When it comes to preventing air strikes on civilians, the law of the arms trade is clear. Why is it so hard for countries to observe it?
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Saudi Arabia gets far more out of being close with the UK than vice versa.
There’s a disturbing disconnect between the polite etiquette of arms fairs and the hell that their products create.
The connection between oil and arms trade is not a conspiracy theory.
When confronted with the consequences of arms sales, democratic governments fall back on a number of flawed arguments.
The UK has never ironed out the ethics of its role in the arms trade. Will the debate ever be resolved?
While advocates of gun control may feel powerless in the wake of mass shootings like the one in Las Vegas, the history of government support for the industry shows Americans have more sway than they think.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s comments about weapons as part of development for Africa could have the opposite effect if conditions aren’t strict and democratic processes aren’t followed.
The international law on arms transfers is clear: suppliers are at least partly accountable for recipients’ human rights violations.
The deep and dark web can be a scary place, but modern open-source technologies funded by the Defense Department can help explore it.
While Yemen burns, Theresa May’s government plays with words.
The main criticism leveled at the body that oversees the work of South Africa’s elite police unit, the Hawks, is that it lacks the power to initiate investigations, making it ineffective.
If Liverpool hadn’t supplied it with warships, the South might not have been able to put up much of a fight against the Union.
British-made weapons are still finding their way into the wrong hands. Doesn’t parliament have a responsibility to stop that happening?
The sad truth is that it’s all too easy to get hold of automatic weapons in Europe.
When the ‘Arab street’ came to Downing Street, passions ran high and fear and loathing were in the air.
After decades of pioneering global human rights, Canada has become one of the world’s worst holdouts on the arms trade.
While the US still dominates global arms exports, Russia takes a close second as rising instability increases demand for the latest high-tech weaponry and surveillance gear.
On February 23, Trinidad and Tobago will host the first preparatory meeting of the recently adopted Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – the first real international mechanism to stem the spread of weapons across…
Ever since the first New Labour administration of 1997, successive British governments have declared their commitment to so-called “ethical” arms sales. But recent decisions about which countries should…
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