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Jeff Abramson

Jeff Abramson joined ACA in 2007. As deputy director he works to promote efforts to reduce the humanitarian impact of certain types of conventional weapons, monitor the global arms trade, and prevent the use of weapons in outer space. He also provides leadership in ACA's management, membership, and resource development efforts.

Jeff serves as ACA's representative on the international Control Arms Campaign steering board seeking a robust Arms Trade Treaty. He also coordinates the Arms Transfer Working Group and co-chairs the security and development workgroup for the Washington chapter of the Society for International Development.

Prior to joining ACA, Jeff was a fellow at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and a director of education-related programs. He earned his master's degree in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves on the board of the school's alumni association. Abramson received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1993. His work has been published in Defense News, the Journal of ERW and Mine Action, and World Politics Review and his comments cited by Agence France Presse, BBC, the Boston Globe, Reuters, the New York Times, and others.

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Read more by Jeff Abramson:

  • States Continue Work on Arms Trade Treaty
    Arms Control Today
    April 4, 2011

    A recent meeting showed signs of progress in the international effort to create an arms trade treaty. Countries discussed key questions such as what types of weapons and transfers the pact would cover.

  • U.S. Moves Forward on Space Policy
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    The Obama administration has clarified its space policy but has not said whether it will join a voluntary code of conduct that has prompted questions from a large group of Republican senators.

  • Mine Ban Treaty: Time for a Positive U.S. Decision
    Issue Briefs
    February 28, 2011

    Volume 2, Issue 2

    March 1 marks the 12th anniversary of the 1999 entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty, which seeks to eliminate the use of one of the most destructive and indiscriminate weapons of war. It has been over a year since the Barack Obama administration began a comprehensive review of its landmines policy. During those months, U.S. and international leaders have made a clear case that now is the time for the United States to join with the global consensus and accede to the treaty.
  • Cluster Negotiations Again Extended
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    The parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons were unable to reach agreement on a new protocol addressing cluster munitions, but they committed to continue the mandate to do so.
  • At Mine Ban Meeting, U.S. Still Mum on Policy
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    For the second year in a row, the United States sent an official delegation to the annual meeting of parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, but Washington has not indicated whether it will join

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