Universities a pool of knowledge and personnel for defence production
The Dutch military turns to children as young as 15 years of age to attract new personnel to its ranks. The military…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.
Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.
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European major weapons in the Yemen war
A coalition of 10 countries, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), is fighting in Yemen against Houthi rebels who forced Yemen’s government…
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Libya needs serious arms control
Last Friday, the UN Security Council decided to leave the arms embargo against Libya unchanged, and urged the government in Tripoli to…
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Fokker: “a company with a long track record of deceit and illegal behavior”
In his Opinion of February 5, 2015 U.S federal judge Richard Leon refused to approve a settlement for sanction violations by the…
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Shipyard Damen wants to build for Azerbaijan
Dutch Damen Shipyards considers building military naval vessels for Azerbaijan, a country that is involved in an arms race with neighboring Armenia.…
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Congratulating ABP?
Recently ABP, the largest Dutch pension fund, announced it had divested from shares in Indian company Larsen & Toubro. ABP stated that…
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F-35 might undercut European arms export policy
Fighter aircraft are among the most decisive weapon systems in combat available. The most expensive and best marketed is Lockheed Martin’s F-35…
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Arms trade in the real world
Recently, the Dutch parliament and government had their annual debate on arms export policies of the previous year. Although the debate is…
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Arms fair season
It seems to be arms fair season. Two weeks ago, Dutch peace activists and the solidarity movement with Palestine went to Rotterdam…
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Autonomous armed drones – In the loop or on the loop?
The current debate about the dangers of fully automatic weapon systems is particularly important. An underestimated aspect however is the extent to…
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