EU militarization and the Treaty of Lisbon
…European defence policy came about at the end of the nineties of the last century and this was the result of the Yugoslav Succession Wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo….
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Campaigning against arms trade in the Netherlands
…for his or her pension fund and check its military investments. The database gives information about what is produced and to whom it is sold, and also about the developments…
Libya needs serious arms control
…were missing. EUBAM was informed about the arrival of the guns. But when GardaWorld personnel returned a week after with the requested documents, the weapons were gone. Libyan authorities did…
Dutch surplus arms to Jordan
…officers bragged about it and showed iPhones, SUV’s and other luxuries bought with the illegal earnings. Even after it became known to the Jordan government it was not ended directly,…
European defence industry: how to define figures?
…figure for the European defence industry as € 97.3 billion in 2014, “making it a major contributor to EU growth.” But with a total manufacturing turnover of about 7 trillion…
Part 1: Political scandel with Dutch yard at Black Sea
…give it a preference position in new naval orders. Aside from a public scandals about Damen employing former intelligence officers, the acquisition had no result. In February 2018 the Romanian…
Part 2: Dutch naval yard at the Black Sea
…it is stated that: “The success of the Galatian navalists, their vast international experience, will, of course, be transferred to Mangalia.” It is not only about selling four new corvettes…
Arms watch or arms control
…because: “We have a right to know sufficient details about arms exports and be able to compare and assess the exports. With the information we currently receive from member states,…
Laëtitia Sédou: ReArm Europe, or the myth of a European defence for peace
…raised by the Ombudsman about potential conflicts of interest, ethical checks that do not live up to international standards (Akkerman, 2022) or concerns about the type of technologies being developed…
The Netherlands and the chemical weapons of Iraq
…attack, an Iraqi trade-mission visits The Netherlands; the Dutch government doesn’t breathe a word about the use of chemical weapons. After the second Gulf War (1990-1991), Iraq is put under…