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To promote debate and help improve U.S. decision making about arms sales we created the Arms Sales Risk Index, now in its third year. By identifying …
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The Trump administration is looking to allow U.S. defense contractors to expand the sale of drones, including armed drones, worldwide. Advocates point to the economic benefits and …
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The Trump administration announced Friday that it is adding six new countries to the existing travel ban, joining the seven already on the list. The ban means …
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Biden is in good shape to win the White House next month. What will his foreign policy look like? As I wrote last year in …
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President Trump is at it again, taking to Twitter to announce that he had directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to ratchet up sanctions on Iran in the wake of the …
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