Forum on the Arms Trade
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forumarmstrade.org -- The Forum is a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use.
Great lineup for this event next week. Register now.
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Great lineup for this event next week. Register now.
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
Learn more and sign up now:
📣 Women at the Frontlines: Integrating GBV Prevention into National and Community Arms-Control Strategies
📆December 4, 9:00-10:AM EST
* Natalia Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz
* Folade Mutota, WINAD
* Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
📣 Women at the Frontlines: Integrating GBV Prevention into National and Community Arms-Control Strategies
📆December 4, 9:00-10:AM EST
* Natalia Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz
* Folade Mutota, WINAD
* Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Learn more and sign up now:
📣 Women at the Frontlines: Integrating GBV Prevention into National and Community Arms-Control Strategies
📆December 4, 9:00-10:AM EST
* Natalia Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz
* Folade Mutota, WINAD
* Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
📣 Women at the Frontlines: Integrating GBV Prevention into National and Community Arms-Control Strategies
📆December 4, 9:00-10:AM EST
* Natalia Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz
* Folade Mutota, WINAD
* Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
UPDATED: Rep Sara Jacobs to provide opening remarks
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
UPDATED: Rep Sara Jacobs to provide opening remarks
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
➡️ Progress in the Face of Headwinds: Achieving a World Free of Landmines and Cluster Munitions
📅 Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
Now available, report from last week's event "Armed Networks: Understanding the Nexus of Illicit Firearms and Organized Crime Across Continents" with recommendations, resources and video
www.forumarmstrade.org/blog/event-r...
www.forumarmstrade.org/blog/event-r...
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Now available, report from last week's event "Armed Networks: Understanding the Nexus of Illicit Firearms and Organized Crime Across Continents" with recommendations, resources and video
www.forumarmstrade.org/blog/event-r...
www.forumarmstrade.org/blog/event-r...
Yesterday, Trump administration notified Congress of potential FMS (Foreign Military Sales) to #India for:
* 216 #Excalibur tactical projectiles for $47.1 million
* 100 #Javelin anti-tank rounds for $45.7 million
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/usindia.html
* 216 #Excalibur tactical projectiles for $47.1 million
* 100 #Javelin anti-tank rounds for $45.7 million
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/usindia.html
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yesterday, Trump administration notified Congress of potential FMS (Foreign Military Sales) to #India for:
* 216 #Excalibur tactical projectiles for $47.1 million
* 100 #Javelin anti-tank rounds for $45.7 million
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/usindia.html
* 216 #Excalibur tactical projectiles for $47.1 million
* 100 #Javelin anti-tank rounds for $45.7 million
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/usindia.html
Factsheet updated with yesterday's U.S.-Saudi news as MBS visits White House and attends state dinner. Strategic Defense Agreement and US to sell F-35s and ~300 tanks. Saudi-Arabia to be made major non-NATO ally. www.forumarmstrade.org/us-saudi-arm...
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Factsheet updated with yesterday's U.S.-Saudi news as MBS visits White House and attends state dinner. Strategic Defense Agreement and US to sell F-35s and ~300 tanks. Saudi-Arabia to be made major non-NATO ally. www.forumarmstrade.org/us-saudi-arm...
Check out this event December 3 on landmines and cluster munitions from the US Campaign to Ban Landmines - Cluster Munition Coalition @banclusterbombs.bsky.social @minefreeworld.bsky.social
Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Check out this event December 3 on landmines and cluster munitions from the US Campaign to Ban Landmines - Cluster Munition Coalition @banclusterbombs.bsky.social @minefreeworld.bsky.social
Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
NEW EVENT - Join in November 13
"Armed Networks: Understanding the Nexus of Illicit Firearms and Organized Crime Across Continents"
w/ Amara Thiha @stimsoncenter.bsky.social, Khristopher Carlson @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social, and Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
"Armed Networks: Understanding the Nexus of Illicit Firearms and Organized Crime Across Continents"
w/ Amara Thiha @stimsoncenter.bsky.social, Khristopher Carlson @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social, and Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
NEW EVENT - Join in November 13
"Armed Networks: Understanding the Nexus of Illicit Firearms and Organized Crime Across Continents"
w/ Amara Thiha @stimsoncenter.bsky.social, Khristopher Carlson @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social, and Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
"Armed Networks: Understanding the Nexus of Illicit Firearms and Organized Crime Across Continents"
w/ Amara Thiha @stimsoncenter.bsky.social, Khristopher Carlson @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social, and Monalisa Hazarika
www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
One of the great panels at this year's annual conference bringing together the responsible arms trade, human rights and anti-corruption communities. 12/10 in Washington DC. Sign up now www.forumarmstrade.org/annual2025.h...
@jwrchappell.bsky.social @seharrison7.bsky.social @jeffabramson.bsky.social
@jwrchappell.bsky.social @seharrison7.bsky.social @jeffabramson.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One of the great panels at this year's annual conference bringing together the responsible arms trade, human rights and anti-corruption communities. 12/10 in Washington DC. Sign up now www.forumarmstrade.org/annual2025.h...
@jwrchappell.bsky.social @seharrison7.bsky.social @jeffabramson.bsky.social
@jwrchappell.bsky.social @seharrison7.bsky.social @jeffabramson.bsky.social
ICYMI - Foreign Military Sales (FMS) notifications restarted last Friday w/ $353m to Singapore for guard base construction. First #FMS notification since Oct 1. www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
Spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
Spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
ICYMI - Foreign Military Sales (FMS) notifications restarted last Friday w/ $353m to Singapore for guard base construction. First #FMS notification since Oct 1. www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
Spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
See updated resource page www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
Spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Where does your country stand on humanitarian disarmament treaties and initiatives? Find out here www.forumarmstrade.org/hdtracker.html (and see docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Where does your country stand on humanitarian disarmament treaties and initiatives? Find out here www.forumarmstrade.org/hdtracker.html (and see docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
As the UN First Committee (disarmament) gets started, see the updated spreadsheet on where states stand on humanitarian disarmament treaties and initiatives w/ new intro from @yeshuamp.bsky.social (also available as spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...) www.forumarmstrade.org/hdtracker.html
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As the UN First Committee (disarmament) gets started, see the updated spreadsheet on where states stand on humanitarian disarmament treaties and initiatives w/ new intro from @yeshuamp.bsky.social (also available as spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...) www.forumarmstrade.org/hdtracker.html
1/ Breaking- today, the Commerce Department announced the rescinding of a May 2024 Biden administration rule related to firearms exports, notably semi-automatic weapons (assault weapons). media.bis.gov/press-releas...
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
1/ Breaking- today, the Commerce Department announced the rescinding of a May 2024 Biden administration rule related to firearms exports, notably semi-automatic weapons (assault weapons). media.bis.gov/press-releas...
Event Oct 8 - Real Costs of The Push to Rearm in Europe and Beyond: Implications for arms control, Business and Human Rights, and International Law - hosted by Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), the American Bar Association (ABA), and @wilpf.bsky.social
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Event Oct 8 - Real Costs of The Push to Rearm in Europe and Beyond: Implications for arms control, Business and Human Rights, and International Law - hosted by Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), the American Bar Association (ABA), and @wilpf.bsky.social
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Latest "Week in Arms Trade Publications" is coming out in 45 minutes. Are you signed up to receive it?
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August 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Latest "Week in Arms Trade Publications" is coming out in 45 minutes. Are you signed up to receive it?
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🧵this week's US FMS (Foreign Military Sales) notifications have a European thread, going to:
* Ukraine
* NATO (for Belgium, Italy, and Romania)
* Poland
* UK
Some observations below as 2025 FMS totals now surpass $56B worldwide
www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
* Ukraine
* NATO (for Belgium, Italy, and Romania)
* Poland
* UK
Some observations below as 2025 FMS totals now surpass $56B worldwide
www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
August 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🧵this week's US FMS (Foreign Military Sales) notifications have a European thread, going to:
* Ukraine
* NATO (for Belgium, Italy, and Romania)
* Poland
* UK
Some observations below as 2025 FMS totals now surpass $56B worldwide
www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
* Ukraine
* NATO (for Belgium, Italy, and Romania)
* Poland
* UK
Some observations below as 2025 FMS totals now surpass $56B worldwide
www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
1/ We're excited to have recently listed three more experts as part of the Forum community.
Amber Darwish, Jowita Mieszkowska, and Anna Provan.
See theirs and all bios at www.forumarmstrade.org/experts.html
Amber Darwish, Jowita Mieszkowska, and Anna Provan.
See theirs and all bios at www.forumarmstrade.org/experts.html
August 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
1/ We're excited to have recently listed three more experts as part of the Forum community.
Amber Darwish, Jowita Mieszkowska, and Anna Provan.
See theirs and all bios at www.forumarmstrade.org/experts.html
Amber Darwish, Jowita Mieszkowska, and Anna Provan.
See theirs and all bios at www.forumarmstrade.org/experts.html
2/ ATT Monitor launched ( @controlarms.bsky.social )
"..Some ATT States Parties have reconsidered some export authorizations to and imports from some belligerent States, also based on the prohibitions and export assessment criteria of Articles 6 and 7 of the ATT.."
attmonitor.org/en/the-2025-...
"..Some ATT States Parties have reconsidered some export authorizations to and imports from some belligerent States, also based on the prohibitions and export assessment criteria of Articles 6 and 7 of the ATT.."
attmonitor.org/en/the-2025-...
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
2/ ATT Monitor launched ( @controlarms.bsky.social )
"..Some ATT States Parties have reconsidered some export authorizations to and imports from some belligerent States, also based on the prohibitions and export assessment criteria of Articles 6 and 7 of the ATT.."
attmonitor.org/en/the-2025-...
"..Some ATT States Parties have reconsidered some export authorizations to and imports from some belligerent States, also based on the prohibitions and export assessment criteria of Articles 6 and 7 of the ATT.."
attmonitor.org/en/the-2025-...
Trump admin proposes $500 million sale of HIMARS to #Bahrain. www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
See also our updated resource page and spreadsheet for years of such Foreign Military Sales (FMS) notifications www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
See also our updated resource page and spreadsheet for years of such Foreign Military Sales (FMS) notifications www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
August 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Trump admin proposes $500 million sale of HIMARS to #Bahrain. www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
See also our updated resource page and spreadsheet for years of such Foreign Military Sales (FMS) notifications www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
See also our updated resource page and spreadsheet for years of such Foreign Military Sales (FMS) notifications www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
short 🧵State Dept announces major possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to #Nigeria today for $346 million to include (partial list)
* 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs;
* 515 MXU-1006 AFGs for 250 lb Paveway II GBU-58
and more
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
* 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs;
* 515 MXU-1006 AFGs for 250 lb Paveway II GBU-58
and more
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
August 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
short 🧵State Dept announces major possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to #Nigeria today for $346 million to include (partial list)
* 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs;
* 515 MXU-1006 AFGs for 250 lb Paveway II GBU-58
and more
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
* 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs;
* 515 MXU-1006 AFGs for 250 lb Paveway II GBU-58
and more
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
New report analyses 59 documented cases of corruption in the arms trade spanning 63 countries and 81 companies over the last 45 years; and identifies patterns that allow corruption to flourish in the trade @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social @armstradect.bsky.social worldpeacefoundation.org/wp-content/u...
August 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New report analyses 59 documented cases of corruption in the arms trade spanning 63 countries and 81 companies over the last 45 years; and identifies patterns that allow corruption to flourish in the trade @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social @armstradect.bsky.social worldpeacefoundation.org/wp-content/u...
Ranking SFRC member Shaheen @shaheen.senate.gov "The 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are a shell of previous year’s reports. They have been stripped of information about internationally recognized human rights and politicized.." (online soon at www.foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking)
August 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ranking SFRC member Shaheen @shaheen.senate.gov "The 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are a shell of previous year’s reports. They have been stripped of information about internationally recognized human rights and politicized.." (online soon at www.foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking)
Ranking HFAC member Meeks statement that reports are "...deliberately watering down or cutting factual reporting on global human rights violations..." @meeks.house.gov (should also be online at some point at democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/news-dems)
August 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ranking HFAC member Meeks statement that reports are "...deliberately watering down or cutting factual reporting on global human rights violations..." @meeks.house.gov (should also be online at some point at democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/news-dems)