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Site Last Modified: December 30, 2008
 While much attention is paid to the proliferation of the so-called weapons of mass destruction, i.e. nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, it is the ordinary conventional weapons, such as AK-47s, landmines, tanks and fighter aircraft, which are responsible for the vast majority of casualties in the world's conflicts. As almost anyone who scans the news can tell, conventional weapons are responsible for the death, wounding and uprooting of countless numbers of people each year.
The Center for Defense Information's Arms Transfer Project provides information and analysis on the multitude of issues surrounding the global arms market. The project emphasizes the need to change current U.S. and international policies on arms transfers.
CDI's ultimate aim is to inform concerned individuals and policy-makers in order to help limit and restrain the arms trade.
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Stohl Analyzes CRS Annual Report on Arms Transfers
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December 30, 2008 |
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| CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl publishes her annual article on the Congressional Research Service report on arms transfers. |
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“Merchant of Death” Arrested in Thailand
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March 10, 2008 |
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| On March 6, 2008, notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death," was arrested in Thailand on charges of attempting to sell weapons to a Colombian rebel group on the U.S. terrorism watchlist. Bout, who had evaded arrest by exploiting the patchwork of national and international laws regulating arms brokering, supplied weapons to many of the world’s bloodiest conflicts during the last two decades. CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl and Research Assistant Doug Tuttle analyze Bout’s arrest, examine why arms dealers like Bout are able to thrive, and describe what is and could be done to stop other unscrupulous arms dealers. |
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Fueling the Arms Race in the Middle East
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January 28, 2008 |
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| In July 2007, President George W. Bush announced an arms sales package worth $20 billion to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. These sales include a newly announced controversial deal for 900 Joint Direct Attack Munitions for Saudi Arabia. In this article, CDI Research Assistant Doug Tuttle examines the continued military buildup in the Middle East and argues that this new round of sales fails to improve regional security, contradicts U.S. foreign policy, and may be in violation of U.S. export regulations. |
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Export Reform Shouldn’t Mean Less Oversight
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October 11, 2007 |
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| With the spotlight of Congress and the Bush administration on Iraq and the 6th anniversary of Sept. 11, the reform of U.S. weapons export policy may have gone amiss for policymakers and the rest of the nation, explains CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl in her latest commentary for Defense News.
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Book Review - Challenging Conventional Wisdom - Debunking the Myths and Exposing the Risks of Arms Exports Reform
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July 1, 2004 |
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| Challenging Conventional Wisdom – Debunking the Myths and Exposing the Risks of Arms Exports Reform, edited by Rachel Stohl, senior analyst at CDI, and Tamar Gabelnick, formerly of the Federation of American Scientists, was reviewed in this month's issue of the Journal of Peace Research. Released in June 2003, the book examines the growing momentum to overhaul the arms export control system. It describes special governmental support for the weapons industry; probes the justifications for major changes to the export system; examines the potential risks associated with these changes; and provides suggestions to strengthen the export control system. |
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Rachel Stohl
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Control Arms Campaign Launch
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October 9, 2003 |
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| Prepared remarks by Rachel Stohl, CDI Senior Analyst and Board Member, International Action Network on Small Arms, presented at the Washington, D.C., Control Arms Campaign Launch. Ms. Stohl discusses the launch of this campaign by the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), Oxfam and Amnesty International to impose greater control on the global arms trade, and examines how the arms trade impacts humanitarian and human rights crises globally. |
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Rachel Stohl
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom:
Debunking the Myths and Exposing Risks
of Arms Export Reform
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July 22, 2003 |
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| Edited by Tamar Gabelnick, former director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists, and Rachel Stohl, senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information, examines the growing momentum to overhaul the arms export control system. It describes special governmental support for the weapons industry; probes the justifications for major changes to the export system; examines the potential risks associated with these changes; and provides suggestions to strengthen the export control system. The book provides sound, factual research and analysis so that there can finally be an honest, comprehensive debate on this critical issue. Table of contents and introduction and conclusion available in Adobe Acrobat format.
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