Security concerns in Yemen
…in the war against al-Qaeda. Yemen allowed the United States to bomb an alleged terrorist training camp and was prepared to lie in public about Washington’s involvement. In return the…
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Secret meeting place for shady arms conference
Next Thursday (9 June) arms dealers and government officials meet in Amsterdam for the third annual Netherlands Offset Conference. This conference is about orders foreign defence corporations are obliged to…
Frontex – new customer for the arms industry
…step up maritime surveillance. The extra funding and the expanded mandate of Frontex come in response to complaints by member state governments and right-winged politicians about its alleged inefficiency in…
Garage sale for new drones
In a paper with the hilarious title “How to stop the demilitarisation of Europe” former European Defence Agency chief Nick Witney expresses his worries about the cuts in the defence…
EADS sells big to Indonesian Air Force
…a promotional tour around Asia. Human rights and peace activists continue to be concerned about this. In the US, the potential sale of Apache attack helicopters by arms manufacturer Boeing…
The unwanted JSF swamp and the new Dutch cabinet
Soon after the 12 September parliamentary elections in the Netherlands the two largest parties, VVD [liberal/conservative] and PvdA [social democrat], started talking about the potential for a coalition representing 79…
Germany undercuts blocked Dutch tank deal with Indonesia
…vehicles as well as ammunition. This it raises serious questions about the European Union ability to coordinate arms export policies. To create a level-playing field and to prevent that arms…
Military industry profits from governments’ violations of rights of refugees
…are talking about international borders or some further areas”. Laitinen also praised the industry: “Our experience with the co-operation with industry is very positive – they have a lot of…
Illegal arms trade legalised
…very unhelpful to trace illegal arms shipments. When it matters? Case three One last explosive piece of information about illegal arms smuggling to Syria comes from the US embassy in…
Security exception for TTIP?
…by providing niche technologies to big dominating American companies. According to ASD TTIP will have “a positive impact on SMEs, as they bring about trade facilitation and reduction of costs”….