An overview of the impact of new regulations on government oversight of US firearm exports
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The Trump Effect: Trends in Major Arms Sales in 2019
An analysis of trends, changes, and policy developments in U.S. arms sales in 2019.
Tracking U.S. Security Assistance and Arms Sales
A quick overview of how to use SAM’s database resources to investigage U.S. arms sales and security aid.
Foreign Military Sales to Date in 2020
A comparison of government-to-government arms sales in the first three months of 2020 and 2019.
2019 U.S. Arms Sales Notifications
An analysis of Direct Commercial and Foreign Military Arms Sales Notifications in FY2019
Echos of Cold War Containment in U.S. Security Assistance
As the U.S. seeks to contain the growing regional clout of China and Russia in their near abroads, American policymakers may find that historic realities of each region may create varying degrees of success for their efforts.
How Trump is Sidestepping Congressional Oversight for Government Arms Sales
With President Trump invoking an obscure emergency provision in the Arms Export Control Act to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE over congressional objections, this factsheet illustrates how the President is circumventing traditional processes for government arms sales.
Trends in Major U.S. Arms Sales in 2018: The Trump Record – Rhetoric Versus Reality
A new report from the Security Assistance Monitor project of the Center for International Policy found that the Trump administration made $78.8 billion in arms deals in 2018, one-quarter of which involved the production of U.S. weapons overseas.
Congressional Notifications for Proposed U.S. Commercial Firearms Exports in 2018
Notifications to Congress for U.S. commercial firearms exports reached $746 million in 2018.
U.S. Arms Sales Notifications in 2018
The Trump Administration’s proposed amount of major U.S. arms sales in 2018 falls short of 2017 by $4 billion, moving from $82 billion in 2017 to $78 billion in 2018. The bulk of the proposed arms sales are going to countries in the Europe and Eurasia region and for miltiary aircraft and engines. Check out our new fact sheet for more details.