A militarised union – understanding the militarisation of the European Union
Online booklet launch and panel discussion 30 June 18:00 – How is the European Union preparing itself for the challenges that lie…
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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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The business of sovereignty: French arms export policy book review
The French arms export policy is part of the ambition to create a military sovereign France that can produce its own high-quality…
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Solidarity with action DisruptLandForces and the protest in West Papua
The situation in West Papua becomes more violent by the day. Police and armed forces are employed to quell protests and resistance.…
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Dutch maritime support for oil industry in Niger Delta
Nigeria is a major African military power. Its military is often accused of human rights violations, like recently for using helicopters against…
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European arms exports, militarisation and borders
[Introduction during online session ‘Counting the Money’ during the Alternative Security Conference of DiEM25, 27 April 2021]
EU arms exports
The countries of the…
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Race to the bottom on arms export control
In their aspirations towards a European arms industry, Germany and France want to cooperate more in arms production and invent new rules.…
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Outsourcing Oppression: How Europe externalises migrant detention beyond its shores
(Nederlands onderaan) This report seeks to join the dots between Europe’s outsourcing of migrant detention to third countries and the notoriously poor…
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Airbus – a company in decline
April 13, 2021 – On the eve of the annual shareholders’ meeting of Airbus (April 14 in Amsterdam), Urgewald (Germany), Stop Wapenhandel…
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Rheinmetall: The German-Dutch connection, financial constructions and components
Rheinmetall is a German producer of civil and military products. Recently its G3 machine riffles were located on patrol vessels of the…
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The carbon footprint of military sectors in the EU
Militaries are high consumers of fossil fuels – and yet they are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their carbon emissions. This is…
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