Testimony by Jeff Abramson, Senior Fellow
Arms Control Association

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
“Proposed Small Arms Transfers: Big Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy”
March 26, 2019

This op-ed originally appeared in The Nation, Mar. 21, 2019.

An international investigative body confirmed in a March 2019 report that a chemical weapon, likely chlorine, was used in an April 2018 attack in Douma, Syria, despite likely Russian and Syrian attempts to impede the investigations, and in blatant violation of international law.

Pence Calls on Europeans to Leave JCPOA

This op-ed originally appeared in Axios, Feb. 25, 2019.

As the second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un approaches, the U.S. continues to focus its attention on the dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear program.

INF Treaty Suspension Opens the Door to New Missile Pursuits

This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill, February 20, 2019.

This op-ed originally appeared in Defense One on Feb. 11, 2019.

Barring an 11th-hour diplomatic breakthrough that resolves Russian and U.S. concerns about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, new arms control arrangements will be needed to avert a dangerous and costly new missile race in Europe. 

This op-ed originally appeared in The Nation, Feb. 8, 2019.