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U.S. Arms Exports and Export Controls

• "Small Arms in Iraq Vulnerable to Theft and Diversion" by Matt Buongiorno, Public Interest Report, May 2010.
• "Transparency and Accountability in Arms Export Systems: the United States as a Case Study" by Matt Schroeder, Disarmament Forum, Fall 2005.
• "Export-Control Murkiness" by Matt Schroeder and Rachel Stohl, Defense News, 6 January 2003.
• "The United States is Still #1 in Arms Sales" by Tamar Gabelnick, www.CommonDreams.org, 10 August 2002.
• "National Security Before Arms Sales" by Tamar Gabelnick & Rachel Stohl, Defense News, May 7, 2001.
• "The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales " by Pamina Firchow and Tamar Gabelnick, August 2000.
• "Globalized Weaponry," by Tamar Gabelnick and Anna Rich,  Foreign Policy in Focus, June 2000. .pdf version
• "U.S. Export Reform Proposals May Jeopardize Arms Control " by Tamar Gabelnick, Defense News, May 8, 2000.
• "Turkey: Arms and Human Rights " by Tamar Gabelnick, Foreign Policy in Focus, May 1999.
• "US Arms Exports to the World " by Anna Rich, Resist, May 1999.
• "The US Arms Both Sides of Mexico's Drug War " by Lora Lumpe, as published in Covert Action Quarterly, Summer 1997, Number 61.
• "A Framework for Limiting the Negative Consequences of Surplus U.S. Arms Production and Trading ," Lora Lumpe, for the Council on Foreign Relations Defense Industry Globalization Study Group, 8 November 1996.

U.S. Foreign Military Aid

• "Pakistan Policy Sends Dangerous Signal" by Matt Schroeder and Rachel Stohl, Baltimore Sun, March 31, 2004.
• "Pentagon Trumps the Poor in the Bush Administration's Foreign Aid Proposals" by Tamar Gabelnick, Foreign Policy In Focus, February 13, 2003.
• "Guns R U.S." by Tamar Gabelnick and Matt Schroeder, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2003.
• "New Supplemental Bill Will Make the World Safe for Oil, but Not Safe for Us" by Tamar Gabelnick, Foreign Policy in Focus, 18 June 2002.
• "Security Assistance after September 11 " by Tamar Gabelnick, Foreign Policy in Focus , May 2002.

Small Arms & Light Weapons

• "Accessories for Small Arms and Light Weapons," by Matt Schroeder, SAS Research Note No. 26, February 2013.
• "Holy grails: Libya loses control of its MANPADS," by Matt Schroeder, Jane's Intelligence Review, May 2011.
• "Stop Panicking About the Stingers," by Matt Schroeder, Foreign Policy, 28 July 2010.
• "U.S. Mistakes in Iraq Weapons Transfers Could Have Been Avoided," by Katarzyna Bzdak, World Politics Review, 16 April 2008.
• "Proliferación de Manpads en América Latina: análisis de la amenaza y respuesta regional," by Matt Schroeder, En la mira, 4 Decenber 2007. English version.
• "Rogue Missiles - Tracking MANPADS Proliferation Trends," by Matt Schroeder, Jane's Intelligence Review, November 2007. Media Advisory
• "Countering the MANPADS threat: Strategies for Success," by Matt Schroeder, Arms Control Today, September 2007.
• "Sweating the Small Stuff" by Matt Schroeder, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September/October 2007.
• "Global Approach Needed to Stem the Trade of Illicit Small Arms," by Matt Schroeder, FAS Public Interest Report, Winter 2007, p. 4. Also in this issue of the PIR: "United Nations Action on Small Arms: Moving Forward from Failure" by Rachel Stohl, A Recurrent Latin American Nightmare: Venezuela and the Challenge of Controlling State Ammunition Stockpiles by Pablo Dreyfus, and "Where Have All the Antonovs Gone? The Illicit Small Arms Trade in Africa by James Bevan.
• "The Scourge of Small Arms," by Matt Schroeder and Rachel Stohl, Defense Technology International, January/February 2007, p. 50.
• "The Illicit Arms Trade in Africa: A Global Enterprise," by Matt Schroeder and Guy Lamb, African Analyst, Third Quarter 2006.
• "Small Arms, Large Problem: The International Threat of Small Arms Proliferation and Misuse," by Matt Schroeder and Rachel Stohl, Arms Control Today, June 2006.
• "Lord of War:" An Arms Trade Analyst's Perspective" by Matt Schroeder, FAS Public Interest Report, Fall 2005.
• "Connect the Dots: US Gun Laws and the International Arms Trade," by Matt Schroeder, On-line Interview, PBS, 12 July 2005.
• "Controlling the Most Dangerous Weapons," by Matt Schroeder and Rachel Stohl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 November 2004.
• "Welcome Progress on Shoulder-fired Missile Threat," by Matt Schroeder, FAS Public Interest Report, Summer 2004.
• "Curbing the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Latin America," by Matt Schroeder, FAS Public Interest Report, Autumn 2003. 
• "The Stinger Missile Boomerangs" by Matthew Schroeder, Washington Times, 4 June 2002.
• "U.S., 'Rogues' Hold Out," by Tamar Gabelnick, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, September/October 2001. 
• "UN Small Arms Conference: Evaluation and Prospects ," by Tamar Gabelnick and Pamina Firchow, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 2001. pdf version .
• "Global Black-Market Arms Trade Should be Next Target of NGOs ," FAS Public Interest Report, Volume 50, number 4, July/August 1997.
• "The US Arms Both Sides of Mexico's Drug War ," Lora Lumpe, Covert Action Quartely, Summer 1997, Number 61, pp. 39-46.

International Standards

• "Of Red Parakeets and Dragon Fire: the Nonproliferation Case for Maintaining the EU Arms Embargo on China," by Matt Schroeder, FAS Public Interest Report, Winter 2005. 
• "Raising the Bar: The Campaign for an International Arms Trade Treaty," by Matt Schroeder, FAS Public Interest Report, Spring 2004. 
• "Conventional Arms Control in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Case for a Supply-Side Regime Based on International Law," by Tamar Gabelnick, Conference on Conventional Arms Rivalry in the Asia Pacific Region, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies.

MissileWatch

• Volume 3, Issue 3, November 2010
  • Editor's Note
  • Global News: "UN Arms Register: Venezuela was the largest importer of MANPADS in 2009"
  • Global News: "Extradition of ‘Merchant of Death’ could reveal much about the illicit arms trade"
  • Afghanistan: "No evidence of Iranian MANPADS training, claims NATO official"
  • Egypt: "Another massive missile cache discovered in the Sinai"
  • Somalia: "Photos of missile confirms claims in UN report, but questions remain"
  • United States: "FAS obtains key counter-MANPADS report"
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• Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2010
  • Global News: "Survey of black market prices for shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles reveals large differences in missile prices"
  • Afghanistan: "No shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles in seized Afghan arms caches, confirms ISAF spokesperson"
  • Egypt: "Shoulder-fired missiles found in the Sinai were old, “in very bad condition,” says Egyptian official"
  • Iraq: Shoulder-fired missile in video of insurgent attack could be Iranian"
  • Iraq: "Missile seized in 2008 was a 30-year-old Russian Strela-2M MANPADS, documents reveal"
  • Iraq: "At least 27 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles seized from arms caches in Iraq since February"
  • Lebanon: "Israeli claim about Igla-S delivery to Hezbollah raises many questions"
  • Peru: "U.S. government concerned over reported missile diversion in Peru, but praises investigation"
  • Somalia: "Shoulder-fired missile attack at Mogadishu airport foiled by peace-keepers, according to UN report"
   
• Volume 3, Issue 1, February 2010
  • Global Overview
  • Afghanistan: "No recent discoveries of shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles in insurgent arms caches"
  • Eritrea: "UN Slaps Arms Embargoes on Major Missile Proliferator"
  • Iraq: "Fewer public reports of seized shoulder-fired missiles in Iraq, but MANPADS still a threat"
  • Ireland: "Alleged plot to shoot down a police helicopter may have involved surface-to-air missile"
  • Myanmar: "300 shoulder-fired missiles in insurgent arsenal, claims Thai Colonel"
  • North Korea: "North Korean arms shipment included MANPADS, Thai report confirms"
  • Peru: "Igla missiles stolen from Peruvian Military, claims alleged trafficker"
  • Spain: "Failed assassination attempts underscore the risks for terrorists of relying on black market missiles"
  • United States: "Congress to receive DHS report on anti-missile systems for commercial airliners in February"
  • United States: "Documents from trial of the “Prince of Marbella” contain additional information on shoulder-fired missiles"
  • United States: "No new international MANPADS sales since 1999"
  • Venezuela: "U.S. receives “assurances” from Russia regarding controls on shoulder-fired missiles sold to Venezuela, but questions remain"
   
• Volume 2, Issue 2, October 2009
  • Honduras/Mexico:: "Alleged arms trafficker offered to sell “17 or 18 surface-to-air missiles,” claims US informant"
  • Kenya : "MANPADS threat affects US air travel to Nairobi"
  • Russia: "20 MANPADS seized from militants in North Caucasus region"
  • Sri Lanka: "Terrorist group had access to more than a dozen SA-14s"
  • Venezuela: "Video of new SA-24s posted on Youtube"
  • UN Arms Register: New ASMP resource
  • In-depth: "MANPADS Control and the Obama Administration"

• For more articles pertaining to Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), see ASMP's MANPADS page.

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• "Sweet Deals, Stolen Jobs, " Lora Lumpe, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 1994.
• "The Link of Jobs to Foreign Arms Sales, " Lora Lumpe and Paul Pineo, Baltimore Sun, 28 November 1993.

• "The Missile Technology Control Regime ," Lora Lumpe, Ballistic Missile Defense in Perspective, Joseph Cirincione and Frank von Hippel, eds., Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers: 1996.
• "A Flight Test Ban as a Tool for Curbing Ballistic Missile Proliferation ," Lora Lumpe, Space Power Interests, Peter Hayes, eds., Westview Press: 1996, 146-182.
• "A Flight Test Ban as a Tool for Curbing Ballistic Missile Proliferation ," Lora Lumpe, INESAP-Information Bulletin No. 4, January 1995, 15-18.
• "Arms Control Options for Delivery Vehicles ," Lora Lumpe, Physics and Society, Vol 24, 2 January 1995, pp. 2-5.
• "Third World Submarines ," Lora Lumpe and Daniel J. Revelle, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, August 1994, pp. 16-21.
• "Proposal for a Zero Ballistic Missile Regime ," J. Jerome Holton, Lora Lumpe, and Jeremy J Stone, 1993 Science and International Security Anthology, AAAS: Washington, 1993, 379-96.
• "Zero Ballistic Missiles and the Third World ," Lora Lumpe, Arms Control, April 1994, 208-229.
• "An ACA briefing with … Lora Lumpe ," Arms Control Today, November 1993.
• "Revisiting Zero Ballistic Missiles-Reagan's Forgotten Dream ," F.A.S. Public Interest Report, May/June 1992.
• "Third World Ballistic Missiles: Are the Facts Lost in the Numbers? " Lora Lumpe, Lisbeth Gronlund, David C. Wright, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1992, 30-37.

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