Perfect Duluth Day: The US Arms Trade: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict?

Lecture Presented by UMD’s Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
7:30 p.m. in the Library Fourth Floor Rotunda

Frida Berrigan, a renowned world policy researcher, will speak this evening on the topic of “The US Arms Trade: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict?”.

Perhaps no single policy is more at odds with President Bush’s pledge to “end tyranny in our world” than the United States’ role as the world’s leading arms exporting nation. Although arms sales are often justified on the basis of their purported benefits, from securing access to overseas military facilities to rewarding coalition allies in conflicts such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, these alleged benefits often come at a high price. Berrigan, co-author of the well-received "U.S. Weapons at War 2005: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict? U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers Since September 11," will provide an updated look at this under-reported and under-analyzed topic.

There's an article about the lecture in today's DNT but I can't seem to link. See below for more info:

About Frida Berrigan:

Berrigan is a Senior Research Associate with the Arms Trade Resource Center of the World Policy Institute in New York. A graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, Frida worked with a Central America solidarity organization for two years before coming to the World Policy Institute. Maintaining an interest in U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, she also focuses on nuclear weapons policy, weapons sales to areas of conflict particularly in SE Asia, and military training programs. Most recently she has published articles in the Providence Journal, the Nonviolent Activist and the Hartford Courant.

About the Alworth Institute:

The Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies (The Alworth Institute) was established in 1987 by the Alworth family to commemorate the life and interests of Royal D. Alworth, Jr. In line with those interests, the Alworth Institute aims to engage students, staff and the wider public in open discussion, for educational, social and democratic purposes, of a wide range of international issues and of their domestic implications. The Alworth Institute’s programs include the annual Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Memorial Lecture, the ongoing International Lecture Series and the weekly International Brown Bag Series.

The US Arms Trade: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict?

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