Trade and aid: yet another Dutch warship for Indonesia
Last week the Indonesian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) for a so-called SIGMA…
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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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Turkish authorities cannot find Dutch nuclear proliferator
In October 2003 the German-registered ship BBC China was boarded and searched in the Italian port of Taranto in a joint US–UK–Germany–Italy…
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Slebos case reveals failure of Dutch and EU nuclear non-proliferation policies
Amsterdam, 12 September 2007. The case of nuclear trader Henk Slebos, which comes to the Amsterdam Appeals court on 18 September, highlights…
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Arms fairs and the footprint of EADS
Arms fairs are the oil that keeps the arms trade machine running. International exhibitions are the ideal show for anything the military…
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EADS sells big to Indonesian Air Force
“A possible embargo has always been a reason for the TNI [Indonesian armed forces] to feel worried when it wants to procure…
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25 Feb 2013, Brussels: Does Europe Have an Ambitious Enough Strategy for Outer Space?
A Citizen’s Controversy with:
Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Head of the Policies Department, European Space Agency, and Frank Slijper, Senior Researcher, Transnational Institute and Campagne tegen Wapenhandel.…
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Arms deal with Thailand a novelty in reporting
Last week the Dutch government introduced a novelty in its reporting system on arms exports. It sent a letter to Parliament, notifying…
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Dutch arms exports to China, Turkmenistan and Egypt
The Dutch government is quite transparent in detailing its arms exports – at least, ex post. Licence details are published on the…
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Frontex eyes drones to further war on immigration
Last September the European Parliament granted EU border control agency Frontex the right to purchase its own equipment, such as navy ships…
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New Dutch arms control legislation leaves transport sector untouched
A Dutch-flagged ship carrying US supplied weapons and explosives is feared to be on its way to Egypt, Amnesty International reported this…
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