the Arms Trade

Promoting long-term stability and security through responsible arms sales and advancing transparent and accountable policies and processes for arms transfer decisions

Mercenaries

An in-depth exploration of how the evolving operations of private military companies are reshaping global peace, security, and human rights landscapes

Strengthening Arms and Dual-Use Trade Controls

Identifying common implementation good practices by crosswalking trade control regimes for conventional defense and dual use CBRN items

Recent Publications

Commentary

The Impact of US-Sponsored Ukraine-Russia Talks on Moldova’s Security

How the mismatch between Moldova’s strategic posture and its security environment means any plausible outcome in Ukraine deepens Chisinau’s vulnerabilities

Dumitru Minzarari

Commentary

What to Know About Emergency Arms Sales to the Middle East

How Trump’s use of emergency powers to rush arms to the Middle East raises concerns about necessity, timing, and congressional oversight

Elias Yousif

Commentary

Understanding the Evolution and Emerging Volatility of US Arms Transfer Policies

How the more frequent and substantial revisions to U.S. conventional arms transfer policies point to a strategic drift in U.S. security cooperation approaches

Elias Yousif • Rachel Stohl

Commentary

The “America First Arms Transfer Strategy” Reorders US Arms Transfer Priorities

A newly released U.S. arms transfers strategy elevates economic and industrial priorities at the expense of strategic and foreign policy imperatives

Elias Yousif • Rachel Stohl

Commentary

In Greenland’s Shadow: How Trump’s Approach to Europe Weighs on Transatlantic Security Cooperation

What Denmark’s abortive purchase of a U.S. air defense system might say about the future of U.S. arms transfers to Europe

Elias Yousif

Explainer

Emerging Trends in the Trump Approach to Security Cooperation

One year in, looking at the data, policies, and trends in the U.S. arms trade under Trump

Elias Yousif • Rachel Stohl

Field Note

Wine, Hybrid Warfare, and Democratic Resilience in Moldova

A trip to Moldova underscores the case for international partnerships

Rachel Stohl • Elias Yousif

Commentary

A 20-Year MOU With Israel Is Not in the US Interest

How a 20-year agreement outlining billions in assistance to Israel undermines efforts to ensure U.S. security cooperation is strategically relevant and delivering a return for U.S. interests

Elias Yousif • Rachel Stohl

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