Geopolitics
Euronews – Israel signs €3 billion arms export deal with Greece, defence ministry says
Greece is becoming Israeli property. Read the article HERE.
Arms industry
Geopolitics
John Rees – The ticking bomb of European rearmament
European arms manufacturers are growing at an alarming rate – it will be the European people that pay for all these new weapons of destruction. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University […]
EU politics
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay – Europe Enters Its Metal Era
Analysis of Europe’s defence and energy industrial base, which is not prepared for the arms race which Brussels now wants all European countries to engage in. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Middle East Eye – Belgian arms produced in Egypt fuel human rights abuses, says report
‘A new report has revealed how Belgian-designed arms fuelling human rights abuses in Egypt are being produced offshore to circumvent the state’s arms embargo against Cairo.’ Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – US envoy to NATO questions EU’s ‘buy local’ strategy on weapons
Some EU countries haven’t got the message yet that the US military industrial complex expects bigger European Defence spending to mean bigger orders for American weapons. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Paul Holden – Firm behind £4m Labour Party donation invested in weapons for Israel
Labour’s largest-ever donation came from Quadrature Capital, which holds shares in arms companies that make Israeli fighter jets and bombs. Paul Holden is an investigative journalist and is currently the Director of investigations at Shadow World […]
EU politics
Antoaneta Russi – Defense firms need full access to EU cash as Putin haunts Europe, Draghi says
The ground is being laid for a huge surge in public subsidy for arms manufacturers in Europe. In ‘Politico’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Indrabati Lahiri – European defence companies cash in as military budgets increase
It’s boom time for the merchants of death. In ‘Euronews’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ben Donaldson – Action on autonomous weapons at the Summit for the Future
No surprise that Russia, the UK and US are among three of the states pushing against serious commitments to restrict the use of autonomous weapons: all major arms manufacturers. In the ‘Spoiler Alert’ substack. Read […]
EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s arms imports nearly double, France overtakes Russia as world’s second-largest exporter
New statistics on European arms imports and exports make for grim reading for peaceniks. Read the article HERE.