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Forum on the Arms Trade@forumarmstrade.bsky.social |
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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.
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Bellingcat
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If you've never attended one of our Stage Talks, you can catch up on all previous episodes by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' in any major podcast provider or by clicking onto our SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/bellingcat
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Arms Control Association
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The Arms Control Association is pleased to join two dozen respected NGOs urging President Biden to "comply with U.S. law, end U.S. support for catastrophic human suffering in #Gaza, and use your leverage to protect civilians and ensure the impartial provision of humanitarian assistance."
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SIPRI.bsky.social
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How can discussions on demand-side factors accelerate progress in preventing human suffering caused by the illicit trafficking and misuse of small arms and light weapons?
New 🇪🇺 #EUNPDC paper out now➡️ bit.ly/4c5PjFk
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SIPRI.bsky.social
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‘The decline in Russian arms exports started before the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022’ — SIPRI’s
@pieterwezeman.bsky.social quoted in this external article by @politico.eu.
Full article ⬇️
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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WE'RE HIRING 📣 Spread the word and apply! Media and Program Officer to strengthen and grow awareness of and capabilities of our community of listed experts. 6 months, full-time, must be US-eligible. Apply by March 8. www.forumarmstrade.org/mediaofficer...
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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Register now for February 29 event "Accountability for Gun Violence: What’s Next In Mexico’s Case Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers?"
w/ Fadia Ibrahim, Jonathan Lowy, Carlos Pérez Ricart,
Leila Sadat, León Castellanos-Jankiewicz
co-hosted with Asser Institute
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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Latest "The Week in Arms Trade Publications" now available: two years of renewed war in Ukraine, ATT, conflict and the environment, Taiwan arms, events and more mailchi.mp/ea6188dd8ed3...
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SIPRI.bsky.social
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‘If the proposed hike in military spending materializes, Japan would join the long list of countries accelerating their increase of military spending in the Indo-Pacific region’—Read more in this SIPRI Topical Backgrounder by Xiao Liang and Dr Nan Tian➡️ bit.ly/3wRUju2
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Taylor Barnes
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Lockheed tells lawmakers that that $75b creates good jobs for their constituents, so Dr. Jennifer Greenburg and I went directly to the workers to hear what they think. (TLDR: Those jobs used to be a golden ticket to economic mobility. "Now, I would never reccomend it. That's how much it's changed")
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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Our next "The Week in Arms Trade Publications" newsletter is coming soon. Sign up at www.forumarmstrade.org/get-on-the-l...
And here's a little video about it. youtube.com/shorts/Gh9qa...
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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We maintain a tracker of Congressional notifications of U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and just updated it today with 2 notifications to #Italy. See the page www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s... as well as the handy google doc docs.google.com/spreadsheets... with data going back a decade.
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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Delighted to welcome today to our expert list:
* Hine-Wai Loose, Interim Director of Control Arms
* Adrian Wilkinson, Independent consultant
See theirs and other expert bios at www.forumarmstrade.org/experts.html
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
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50 recommendations across 3 environmental priority areas. We're pleased to have contributed a background paper on the environmental data landscape in Ukraine, and advised on environmentally sensitive mine action, in the High Level Working Group's Compact. bit.ly/48achbd
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Bellingcat
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This Thursday at 10am ET/4pm CET, Director of Research and Training @gianfiorella.bsky.social , will be speaking on the importance of media literacy and how Bellingcat is working to tackle disinformation. Join us for live Q&A: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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"Accountability for Gun Violence: What’s Next In Mexico’s Case Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers?"
register now for this Feb 29 event, implications not only for the United States and Mexico, but also for European and other manufacturers who produce weapons in the U.S.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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We're delighted to welcome two experts to the Forum community list today:
Tamar Gabelnick - Director of the ICBL-CMC
Paul Holden - Director of Investigations at Shadow World Investigations
See theirs and all expert bios at www.forumarmstrade.org/experts.html
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SIPRI.bsky.social
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After high reporting rates in UNROCA’s first two decades, South East Asian states’ reporting rates have been low in recent years.
This week SIPRI releases a paper that explores trends in reporting by these states and provides recommendations for states in all regions ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/DCCO3611
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Forum on the Arms Trade
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It's our first post on Bluesky and a good one. Check out our weekly newsletter "This Week in Arms Trade Publications" with works from experts on arms to Israel, U.S. notification thresholds, updated resources and more mailchi.mp/5a5d32d86091...
(sign up at www.forumarmstrade.org/get-on-the-l...)
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