firearms

While people were worrying about military-style policing, US law enforcement quietly deployed the tools of spycraft against their fellow citizens.

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The history of police shows that policing does not need to be done in the same way it is now and that it can perhaps be undone.

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It will take learning the lessons of Brazil’s many failures of police reform to truly implement a safer future for all Brazilians.

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As nations meet to consider an international agreement on the trade in arms, lessons from the EU are ready to be learned.

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The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty has mixed success, but its aims remain worth supporting.

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Born of compromises, the treaty’s attempt to satisfy all parties has led to it being toothless. How best to restore its bite?

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The Arms Trade Treaty can work best where it sidesteps the great powers’ strategic interests.

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If the Arms Trade Treaty’s many signatories reaffirm their commitment to the agreement’s aims, they could start to see real change.

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Global leaders who style themselves as military strong men may weaken United Nations negotiations over the trade in arms.

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The global trade in arms is worth more than two trillion dollars. A UN conference this week aims to bring more oversight to this deadly industry.

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