War from space
The official headquarters of Airbus can be found in the middle of Leiden, near the oldest university of the Netherlands. In big…
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European defence industry: how to define figures?
According to the European Commission (EC), on a webpage summarizing the EU defence industry, total direct employment in the EU defence sector…
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Legislators in court; fighting export permits the judicial way
When an arms company application for an export permit is turned down, the company can appeal to a court. In the Netherlands…
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Long road to arms exports transparency, the Dutch case
Last month the Dutch Government published its annual report on arms exports. We tend to think this kind of transparency is normal…
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Dutch surplus arms to Jordan
The Dutch government should reconsider its arms export policy to Jordan considering the recent scandals and developments in the region. It should…
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Component control
In December 2014 Dutch MP’s, Servaes (Labour) and Sjoerdsma (Liberals) published a report called: ‘Weapons and principles, ambitions for a reliable and…
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Voice crying in the wilderness
‘Better late than never,’ wrote an anti arms trade activist from London when the 2014 EU Consolidated report on arms exports finally…
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European military industry: EU, give us 3.5 billion euros for military research
On 25 February a so-called ‘Group of Personalities’ (GoP) released the report ‘European Defence Research: The case for an EU-funded defence R&T…
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Hoger defensiebudget voor nieuwe onderzeeërs
Al jaren bereidt de krijgsmacht in stilte de aanschaf van nieuwe onderzeeërs voor. Het wordt een peperduur ontwikkelingsproject op een markt met…
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Higher defence budget for new submarines
“We were waiting for the call to shoot,” an elderly man told me prior to a meeting on the acquisition of new…
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