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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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21 oktober 2020

Securitisation of migration, militarisation of borders and industry influence

[Introduction during online workshop ‘Security and the Left in Europe’ of the Rosa Luxemburg Stifting Brussels, 21 November 2020] During the…

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26 augustus 2020

Military vessels and naval production in the Eastern Mediterranean

This week EU foreign ministers will discuss the crisis in the eastern Mediterranean at an informal meeting in Berlin, while Turkey and…

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19 augustus 2020

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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13 juli 2020

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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30 juni 2020

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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28 mei 2020

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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26 mei 2020

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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13 mei 2020

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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4 mei 2020

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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29 april 2020

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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