Mega Egyptian order for Dutch branch of French Thales
This week the Dutch government answered questions of the Dutch MP’s Karabulut (Socialist Party) and Van Ojik (GreenLeft) on a large military…
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Major Dutch arms export to Egypt
In July the Dutch government informed the Parliament that it gave permission to export naval command, control, communication (C3) and military radar…
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Arms watch or arms control
Annual reports on arms exports (see list) are published by almost all EU governments, but mostly not very timely. Reporting on arms…
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We need security, not more military
The defence industry is busy to sell its message that investing into armaments is a way out of the sour economic times…
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There’s no such thing as a ‘green’ army
Translation from OneWorld 18/05/2020 – Rarely in history have we faced such major challenges: we are facing a climate crisis, a pandemic,…
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Hypersonic weapons: fast and dangerous
Since the Gulf War of 1990-1991, a wide array of new military technology has been developed. This includes new risky techniques like…
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Will the EU fight for peace or prepare for war? It can’t have it both ways
EUaktive 05/05/2020 – Laëtitia Sédou, EU project officer at the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT)
On April 24, the International Day…
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Imports and exports both part of military policy
Arms trade has two sides; the export by one is the import by the other. Arms export is controlled in most countries…
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Position paper EU export control
The European Union is the second largest arms exporter in the world after the US. But although EU member states have agreed…
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The future is now
In the coming months decisions will be taken with long term consequences for military expenditure and arms production. The arms industry has…
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