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A New Bill Seeks to Patch the Flaws in the Arms Export Control Act
The proposed legislation would help Congress regain a measure of sway over weapons sales.
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No F-35s for UAE, Please
The sale is likely to deepen existing conflicts and further enmesh the U.S. in the region.
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Time to Rethink Arms Sales to Taiwan
Once, they might have tilted the military balance. Now they just destabilize the region.
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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.
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Selling F-16s to Taiwan Is Bad Business
The jets will inflame, not stabilize, cross-strait relations.
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The False Promises of Trump’s Arms Sales
U.S. export deals are undermining regional stability and sending jobs abroad.
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Cancel Turkey’s F-35s — and Maybe Its NATO Membership As Well
Sending America’s most advanced fighters to Ankara will do greater harm than good to U.S. interests — and that should give its allies pause.
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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.
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The Saudi Deal Shows Just How Broken the US Arms Export Process Has Become
A system meant to keep weapons sales from undermining U.S. national security has become a sham.
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Resettling Syria's Refugees Would Be Cheaper Than Widening the War
It would also be morally and practically superior to the West's current selective intervention.
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