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Caroline Dorminey

Policy Director, Womens Action for New Directions

Caroline Dorminey is the Policy Director at Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND).
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Some Arms Exports Are Riskier Than Others. Here’s a Tool To Tell Which Ones

The problems with selling weapons to Saudi Arabia and Turkey were hardly unpredictable.

  • A. Trevor Thrall, Caroline Dorminey and Jordan Cohen
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House Democrats Want To Kill This More Useable Nuke. They’re Right.

There are no good arguments for the W76-2 warhead, and quite a few good ones against.

  • Caroline Dorminey and Kingston Reif
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Yemen Shows Why US Needs to Change Its Arms Sales Policy


A Senate resolution to reduce U.S. participation in Yemen's war failed, but policymakers seeking to reduce complicity in the humanitarian crisis have another option.

  • A. Trevor Thrall and Caroline Dorminey
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What to Expect from the Pentagon’s First-Ever Audit

Dramatic surprises are unlikely, but the resulting information should feed better discussions and decisions about national-security spending.

  • Christopher Preble and Caroline Dorminey