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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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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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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Reflection on the 15th EU Consolidated Report on arms export
Brussels 24/03/2014 Campagne tegen Wapenhandel – Wendela de Vries
COARM-NGO meeting
Thanks to the organisers for this opportunity to reflect on the…
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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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European arms exports to Middle East reach record high in aftermath of Arab Spring
PRESS RELEASE –28 January 2014 — The publication of the “Fifteenth Annual Report on Control of Exports of Military Technology and Equipment”…
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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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Horizon 2020: more money for building Fortress Europe
The last months of 2013 saw a continuing trend of border militarisation, with the official launch of the EU border surveillance system…
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Killer drones for Europe
In September the Dutch government finally decided to buy a mere 37 of the initially planned 85 F-35 fighter aircraft to replace…
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According to some financial institutions, nuclear weapons are not controversial
The Belgian bank KBC claims to have “the most far-reaching policy on controversial weapons in the world.“ Recently however, the report ‘Don’t…
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