Research reports
European space policy is increasingly driven by military rather than civilian objectives, according to a new report, released The report is released on the eve of the European Space Agency (ESA) Ministerial meeting in The Hague, which will set new objectives and budgets for the agency.
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The Netherlands strengthens its position as major arms exporter, with export licenses worth over one billion euro.
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Ten years after the launch of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports the policy document is in need of revision, say eight European NGO's in a common report. The Code cannot handle the reality of today's globalised arms trade and is still not a legally-binding agreement. The Code of Conduct on Arms exports must be seen as a first step.
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An international ban on cluster ammunition would end great human suffering caused by these inhuman weapons. A number of countries however, including The Netherlands, tries to limit the scope of the international Treaty on Cluster Weapons.
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The Netherlands strengthens its position as major arms exporter, with export licenses worth over one billion euro. There is clearly an increasing trend in Dutch arms exports over the past ten years, and especially the last four years. Sales of surplus defence material have played a key role in this trend.
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Mark Akkerman, October 2007 - Wapenhandel en militaire samenwerking met
Israel - English summary
Dutch policy on arms trade with Israel is ambiguous. On the one hand, there is a
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The full story of Henk Slebos’s role in the A.Q Khan nuclear network and the failure of the Dutch non-proliferation policy.
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European governments provide insurances for the export to economical of political instable countries. In a common research in 11 countries the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) exposes how all over Europe about one third of all export credits is used for military exports, often at the expense of other kinds of products.
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European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) research into the financing of arms exports by governments through export credit agencies. Popular version.
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For the past five years, after decades of inactivity, a common foreign, defence and security policy in the EU has been developing at amazing speed.
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