Risk and reward: the history of arms trading in the United States -- ǂ t A world of weapons: historians shape scholarship on arms trading / ǂ r Kritika Agarwal -- ǂ t Where did Iran get its military arms of the last 70 years / ǂ r Kuang Kang Kuek Ser -- ǂ t "Merchants of death": the international traffic in arms / ǂ r Gonathan Grant -- ǂ t Let's talk about George H.W. Bush's role in the Iran-Contra scandal / ǂ r Aran Gupta -- ǂ t How British businesses helped the confederacy fight the American Civil War / ǂ r Joe Kelly -- ǂ t As the US entered World War I, American soldiers depended on foreign weapons technology / ǂ r David Longenback -- ǂ t Losing by "winning": America's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria / ǂ r Anthony H. Cordesman -- ǂ t Economics and the arms trade -- ǂ t Checks and balances: the economy of warfare -- ǂ t How the arms trade is used to secure access to oil / ǂ r Vincennzo Bove -- ǂ t The global arms trade is booming: buyers are spoiled for choice -- ǂ t Defense firms say Trump's Saudi arms deal will create 500 American jobs, while Trump claimed as many as 500,000 / ǂ r Mike Stone -- ǂ t Trump to unleash more global arms sales / ǂ r Bryan Bender and Tara Palmeri -- ǂ t Arming the world: inside Trump's "buy American" drive to expand weapons exports / ǂ r Matt Spetalnick and Mike Stone -- ǂ t Why Congress supports Saudi arms sales / ǂ r Oleg Svet -- ǂ t Arms and foreign policy -- ǂ t Guns and diplomats: the arms trade and foreign policy -- ǂ t The Trump administration has a plan to compete with Russia and China over weapon sales / ǂ r Dave Majumdar -- ǂ t After Khashoggi, US arms sales to the Saudis are essential leverage / ǂ r Bruce Riedel -- ǂ t US remains top arms exporter, but Russia is nipping at its heels / ǂ r Terrence Guay -- ǂ t U.S. approves new military sale to Taiwan, drawing China's ire -- ǂ t U.S. policy in the Arabian peninsula: an evaluation / ǂ r Michael Singh -- ǂ t Why military assistance programs disappoint: minor tools can't solve major problems / ǂ r Mara Karlin -- ǂ t America needs to sell more weapons / ǂ r Alexander Benard -- ǂ t Japan wants cruise missiles ( and that should terrify China or North Korea) / ǂ r Kyle Mizokami -- ǂ t The new Iron Curtain: Russian missile defense challenges U.S. air power / ǂ r Thomas Grove -- ǂ t The uneasy co-existence of arms exports and feminist foreign policy / ǂ r Srdjan Vucetic -- ǂ t The wrong hands: arms deals, war, and terror -- ǂ t Sale of U.S. arms fuels the wars of Arab states / ǂ r Mark Mazzetti and Helene Cooper -- ǂ t Time to rethink America's vast arms deals / ǂ r Daniel R. DePetris -- ǂ t Fired up over firearms: how do export controls relate to 3-D printing of guns / ǂ r Andrew Philip Hunter and Samantha Cohen -- ǂ t Pentagon loses track of $500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen / ǂ r Craig Whitlock -- ǂ t Can selling weapons to oppressive and violent states ever be justified? / ǂ r James Christensen -- ǂ t American weapons in the wrong hands / ǂ r Jodi Vittori -- ǂ t The human cost -- ǂ t The human dimension: arms trades and human rights -- ǂ t How U.S. guns sold to Mexico end up with security forces accused of crime and human rights abuses / ǂ r John Lindsay-Poland -- ǂ t Ukraine: US arms sales making big business money while ordinary people pay the price / ǂ r Liana Semchuk -- ǂ t US points finger and arms exports, at human rights abusers / ǂ r Zach Toombs and Jeffrey Smith -- ǂ t Want to punish Saudi Arabia? Cut off its weapons supply / ǂ r Jonathan D. Caverley -- ǂ t Trump will fuel war across world by increasing U.S global arms sales / ǂ r John Haltiwanger -- ǂ t Arms sales to Saudi "illicit" due to civilian deaths in Yemen: campaigners / ǂ r Stephanie Nebehay -- ǂ t Trump's arms exports rules will undermine US security and risk human rights abuses / ǂ r William D. Hartung.