Britain’s arms exports grow by billions

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Documents seen by i weekend show that Britain almost doubled the value of defence equipment, including fighter jets and munitions, it cleared for export in 2017, as it vies with Vladimir Putin’s Russia to be the world’s second largest weapons supplier. The £6.6bn of UK arms licences represents an 83 per cent rise on the previous year. … Continue reading Britain’s arms exports grow by billions

Brexit: increase in military cooperation between Japan and UK

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http://www.inthelongrun.org/articles/article/brexit-the-view-from-japan-or-the-tokyo-consensus Since the United Kingdom chose to leave the EU, a new consensus has emerged amongst Tokyo-based policymakers, such as members of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and those close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, myself included. Call it the 'Tokyo Consensus'. It assumes that, as far as Japan’s national interest is concerned, Brexit may … Continue reading Brexit: increase in military cooperation between Japan and UK

Is Climate the Worst Casualty of War?

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by Stacy Bannerman https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/07/31/climate-worst-casualty-war How do you clear a room of climate activists? Start talking about war. It’s not just environmentalists that leave; it’s pretty much everyone. Mission accomplished by the Bush Administration, which sent the military and their families to war and the rest of the country to an amusement park. The military-civilian divide … Continue reading Is Climate the Worst Casualty of War?

A Lab and a Showroom: how the Israeli military tested new equipment on the Great March of Return

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A new report called “A Lab and A Showroom” from Hamushim – a project by Coalition of Women for Peace (CWP), a feminist organization active in the struggle to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine – exposes how the extreme violence used by the Israeli military against Palestinian protesters also supports the development and sale of … Continue reading A Lab and a Showroom: how the Israeli military tested new equipment on the Great March of Return