Complex 2030: The Costs and Consequences of the Plan to Build a New Generation of Nuclear Weapons, a World Policy Special Report by William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, April 2007 (PDF)

Top Pentagon Contractors, FY 2006: Major Beneficiaries of the Bush Administration's Military Buildup, a World Policy Institute Special Report by William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, March 2007 (PDF)

U.S. Military Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel: U.S. Aid, Companies Fuel Israeli Military
by Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung, July 20, 2006 (PDF)

THE SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE: Border Control or Corporate Boondoggle? by William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, May 18, 2006 (PDF)

Soldiers versus Contractors: Emerging Budgetary Reality? by William D. Hartung, Feb. 10, 2006 (PDF)

Tangled Web 2005: A Profile of the Missile Defense and Space Weapons Lobbies by William D. Hartung with Frida Berrigan, Michelle Ciarrocca, and Jonathan Wingo
 •Executive summary (PDF)  • Full report   (PDF)  • Tables  • Appendices (PDF) •Notes (PDF)

The Bush Effect: U.S. Military Involvement in Latin America, (PDF) a World Policy Institute Fact Sheet, by Frida Berrigan and Jonathan Wingo, November 2005, to view the tables click here, Tables. (PDF)

U.S. Weapons at War 2005: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict? by Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung, with Leslie Heffel

Militarization of U.S. Africa Policy, 2000 to 2005, a World Policy Institute Fact Sheet, by William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, March 2005. (PDF)

Dollar Shift: The Iraq War and the Changing Face of Pentagon Contracting by William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, February 2005. (PDF) Or read the Executive Summary

The Ties that Bind: Arms Industry Influence in the Bush Administration and Beyond, a World Policy Institute Special Report, by William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca, October 28, 2004. (PDF)

Missile Defense All Over Again, Foreign Policy In Focus -- Policy Brief, Volume 9, No. 4, by Michelle Ciarrocca, October 2004.

Private Military Contractors in Iraq and Beyond: A Question of Balance Prepared Statement by William D. Hartung, June 22, 2004.

IS WHAT'S GOOD FOR BOEING AND HALLIBURTON GOOD FOR AMERICA? New Data Shows How Contractors Are Cashing In On War On Terror by the Arms Trade Resource Center, February 24, 2004. (PDF)

HOW MUCH ARE YOU MAKING ON THE WAR, DADDY? -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration, by William D. Hartung, January 15, 2004

New Numbers: The Price of Freedom in Iraq and Power in Washington by Ceara Donnelley and William D. Hartung, August 2003. (PDF)

Missile Defense, Foreign Policy In Focus -- Policy Brief, Volume 8, No. 1, by Michelle Ciarrocca, May 2003.

The Hidden Costs of War, by William Hartung, A report commissioned by Howard S. Brembeck and the Fourth Freedom Forum, February 14, 2003. (PDF)

Security After 9/11: Strategy Choices and Budget Tradeoffs (PDF)
A year after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the White House has issued a National Security Strategy document that identifies foreign policy and national security policy goals - if not how to get there. Are the choices it identifies the right choices, and how best should resources be allocated to reach those or alternative goals? Analysts from a variety of research organizations have put together a briefing book to help expand and deepen a public debate on these issues. January 2003.

A Safer America?, Experts Respond to Congress and the Bush Administration. In this report, eight military policy experts respond to Congress and the Bush Administration's current military and homeland security policies. It poses the questions: Are Americans safer under the current security strategy? Could our tax dollars be more wisely spent and achieve greater security? This booklet offers some answers. This booklet is part of the Security Policy Working Group project sponsored by the Ford Foundation. January 2003.

Increases in Military Spending and Security Assistance Since 9/11, Arms Trade Resource Center Fact Sheet, by Michelle Ciarrocca and William Hartung, October 2002.

Post-9/11 Economic Windfalls for Arms Manufacturers, Foreign Policy In Focus Issue Brief, Volume 7, No. 10, by Michelle Ciarrocca, September 2002. (PDF)

Axis of Influence: Behind the Bush Administration's Missile Defense Revival by Michelle Ciarrocca and William D. Hartung, July 2002. Or read the Executive Summary

About Face: The Role of the Arms Lobby In the Bush Administration's Radical Reversal of Two Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy (PDF) by William D. Hartung, with Jonathan Reingold, May 2002. Or read the Executive Summary (PDF) [Connections Charts (PDF) ; Appendix (PDF)

U.S. Arms Transfers and Security Assistance to Israel, ATRC Fact Sheet by Frida Berrigan and William Hartung, May 6, 2002.

The Dirty Dozen: Partners in Mass Destruction, a joint project by WILPF and ATRC, December 13, 2001.

Indonesia at the Crossroads: U.S. Weapons Sales and Military Training, by Frida Berrigan, October, 2001

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORT FOR CONGRESS: Conventional Arms transfers to Developing Nations, 1993-2000, by Richard F. Grimmett, August 16, 2001

Star Wars Revisited, Foreign Policy In Focus Issue Brief, Volume 6, No. 25, by Michelle Ciarrocca and William D. Hartung, June 2001.

The New Business of War: Small Arms and the Proliferation of Conflict, Ethics and International Affairs, Volume 15, No. 1, published by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, by William D. Hartung, 2001.

Deadly Legacy Update: U.S. Arms and Training Programs in Africa, by William D. Hartung and Dena Montague, March 22, 2001

The Role of U.S. Arms Transfers in Human Rights Violations: Rhetoric Versus Reality, Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, House International Relations Committee by William D. Hartung, March 7, 2001.

PROFILING THE SMALL ARMS INDUSTRY, by Frida Berrigan and Michelle Ciarrocca, November 2000. This packet profiles six small arms manfacturers, providing information on what weapons systems they produce, where and by what countries the weapons are made, and where they are sold and used. These profiles are part of our ongoing "Weapons at War" project. Alliant Techsystems, Colt Manufacturing, Denel South Africa, FN Herstal, Heckler and Koch and Saco Defense are profiled. Keep an eye out for more.

A Tale of Three Arms Trades: the Changing Dynamics of Conventional Weapons Proliferation, 1991-2000, by William D. Hartung, October 2000

Lockheed Martin and the GOP: Profiteering and Pork Barrel Politics with a Purpose, Issue Brief by William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan, July 31, 2000

Nuclear Missile Deception: Corruption and Conflicts of Interest in the National Missile Defense Test Program, Special Issue Brief by William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca, July 7, 2000

Tangled Web: The Marketing of Missile Defense 1994-2000, Special Report by William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca, May 2000

Beyond the School of America's: U.S. Military Training Programs Here and Abroad, Issue Brief by Frida Berrigan, May 2000

Star Wars Revisited: Still Dangerous, Costly, and Unworkable, Revised April 2000 Foreign Policy In Focus by William Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca

Deadly Legacy: U.S. Arms to Africa and the Congo War, January 2000, by William Hartung and Bridget Moix

Arming Repression: U.S. Arms Sales to Turkey During the Clinton Administration, October 1999 published by the World Policy Institute and the Federation of American Scientists

Corporate Welfare for Weapons Makers: The Hidden Costs of Spending on Defense and Foreign Aid, August 12, 1999 published by the CATO Institute.

Military-Industrial Complex Revisited, June 8, 1999 posted at the Interhemispheric Resource Center.

The Costs of NATO Expansion Revisited: From the Costs of Modernization to the Costs of War,
April 21, 1999.

Weapons at War:
U.S. Weapons at War, 1995, by William D. Hartung. From Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton, it has been an article of faith for American policy makers that U.S. weapons exports are only made to responsible allies who use these systems for legitimate defense purposes. This report puts that thesis to the test by documenting U.S. weapons deliveries to 50 current ethnic and territorial conflicts. Contrary to conventional wisdom in Washington, U.S.- supplied weaponry is at the center of many of today's most dangerous and intractable conflicts.

U.S. Arms Transfers to Indonesia 1975-1997: Who's Influencing Whom?, March 1997, by William D. Hartung and Jennifer Washburn. An examination of the $1.1 billion dollars in U.S. weapons sales that have been delivered to Indonesia since the Suharto regime's invasion of East Timor in 1975. At a time when Indonesian business donations to the 1996 presidential election campaign are being closely scrutinized, this report provides a detailed look at the extensive role that the U.S. arms industry has played in influencing U.S. policy toward the Suharto regime.

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Welfare for Weapons Dealers:
Welfare for Weapons Dealers 1998: The Hidden Costs of NATO Expansion, March, 1998, by William D. Hartung. This new release reveals how NATO expansion will cost billions more than the Clinton Adminstration admits. It also provides details on how Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been lobbying for the widest possible expansion of NATO and increased taxpayer subsidies to pay for military sales to East and Central Europe. Finally, this report provides updated figures on the total value of U.S. government subsidies for arms exports, which were originally detailed in our 1996 Welfare for Weapons Dealers report.

Welfare for Weapons Dealers: The Hidden Costs of the Arms Trade, 1996, by William D. Hartung. This report provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the billions of dollars in federal subsidies devoted to helping major defense companies like Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas to promote and sell weapons abroad. The report details how an array of government agencies -- including, the Pentagon, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce - use taxpayer dollars to help private U.S. weapons firms promote, market, and finance foreign arms exports for profit.

Conflicting Values, Diminishing Returns: The Hidden Costs of the Arms Trade, 1994, by William, D. Hartung.

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Peddling Arms, Peddling Influence:
Peddling Arms, Peddling Influence: Exposing the Arms Export Lobby, October. 1996, with a special April 1997 Press Release Update including the complete 1995/96 election data by William D. Hartung. An analysis of political campaign spending by the top 25 U.S. weapons exporting companies in the 1995/96 election cycle, and how that money influenced the outcome of a number of important votes related to U.S. arms sales.

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And Weapons for All, by William D. Hartung, published by Harper Collins, 1994. This comprehensive book details how America's multibillion dollar arms trade warps our foreign policy and subverts democracy at home. "An impressively researched and powerful critique of how conventional arms exports over the last quarter century have become an increasingly important tool of U.S. foreign and economic policy," writes the Washington Post Book World.

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