More Dutch F-16s for Jordan
Struggling to balance its budget, the Dutch armed forces badly need cash from selling surplus stock weapons. The long list of available…
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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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Illegal arms trade legalised
The fallout caused by the war in Libya has yet to settle, while the next military intervention is already planned. The Maghreb…
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Egypt, arms smuggling from Libyan stocks
During and after the 2011 civil war in Libya, arms and ammunition has been stolen on a massive scale. It is not…
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Arms industry support as EU economic policy
“Time has come to take ambitious action” writes the European Commission in its July 24 communication named A new deal for European…
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Military industry profits from governments’ violations of rights of refugees
Especially since the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon in September 2011, the security market has become of increasing importance to…
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Troubles in the Desert; Mauritania as arms exports destination
Mauritania can hardly be called a hot spot for international arms traders. Although its military expenditure – almost 4 percent of Gross…
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The EU’s 28th member and Al Nusrah’s arms
The Brown Moses blog has gained international acclaim for identifying the use of weapons in the two year old Syrian war. One…
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Pensions and nuclear arms
Six years ago TV programme Zembla revealed how Dutch pension funds invested massive amounts of money in arms companies producing landmines, cluster…
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8 June, Athens (Greece): AlterSummit
On June 7th and 8th, movements and organisations from all over Europe will attend the Alter Summit in Athens. This event will…
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