Julia Sweig argues that the Obama administration should tighten regulations of firearm sales—both at the domestic and at the import-and-export level—in order to reduce rates of gun violence in Latin America.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on April 2, 2013. The press release says the treaty makes it "harder for human rights abusers, criminals and arms traffickers to obtain weapons" and gives a brief history of the treaty from the 1990s. The United States signed the treaty, but Congress has not yet ratified it.

Jonathan Caverly and Ethan Kapstein maintained that the United States' domination of the global arms market is disappearing and that as a consequence, Washington is squandering an array of economic and political benefits. Critics dispute the point; Caverley and Kapstein respond.

For two decades, the United States has dominated the global arms trade, reaping a broad range of economic and geopolitical benefits in the process.

Boeing Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney discusses the involvement of the business community in foreign policy; U.S. global competitiveness and the challenge of balancing fiscal austerity with necessary technology and innovation investment; and Boeing's outlook for the future.

The CEO Speaker series is a unique forum for leading global CEOs to share their insights on issues that are at the center of commerce and foreign policy and to speak to the changing role of business in the international community. The series, sponsored by the Corporate Program, is one way that CFR seeks to integrate perspectives from the business community into ongoing dialogues on pressing policy issues, such as the international economic recovery, sustainable growth and job creation, and the expanding reach and impact of technology.

The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangment) is a multilateral export control regime that dates to July 12, 1996.

The UN General Assembly Guidelines on International Arms Transfers were an outcome of the UN Disarmament Commission's 1996 substantive session from April 22 – May 7, 1996.

The Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control, and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa was adopted on April 21, 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 8, 2005.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Declaration on Small Arms And Light Weapons was agreed upon at the CARICOM meeting from June 30- July 4, 2011 in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.

The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons was adopted on October 31, 1998.

Andrew J. Shapiro, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, gave this special joint press briefing on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, on December 29, 2011.

William Wan and Peter Finn write in the Washington Post that the emergence of multipolarity and China's new military ascendancy pose challenges for the U.S. monopoly over drone technology.

Leslie H. Gelb says the rise of arms sales in the Middle East may actually be helping keep the peace.

India is planning to buy $100 billion worth of new weapons over the next ten years.

As U.S. marines fought in Marja last year, they captured the weapons used by Taliban fighters.

Max Boot reviews The Gun by C.J. Chivers.

Four experts discuss the merits of the Obama administration's proposed $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

Elliott Abrams argues that if indeed Syria is supplying Hezbollah with SCUD missiles, Israel's right to self defense as well as the relevant UN resolutions allow military action against this threat--and the United States should make this clear.