TY - BOOK AU - BONDI Loretta TI - U.S. policy on small arms and light weapons PY - 2006/// KW - SMALL ARMS KW - PROLIFERATION KW - UNITED STATES KW - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS N2 - The USA has taken a cautious but generally positive approach to limiting the proliferation of small arms but has characteristically refused - mainly for domestic reasons - to get involved in formal legally binding international arrangements. This approach could harm unstable regions as well as damage US credibility among allies and partners ER -