Landmines are coming back to Europe - quietly. Countries like Poland are already moving toward using them. Others may follow. They don’t stop killing when wars end. We can still stop this, but we need to act now. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-04...
In response to the US President’s threats to commit genocide against Iran and ongoing Israeli-US war crimes in their illegal war of aggression, @wilpf.bsky.social has issued the following statement calling on everyone to work to end this war and to urgently abolish nuclear weapons.
“Threatening to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges is not a strategy, it is a war crime. This is not who we are..."
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
On Trump's threats against #Iran "...Such threats are unacceptable and following through would be a massive war crime and humanitarian disaster..." @armscontrolnow.bsky.social www.armscontrol.org/pressroom/20...
The system of arms trade oversight is breaking down and this may be the future... the president simply declares an emergency to bypass their review. An alarming $16 billion today mostly to UAE and Kuwait, following less than two weeks after 20,000+ bombs were declared needed by emergency for Israel.
A short article for Arms Control Today I co-authored with Michael Klare looking at new US strategy to speed up arms sales www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-03/... @armscontrolnow.bsky.social
🧵 1/ As #US and #Israel attack #Iran, starting a thread here of concerns being expressed. Feel free to add onto the thread.
6/ See Forum on the Arms Trade's notification tracker for some of the efforts to help with public transparency @forumarmstrade.bsky.social www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...
5/ Whether we'll continue to get less information in future notifications is unclear. But after last year altering all the web addresses of previous notifications, these combined changes are making public tracking of FMS notifications more difficult.
4/ and here are the transmittal number and indication of whether there is an offset in the last notification under the previous website (in this case, a notification for Ukraine) www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
3/ Here, for example, is first part the relevant paragraph for yesterday's notification to Jordan www.state.gov/jordan-ku-ba...
2/ This new website does not have the same archive and searchability of the previous site, nor did this first notification include a notification number or some of the standard text of previous notifications, such as an indication of whether there might be an offset agreement.
1/ As best I can tell, the State Department has just made public tracking of major US arms sales more difficult. It's weedy, but here's how.
As of yesterday, they are using this webpage www.state.gov/arms-sales-c... to share notifications, rather than this www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
Tomorrow, the last remaining arms control agreement between the US and Russia expires. The end of New START Treaty removes the final restraints on an accelerating nuclear arms race.
What does this mean? Read more in
@melissaparke01.bsky.social 's Op-ed: passblue.com/2026/02/01/t...
#NuclearBan
The world is more dangerous today as New START expires.
from @armscontrolnow.bsky.social
www.armscontrol.org/pressroom/20...
Tomorrow makes one year since Trump was inaugurated. There is so much awful that has occurred in the past year. Here is my very quick take on what's happened on firearms issues. See it and eight other commentaries hosted by @forumarmstrade.bsky.social www.forumarmstrade.org/trump_yearon...
🧵Collection of concerns expressed about US actions in #Venezuela today (Jan 3, 2026) -- from Congress, civil society, and others.
Feel free to share and add on.
(The Forum does not take responsibility for these statements. It does share them for public awareness)
In #LookingAhead2026 video @jeffabramson.bsky.social @cipolicy.bsky.social discusses the U.S. approach to the arms trade and weapons use, and possible global implications including pushback
youtu.be/cceS30WZBKg
(See full series at www.forumarmstrade.org/lookingahead...)
Take 3 minutes:
Start listening hear for @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social talking about disconnect between elected Democrats on #Israel and where citizen Democrats stand. Claims it's the largest gap he's ever seen. Compares to how Republicans refuse to act on guns.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK1f...
Really delighted to help organize this conference last week, bringing people together across multiple communities. Did you miss it or want to review? Check out the videos now available. 👇
Thanks, as always, @johnismay.bsky.social for your technical and diligent reporting. Do you think any of the weapons used might have components made/supplied by countries other than the US? The weapons you've identified I believe are all US origin and manufactured, no?
Really looking forward to this panel, as well as a full morning of cross-community learning. If you're in Washington DC the morning of December 10, come join us.
www.forumarmstrade.org/annual2025.h...
I knew the folks at @armscontrolnow.bsky.social would reply to Trump's comments on nuclear testing. See below.
imho what Trump said could mean many things and may not mean what most people think, which would be nuclear explosions (aka mushroom clouds)
www.armscontrol.org/pressroom/20...
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
Another dangerous decision - hopefully one to be walked back. The US need not open the pandora box of nuclear testing... still unclear exactly what Trump is proposing imho
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Really looking forward to this annual conference on December 10 bringing together anti-corruption, human rights and the arms trade community. Not yet announced, but not surprising, I'll be moderating a panel. Sign up now to be notified when registration opens. Details 👇
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
The measure reinstates rules for less paperwork, longer-lasting licenses, and fewer obstacles to selling firearms abroad. NGOs claim this change will escalate violence in Latin America and the Caribbean. Comments by John Lindsay-Poland @jeffabramson.bsky.social
Appreciated opportunity to provide this assessment in this reporting “Around the world we are trying to make friends, But when they have seen our weapons being misused it undermines that ability, and makes us seem hypocritical, dangerous.” @cipolicy.bsky.social
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This letter, out today, has been endorsed by a number of experts listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade. The Forum itself does not take positions. Partial list of endorsers includes:
No. I'm not a fan of a Department of "War"
This charade of asking the people behind him if they agree is also repugnant... if they don't agree, Trump will just replace them.