The United States has the dubious distinction of being the world’s leading arms dealer. It dominates the global trade in a historic fashion, and nowhere is that domination more complete than in the endlessly war-torn Middle East. There, believe it or not, the US controls nearly half the arms market. From Yemen to Libya to Egypt, sales by the […]
Author Archives: William D Hartung
William D Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy and the co-author of The Mideast Arms Bazaar: Top Arms Suppliers to the Middle East and North Africa 2015 to 2019.
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