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PUBLICATIONS

Select publications of reports, articles and briefs as author, co-author, or editor from 2007 to present are detailed below. Topics discussed range from the arms trade to landmines and cluster munitions to preventing an arms race in space, and more.

Media
  • Cluster Munition Monitor 2015, final editor, International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC), Croatia, August 2015, 78pp.
  • Efforts with strong civil society engagement: Arms Trade Treaty, Killer Robots, Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas," Looking Ahead short essays, Forum on the Arms Trade, March 11, 2015.
  • "At Last: Global Arms Trade Treaty Enters Into Force," Arms Control Now, December 29, 2014. 
  • Landmine Monitor 2014, final editor, ICBL-CMC, December 2014, 61pp.
  • Cluster Munition Monitor 2014, final editor, ICBL-CMC, San José, Costa Rica, August 2014, 62pp.
  • Landmine Monitor 2013, final editor, ICBL-CMC, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2013, 77pp.
  • Cluster Munition Monitor 2013, final editor, ICBL-CMC, Lusaka, Zambia, September 2013, 78pp.
  • “Special Report: UN General Assembly Adopts Arms Trade Treaty In Overwhelming Vote,” Arms Control Today (ACT), May 2013, p. 15-21.
  • “Letter to the Editor: Too ‘Lite’ on the Arms Trade Treaty,” ACT, March 2012, p.48.
  • “Progress in Arms Trade Treaty Talks,” Disarmament Times, October 14, 2011.
  • “An Arms Trade Treaty makes sense for US interests,” The Hill’s Congress Blog, August 17, 2011.
  • “States Continue Work on Arms Trade Treaty,” ACT, April 2011, p. 33.
  • “Mine Ban Treaty: Time for a Positive U.S. Decision,” Arms Control Association (ACA) Issue Brief, vol. 2, no. 2, February 28, 2011.
  • “U.S. Moves Forward on Space Policy”, with Nik Gebben, ACT, March 2011, p. 46.
  • “Cluster Negotiations Again Extended,” ACT, January/February 2011, p. 52-53.
  • “At Mine Ban Meeting, U.S. Still Mum on Policy” with Farrah Zughni, ACT, January/February 2011, p.49-50 .
  • “Mine Ban Treaty by the Numbers,” ACA Issue Brief, vol. 1, no. 37, November 23, 2010.
  • “U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal: Congress Should Take A Closer Look,” with Matthew Sugrue, ACA Issue Brief, vol. 1, no.29, November 12, 2010.
  • “UN Arms Data Mixed As Participation Falls,” ACT, November 2010, p.41-45.
  • “Revised Space Code Advances,” ACT, November 2010, p. 37.
  • “U.S. Arms Deals Decline in Shrinking Market,” with Meghan Warren, ACT, October 2010, p. 49-51.
  • “Defense Treaties, Export Reform Move Ahead,” ACT, October 2010, p. 34-35.
  • “Progress Made at Arms Trade Treaty Meeting,” ACT, September 2010, p. 46.
  • “New U.S. Space Policy Open to Arms Control,” ACT, with Valerie Pacer, September 2010, p. 43.
  • “Consensus Found at Small Arms Conference,” ACT, July/August 2010, p. 46-47.
  • “Momentum Building for U.S. Accession to the Mine Ban Treaty,” ACA Issue Brief, vol. 1, no. 6, May 25, 2010.
  • “Gates Outlines Export Reform Overhaul,” ACT, May 2010, p.54-55.
  • “U.S. Incendiary-Weapons Policy Rebuffed,” ACT, April 2010, p.39-40.
  • “Cluster Convention Set to Enter Into Force,” ACT, March 2010, p.51.
  • “U.S.-Taiwan Arms Deal Angers China,” with Michael Ashby, ACT, March 2010, p. 54-55.
  • “Defense Trade Treaties Remain in Committee,” ACT, January/February 2010, p.6.
  • “In A First, U.S. Attends Landmine Meeting,” ACT, January/February 2010, p. 29-30.
  • “Work on Cluster Munitions Extended Again,” ACT, December 2009, p.45-46.
  • “U.S. Supports Arms Trade Treaty Process,” ACT, November 2009, p.34-35.
  • “Arms Exports Fell in 2008, UN Data Say,” ACT, November 2009, p. 36-38.
  • “UN Conventional Arms Register Falters,” ACT, September 2009, p. 32-33.
  • “India, U.S. Agree on Defense Trade Monitoring,” with Daniel Horner, ACT, September 2009, p.42.
  • “Export Control Review Launched,” ACT, September 2009, p. 49.
  • “CCW Extends Work on Clusters Protocol,” ACT, May 2009, p. 31-32.
  • “U.S. Limits Clusters; Global Efforts Ongoing,” ACT, April 2009, p. 47-48.
  • “U.S. Arms Notifications Spike in 2008,” ACT, March 2009, p. 38-39.
  • “Afghan Small Arms Records Incomplete,” ACT, March 2009, p. 46
  • “Will Oslo be the Next Ottawa? The Cluster-munitions Debate,” The Journal of ERW and Mine Action, Winter 2008/09, p. 45-47.
  • “Countries Sign Cluster Munitions Convention,” ACT, January/February 2009, p.25-27.
  • “EU Issues Space Code of Conduct,” ACT, January/February 2009, p. 30-31.
  • “Landmine Ban Deadlines Extended,” ACT, January/February 2009, p. 31-32.
  • “Hold Out Countries Should Join New Cluster Munitions Treaty,” World Politics Review, December 17, 2008.
  • “CCW Fails to Reach Cluster Munitions Pact,” ACT, December 2008, p. 48.
  • “Treaty Analysis: The Convention on Cluster Munitions,” ACT, December 2008, p. 49-51.
  • “Arms Trade Treaty Discussion Creeps Forward,” ACT, December 2008, p.53-54.
  • “U.S. Atop Expanding Global Arms Market,” ACT, December 2008, p.56-57.
  • “Defense Trade Treaties Stall in Congress,” ACT, November 2008, p. 49.
  • “Quick-Reaction Force Contract Awarded,” ACT, November 2008, p. 51.
  • “CCW Considers Limits on Cluster Munitions,” ACT, October 2008, p. 43.
  • “UN Register Captures Expanded Small Arms Trade,” ACT, October 2008, p. 45-46.
  • “Small Arms Conference Nets Agreement,” ACT, September 2008, p. 46.
  • “Russian Cluster Use Alleged; U.S. Clarifies Policy,” ACT, September 2008, p. 47-48.
  • “Successful Small Arms Conference May Boost Prospects of ‘Arms Trade Treaty’,” World Politics Review, July 31, 2008.
  • “107 Countries Approve Cluster Munitions Treaty,” ACT, July/August 2008, p. 31-33.
  • “Treaty Likely to Set International Standard Against Use of Cluster Munitions,” World Politics Review, June 2, 2008.
  • “Chinese Arms Shipment Sparks Outrage,” ACT, with Jessica Lasky-Fink June 2008, p. 30-31.
  • “Unexploded Weapons Clearance Plans Progresses,” ACT, June 2008, p. 42.
  • “Senate Mulls CCW Edits; Cluster Munitions Debated,” ACT, May 2008, p. 48-49.
  • “Ratify Humanitarian Law: U.S. Lawmakers Should OK Arms Regulations,” DefenseNews, April 21, 2008, p. 29.
  • “Alleged Top Arms Dealer Arrested,” ACT, April 2008, p. 51-52.
  • “White House Aims to Expedite Arms Exports,” ACT, March 2008, p. 36-37.
  • “U.S. Joins Study of Arms Trade Treaty,” ACT, March 2008, p. 53.
  • “Mandates Zero In on Certain Conventional Arms,” ACT, January/February 2008, p. 39.
  • “UN Register Reveals Small Arms Trade,” ACT, November 2007, p. 46.
  • “Small Arms Raising Concerns in Iraq,” ACT, September 2007, p. 42.
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