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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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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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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