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…
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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”….
The golden triangle; Dutch Defence Industrial Base
Early June of this year the Associated Press published an article about “the bigger nations that account for the bulk of Europe’s defence spending”. The Netherlands is amongst those countries,…
Autonomous armed drones – In the loop or on the loop?
The current debate about the dangers of fully automatic weapon systems is particularly important. An underestimated aspect however is the extent to which the already existing unmanned weapon systems like…
F-35 might undercut European arms export policy
…have been used in similar smaller operations until as recent as October 2014. It is evident that fighter aircraft are not weapons to be ignored when speaking about human rights….
Shipyard Damen wants to build for Azerbaijan
…427 million dollars. Azerbaijan spent $ 3.4 billion in the same year on the military. In Armenia about 4 percent of the Gross National Product was spent on defense, in…
War industry lobby and EU Defence Summit June 25-26
…of the Defence Summit. This should lead to a public debate about the European interests and values we should promote and protect, and the capabilities we need to face evolving…
Arming against Putin
…Poland intents to upgrade its military forces for about $42 billion over the next ten years. The military modernization program will include a missile defense shield, anti-aircraft systems, submarines, combat…