Security exception for TTIP?
Arms are not an ordinary commodity. For that reason, arms trade has been excluded from international trade agreements such as the WTO…
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Airbus Military, een groeiend wapenbedrijf
Het afgelopen jaar maakte de militaire wapenproductietak van Airbus Group ruim 12 miljard winst over de hele wereld. Kernwapens behoren tot het…
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Airbus Military, growing ‘kind of dirty industry.’
May 27 the annual shareholders meeting of Airbus (formerly EADS N.V.), the biggest military and space company in Europe, will take place…
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Dutch 007 equipment; Royal Ten Cate on innovative defence market
Special Forces are the troops most spared by Western governments when economizing on the military. They are an essential element of the…
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No problem with arms sales to Qatar?
At the closing ceremonies of the DIMDEX Arms Fair Qatar announced arms acquisitions valued at €17 billion ($23 bn.). This is more…
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Switzerland and Japan lower arms export standards
The annual report on global arms export of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) deals with legal arms exports only. It…
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Louder than words; European arms export policy debated
Next week, European non-governmental organisations meet in Brussels with the Council Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM ) of the European…
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Militaire oefeningen en wapenhandel
De afgelopen drie weken vond de internationale oefening/operatie voor Special Forces in Afrika, Flintlock, plaats. Duizend militairen uit achttien landen werkten daarbij…
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Military exercises and arms
In recent weeks, the U.S. Africa Command annual regional exercise and operation Flintlock took place. Thousand of soldiers from eighteen countries cooperated…
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Arab Spring has not restrained the arms trade
The Dutch arms trade is back with a vengeance. While 2012 was a relatively lean year, in 2013 the export of arms…
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