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The Arms Control Association is a United States-based nonpartisan membership organization founded in 1971, with the self-stated mission of "promoting public understanding of and support for effective
Arms Control Today
' {{Authority control Organizations established in 1971 Arms control Magazine publishing companies of the United States Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons policy Anti–nuclear weapons movement 1971 establishments in the United States
The Arms Control Association is a United States-based nonpartisan membership organization founded in 1971, with the self-stated mission of "promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control
Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is typically exercised through the u ...
policies."
The group publishes the monthly magazine ''Arms Control Today''. It contains topical news updates as well as extended, footnoted articles.
Projects
Through its online content, print materials, and events, the Arms Control Association provides policymakers, media, and the interested public with information, analysis and commentary on arms control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national security issues.Staff and funding
The Arms Control Association is supported by grants from thePloughshares Fund
Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear weapons, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to their use. Ploughshares Fund is a 501(c)(3) foundation that pools con ...
, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establis ...
, the Colombe Foundation, the New Land Foundation, the Prospect Hill Foundation], the Stewart R. Mott Foundation
The Stewart R. Mott Foundation (formerly the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust) is a charitable trust founded by Stewart Rawlings Mott in the United States that gives small grants to organizations working in the following areas:
* peace, arms co ...
, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Redington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1966. The Hewlett Foundation aw ...
. As of 2018, its staff includes:
*Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director
*Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy
*Kingston Reif, Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy
*Tony Fleming, Director for Communications and Operations
*Terry Atlas, Editor, ''Arms Control Today''
*Allen Harris, Production Editor/Graphic Designer, ''Arms Control Today''
*Shervin Taheran, Program Associate
*Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Research Assistant
*Merle Newkirk, Finance Officer
In addition, there are two Fellows:
*Jeff Abramson, Nonresident Senior Fellow
*Terri Lodge, Senior Congressional Fellow
The Association hosts 3-4 interns during the spring, summer, and fall academic semesters, as well as a Scoville
Fellow when selected as the host organization.
See also
*Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Council for a Livable World is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating the Nuclear weapons and the United States, U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons. Its stated aim is for "progressive national security polic ...
* Control Arms Campaign The Control Arms Coalition is a campaign jointly run by a coalition of over 100 organisations including Amnesty International, IANSA, Oxfam International and Saferworld.
The campaign has been active since 2003 in calling for an international A ...
* Council for a Livable World
Council for a Livable World is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons. Its stated aim is for "progressive national security policies and helping elect congressional ca ...
* Small arms proliferation The small arms trade (also called small arms proliferation and the small arms market) is the markets of both authorized and illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW), as well as their parts, accessories, and ammunition.
Definition
The arms tra ...
References
External links
* *Arms Control Today
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