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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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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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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European Union must end its military support for Israel
2014-23-07 ENAAT PRESS RELEASE
As the conflict in the Gaza Strip continues to escalate, and the body count continues to increase the…
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Arming the European Union?
05/08/2014 Wendela de Vries – Published War Profiteers Magazine
Last year, the powerful DG Trade and Enterprise of the European Commission published…
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Damen contributes to arms race in Chinese Sea region
Recently, the Dutch (military) shipbuilder Damen opened the Song Cam Shipyard, a joint venture with a Vietnamese partner, not far from the…
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The golden triangle; Dutch Defence Industrial Base
Early June of this year the Associated Press published an article about “the bigger nations that account for the bulk of Europe’s…
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ENAAT meeting in Oslo, 6 June – 8 June 2014
The European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) is a network that involves groups and individuals who see the arms trade as a…
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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, 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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