This articles is a brief explanation of what to expect from the missile defense review coming from the Trump administration. It discusses the missile defense review’s need to address the advances made by U.S. adversaries in nuclear and missile technology, as well as the shift to a more competitive footing states like Russia and China. Read More
Conventional Proliferation Posts
Conventional Proliferation Posts
This article mainly discusses the proposed budget request by President Donald Trump for the missile defense of the United States. This article reviews the budgets of previous years as well as the short comings of the missile defense systems of previous years. Trump’s 2019 Missile Defense Budget: Choosing Capacity over Capability CSIS Briefs February 28, Read More
According to SIPRI, the volume of international transfers of major weapons has had an upward trend since 2000. There has been a huge increase of arms being traded to Asia and Oceania and the Middle East. However, there has been a decrease in the flow to Africa, the Americas and Europe. The United States are the Read More
Number of small arms (guns) in circulation worldwide today: Approximately 875 million small arms are in circulation globally1, and millions more are produced annually by thousands of manufacturers around the world2. That’s one for every 7 people on the planet.3 How are small arms obtained? Legally: Gun shops, retail stores, shooting ranges, arms fairs, Read More
Armed and Dangerous? UAVs and U.S. Security Armed drones are making the headlines, especially in their role in targeted killings. In this report, RAND researchers stepped back and asked whether these weapons are transformative. The answer is no, though they offer significant capabilities to their users, especially in counterterrorism operations as has been the case Read More
Arms Trade Treaty Preamble The States Parties to this Treaty, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations which seeks to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s Read More
Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation The General Assembly, Determined to foster strict respect for the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling its resolution 56/24T of 29November2001 on multilateral cooperation in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation and global efforts against terrorism and other relevant Read More
More Than A Nuclear Threat: North Korea’s Chemical, Biological, and Conventional Weapons March 22, 2018 Introduction and Main Points North Korean development of biological weapons both poses a serious potential threat to the United States and its strategic partners, and illustrates the broader dangers of proliferation. Biological weapons pose dangers that are growing steadily with Read More
Military Force Structure: Trade-offs, Trade-offs, Trade-offs February 26, 2018 The budget deal’s large defense increase in FY 2019 allows the Department of Defense (DOD) to do a lot more than it was doing before, but not everything. A major trade-off is with force structure. The forces proposed are more than what Secretary of Defense James Read More
The Global Reported Arms Trade The UN Register of Conventional Arms Transparency in armaments builds confidence between countries, and can help determine whether excessive or destabilizing accumulations of arms take place. Being open about armaments may encourage restraint in the transfer or production of arms, and can contribute to preventive diplomacy. Since its Read More
The Global Reported Arms Trade The UN Register of Conventional Arms Germany – 2012 Germany consistently pursues a restrictive export control policy both as regards armaments and dual-use goods intended for military purposes. This policy is based on Article 26 of the Basic Law (constitution) obliging the state to control war weapons at all stages Read More
PUBLIC STATEMENT 2013 PLENARY MEETING OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT ON EXPORT CONTROLS FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND DUAL-USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES The nineteenth Plenary meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement1, chaired by Ambassador Liselotte Plesner of Denmark, was held in Vienna on 3 to 4 December 2013. 1 The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms Read More
Trump’s 2019 Missile Defense Budget: Choosing Capacity over Capability CSIS Briefs February 28, 2018 DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF The Issue: President Trump’s 2019 budget request includes $12.9 billion for missile defense programs, including $9.9 billion for the Missile Defense Agency and about $3 billion in modernization in the military services, building upon the acceleration initiated Read More
12 February 2018 Improvised mines wreak havoc in Raqqa Warning about mines written on outside wall of building in Raqqa, Syria, January 21, 2018. © Human Rights Watch Improvised landmines planted by the non-state armed group Islamic State have killed and injured hundreds of civilians, in Raqqa (Syria) since the armed group was pushed out Read More
Improving South American military expenditure data Front view of a Sukhoi Su-30MK2 of the Bolivarian Military Aviation (AMB) deployed during the Aeronautical Fair BALANDA 2016 in Barquisimeto – Venezuela. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Carlos E. Perez S.L 4 September 2017 Dr Nan Tian and Diego Lopes da Silva SIPRI’s Military Expenditure Database currently covers 11 South Read More
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) The AVC Bureau’s core missions within the U.S. Department of State concern arms control, verification, and compliance with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or commitments. AVC advances national and international security through the negotiation and implementation of effectively verifiable and diligently enforced arms control Read More
[Senate Treaty Document 114-14] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 114th Congress } { Treaty Doc. SENATE 2d Session } { 114-14 _______________________________________________________________________ THE ARMS TRADE TREATY __________ MESSAGE from THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES transmitting THE ARMS TRADE TREATY, DONE AT NEW YORK ON APRIL 2, 2013, AND SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES Read More
Russian Engagement in Latin America: An Update December 19, 2017 In the final months of 2017, the most significant advance in Russia’s relationship with Latin America was arguably the inclusion of eight Latin American teams in the 32-team field for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Russia was almost absent from media coverage of the Read More