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O presente artigo analisa os impactos das relacoes Brasil-Israel no processo de aquisicao de capacidades para a producao nacional de Aeronaves Remotamente Tripuladas (ARPs) no contexto da Base Industrial de Defesa (BID)... more
Abstract Over the last decade, the European land armament industry developed into a thriving market driven by growing demand from the BRICS, a new wave of emerging countries and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the 2008... more
UNIDIR defines WAM in a comprehensive manner covering the oversight, accountability and governance of arms and ammunition throughout their management cycle, including establishment of relevant national frameworks, processes and practices... more
- Az utolsó akadály is elhárult az elől, hogy az Egyesült Államok kormánya mesterlövészpuskákat és páncéltörő rakétarendszert szállítson Ukrajnának, miután 2018. március 1-jén a külügyminisztérium is jóváhagyta a szállításokról szóló... more
Outreach constitutes the normative dimension of efforts to enhance export control policies in third countries, while assistance is the practical dimension of such engagements. European Union (EU) Joint Action 2008/230/CFSP and Council... more
Written in 1976 for the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), this volume analyzes the global and Middle East arms trade of that period. It addresses which countries are proviking the arms trade and which companies are making... more
Unpublished Interview of Michael von der Goltz and Alfons Sassen About international arms trade, his brother Willem Sassen, Ecuador. Bits of the interview were used in 'Nazis to the Core, the Sassen brothers and their anti Bolshevik... more
The end of the Cold War changed the international order and brought about new security challenges for the conventional arms control field. The field had been shaped by the ideologically driven political and strategic interests of the two... more
Turkey has been investing in its national defence industrial base since the 1980s. As with other developing countries, Turkey’s motivations for investing in national defence industries can be boiled down to the pursuit of defence autarky,... more
An analysis of human rights law and activism hold corporate power to account, with a focus on the arms trade and the trade to Saudi Arabia.
Article for Archivio Disarmo Sistema Informativo a Schede.
In this dissertation I argue for increased regulation of a specific part of most modern international conventional arms deals - an offset agreement. This argument proceeds in multiple steps. First, the pacifist approach to arms deals is... more
Gamal Abdel Nasser’s 27 September 1955 announcement of his decision to buy a massive amount of weapons from Czechoslovakia sent shockwaves around the world. The years preceding 1955 had seen a long lull in the arms race between Israel and... more
Diese Analyse diskutiert zunächst die Parameter für die Aktivitäten der französischen Rüstungsunternehmen, insbesondere die politisch-strategischen Vorgaben des Staates. Außerdem bildet ein kurzer historischer Rückblick die Entwicklung... more
Examines the role Israel played in U S foreign policy in the 1960s - 90s in Central America, particularly in the arms trade, military training and torture training. Also examines Latin American perceptions of Israel which might have... more
States’ comments on the Arms Trade Treaty this week overwhelmingly welcomed the agreement’s forthcoming entry into force this December, which Estonia’s representative described as “a major achievement for the international... more
The full text of the Handbook is freely available online: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resources/publications/by-type/handbooks/weapons-id-handbook.html Arms and ammunition are evidence. Many weapons carry marks that, combined with... more
In the last decades, the "business of war" has attracted thousands of civilian transport and logistics companies, especially in the aviation sector. State and non-State actors engaged in armed conflicts or in military operations... more
Recent work by scholars on the early colonial history of the Congo basin has made reference to the subject of customs and contraband. Their work has focused mainly on how smuggling networks operated across the borders of the Congo Free... more
TransArms and IPIS undertook a thorough research of the responsibilities of states and companies involved in the transfer of military equipment by sea under customary international law. The maritime transport is by far the main modality... more
The full text of the Handbook is freely available online: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resources/publications/by-type/handbooks/weapons-id-handbook.html Arms and ammunition are evidence. Many weapons carry marks that, combined with... more
Already at the beginning of independence, a conviction was formed at the top of the military hierarchy of the Second Polish Republic that the equipment of the army should be based on native production. The idea was accepted as a sort of... more
Following the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War, a combination of financial insolvency, changing priorities in imperial defense and personal preferences led Sultan Abdülhamid II to execute a radical shift in Ottoman naval policy. The battle fleet... more
How do states decide where to source arms? Drawing on theories of international relations, we consider the recent fighter aircraft competitions in Brazil and India, and analyze why the U.S.-made aircraft lost to their European rivals.... more
Although the number of craft-produced small arms and light weapons is difficult to estimate, they are prevalent and range broadly in sophistication and quality. Improvised and craft-produced firearms remain an important source of... more
The years 1933 and 1934 were critical ones for European diplomacy, as statesmen groped to divine precisely what Hitler represented and how best to deal with him and his resurgent Germany. In the ensuing welter of diplomatic initiatives,... more
Od pierwszych miesięcy swego istnienia odrodzona w roku 1918 Rzeczpospolita nawiązała bliską współpracę z Republiką Francuską. Jedną z płaszczyzn współpracy obu państw stanowiły dostawy sprzętu wojskowego, którymi Francja zasilała... more
Armament Research Services (ARES) Special Report 4, Munitions Employing Sensor-fuzed Submunitions: Do they Comply with the Convention on Cluster Munitions?, critically evaluates the definition of "cluster munition" established by the... more
Due to a U.S./EU arms embargo that was impo- sed on China in 1989, China remains excluded from tra- ding with any of the leading arms producers except for Russia and Ukraine. The previously existing military-industrial symbiosis between... more