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Arms Control
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Arms Sales Monitoring Project 
 This program "seeks to increase transparency, accountability and restraint in U.S. arms exports; broaden the coalition of citizens working to strengthen arms export controls; and to serve as a repository of data on U.S. arms transfers and arms export controls." Covers the project's campaign areas (such as terrorism, subsidies, small arms, landmines, and ballistic missiles), offers arms sales statistics, and links to related organizations and information. From the Federation of American Scientists. http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/asmp/ Topics: Business, Industries, Military, Weapons Last updated Jul 10, 2008 Arms Sales Monitoring Project: Profiles & Sales Data
This site "provides general arms sales statistics and highlights policies of concern in some of America's major client states." Information covers proposed arms sales, official arms transfer statistics, foreign military assistance (including training), lists of America's biggest defense contractors, and background information on countries that have received weapons from the U.S. From the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). http://fas.org/asmp/profiles/ Topics: Business, Industries, Military, Statistics, Weapons Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Avoiding Armageddon
Companion site to the PBS series that "examines the threats from nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and brings viewers face-to-face with the people most impacted by them." Offers personal stories, expert insights, lesson plans, and other resources. Highlights include an interactive map showing weapons of mass destruction, and a global security simulator. While coverage of the issues on this site leans towards the sensational, it does offer information from multiple viewpoints. http://www.pbs.org/avoidingarmageddon/ Topics: Lesson Plans, Weapons Last updated Apr 29, 2003 The Brooklyn Connection
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program that "shows the terrifying ease with which a charming Brooklyn [New York] businessman raised $30 million during the Kosovo War, purchased weapons across the USA, and shipped them legally to Albania to be smuggled into Kosovo." Includes background information about Kosovo and about U.S. gun laws and the international arms trade, a "journey of the gun" feature, and more. http://www.pbs.org/pov/thebrooklynconnection/ Topics: Business, History By Place, Hobbies, Industries, Recreation, Social Issues, Weapons Last updated Sep 4, 2009 Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation: Treaties and Agreements
Text of historic arms control agreements from the U.S. Bureau of Arms Control and the U.S. Bureau of Nonproliferation (which merged to become the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation in 2005). Some of the treaties include the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Geneva Protocol, the Open Skies Treaty, the Outer Space Treaty, and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I and SALT II). From the U.S. Department of State. http://www.state.gov/t/isn/trty/ Topics: International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Weapons Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Council for a Livable World
The Council for a Livable World is an organization "... committed to ridding the world of weapons of mass destruction and eliminating wasteful military spending." This site includes information on the U.S. military budget, arms control treaties, and national security legislation. There are also sections highlighting ballistic missile defense, United Nations peacekeeping, and the conventional arms trade. http://www.clw.org/ Topics: Business, Industries, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Military, Weapons Last updated Aug 18, 2001 Federation of American Scientists
Founded first as the Federation of Atomic Scientists by members of the Manhattan Project who produced the first atomic bomb, this organization works to challenge excessive government secrecy, monitor arms sales, prevent proliferation of biological and toxin weapons, watches the intelligence community, analyzes the U.S. military, works for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and promotes the use of space for collaboration and monitors its use for conflict. http://www.fas.org/ Topics: Weapons Last updated Apr 29, 2001 |
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