Schroeder, Matt
Biography
Matthew Schroeder is the director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Since joining FAS in February 2002, he has researched and written on U.S. arms transfers, arms export policies, and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons.
He is the author of The Small Arms Trade (London: Oneworld Publications, 2007) and has written chapters for the SIPRI Yearbook and the Small Arms Survey’s annual Yearbook. Articles he has written have appeared in the Arms Control Today, Baltimore Sun, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Defense News, Disarmament Forum and Jane’s Intelligence Review.
From 2002 to 2003, Matt served as chair of the Arms Transfers Working Group, an alliance of arms control, human rights and religious groups based in Washington, DC.
Before coming to the FAS, Matt earned a master's degree in international security policy from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in history from Wittenberg University.
Blog: Strategic Security Blog
2011 July, Small Arms Survey: "Larger But Less Known - Authorized Light Weapons Transfers"
2011 April 15, Jane's Intelligence Review: "Holy Grails - Libya Loses Control of Its MANPADS" (subscription required)
In the News:
2011 September 22, Agence France-Presse: "Looted Libyan Missiles Dangerous But Difficult to Use"
2011 September 8, Associated Press: "U.S. Experts in Libya Amid Alarms About Missing Arms"
2011 September 8, United Press International (UPI): "Libya Weapons Status 'Murky'"
2011 September 7, New York Times: "Heat-Seeking Missiles Are Missing From Libyan Arms Stockpile"
2011 September 7, Bloomberg News: "Intelligence Chairman Urges White House Action on Libyan Weapons"
2011 September 2, The Guardian: "Libya Warned Smugglers Are Looting Gaddafi's Guns"
2011 August 30, CBC Radio: "Libya Weapons"
2011 August 25, Wired - Danger Room: "Gadhafi's Loose Weapons Could Be "1000 Times" Worse Than Sadam's"
2011 August 24, Bloomberg News: "U.S. May Shop for Libyan Missiles in Mali"
2011 August 24, Washington Times: "Libya's Missiles, Chemicals Worry U.S."
2011 July 26, New York Times - At War Blog: "Reading the Refuse: Counting Col. Qaddafi's Heat Seaking Missiles and Tracking Them Back to Their Sources"
2011 July 11, Bloomberg News: "Panetta Presses Iraq for Decision on Keeping U.S. Troops Past End of Year"
2011 June 17, Associated Press: "U.S. Funds Hunt for Libyan Missiles"
2011 June 17, Scientific American, "Better Lasers Developed to Defend U.S. Choppers From Shoulder-Fired Missiles"
2011 May 15, Associated Press: "Libyan Combat Stymies Movies on Antiaircraft Threat"
2011 May 7, CJ Chivers.com: "More Images of the Scattering of Type 84 Mines in Misurata"
2011 April 13, Popular Mechanics: "Where are Libya's Anti-Aircraft Missiles?"
2011 April 13, Homeland Security Newswire: "Rebels May Sell Missiles to Finance Campaign"
2011 April 11, Vega (Brazil), "Armamentos enviados a rebeldes libio poderiam acabar ate nas favelas do Brasil" (Arms shipped to Libya could end up with rebels in Brazil)
2011 April 6, National Review: "Britain and Libya's Special Relationship"
2011 April 5, BBC, PRI, WGBH - The World: "Should Libyan Rebels Be Provided Arms"
2011 March 30, AOL News: "Western Allies at Odds Over Arming Libyan Rebels"
2011 March 23, WIRED - Danger Room: "Who Sold Libya Its Supermissiles?"
2011 March 11, Associated Press: "U.S. Approved $40 Billion in 2009 Private Arms Sales"
2011 March 9, Toronto Star: "Who Will Arm Libyan Rebels?"
2011 March 7, Aviation Week - Ares Blog: "Libyan Arms Help Stoke the Black Market, May Go Intercontinental"
2011 March 6, CNN: "Uprising in Libya"
2011 March 5, CNN: "The Fight for Libya"
2011 March 4, CNN: "Libya Weapons Available on Black Market"
2011 March 4, CBS News - World Watch: "Experts Fear for Fate of Looted Libyan Arms"
2011 March 4, New York Times - At War blog: "The Perils of Libya's Loose Arms, Part II"
2011 March 3, New York Times: "Experts Fear Looted Libyan Arms May Find Way to Terrorists"
2011 February 26, Chicago Tribune: "Feds: Highland Park Man Tried to Sell Advanced Weapons to Taliban"
2011 February 11, Fortune: "America's Hottest Export: Weapons - Full Version"
2011 January 20, Popular Mechanics: Three Questions About the "Merchant of Death" Trial
2011 January 12, United Press International: Venezuela Missiles Worried U.S., Says Leaked Diplomatic Report
2010 December 12, Reuters: Venezuelan Missile Purchases Worried U.S. - WikiLeaks
2010 December 12, Washington Post: Venezuela Acquired 1,800 Russian Anti-Aircraft Missiles in '09
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