Race to the bottom on arms export control
…(2008/944/CFSP) and the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The major change is that when problems arise about interpretation of the arms control regulations, it is defined in ‘Toulouse’ that a…
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The border-industrial complex: lobbying for and profiting from increased border security and control
…had about €4.5 billion to spend in total. One big winner was Italian shipbuilding company Fincantiere, which earned over €120 million providing patrol vessels to Greece, Italy and Malta. The…
European arms exports, militarisation and borders
…in the world, after the USA, and are responsible for about a quarter of the global total. During the last decade over 450 thousand arms export licences, worth €276 billion,…
Arms exports and new governments in the Netherlands and Germany
…German new coalitions. Angela Merkel left a large legacy of billions of major arms sales. As a commentator in the Sächsische Zeitung wrote: “If the German government is serious about…
Monsoon and Dutch military sales to South Asia
…license NL0074CDIU0127901 of December 27, 2019). We know about the sales thanks to a article on the ships and their capabilities by Jane’s (a major publishing house on military matters)….
Rotterdam hosts Frontex conference on virtual wall
…to get across the borders as quickly and as smoothly as possible, while potential ‘unwanted’ migrants have to be detected, controlled and refused. There are many concerns about the racist…
Who benefits from EU military and security funding?
…out more about the updated data platform, which aggregates this information under an accessible and user-friendly format, covering all the beneficiaries of EU military and civil security funding since 2007…
Ukraine, arms, militarism and climate crisis
…discussion about combat aircraft started immediately. Switzerland is one of the few European countries that (until now) sticks to the principled position not to supply arms to a country at…
Israeli arms exports, imports and military cooperation with the Netherlands
…of about 680,000 7.62mm bullets from Israel to the United States, passing the Dutch harbour of Rotterdam in September 2020. In February 2021, the Dutch government provided a transit license…
How the EU has used the war in Ukraine to expand its border regime
…emerged in the wake of the war. People fleeing Ukraine were received with warm meals, blankets, and provided with shelter, whereas further north along the Polish-Belarussian border people fleeing wars in Afghanistan,…