arms trade
What the arms fair tells us about new militarism
As the world's largest arms fair takes place in London we look at what it says about the direction of defence and its relationship with civil society.
Rogue heroes?
A counter-history of the SAS
Warrior Nation: Dark economics: understanding the politics of defence budgets
January 2023
January 18, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 6
Joe talks to Matt Fawcett from the Global Campaign on Military Spending UK about the dark economics of Britain's war machine.
Warrior Nation: Very murky: the arms trade and Parliament
December 2022
December 15, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 4
In this episode we speak with Katie Fallon, Parliamentary Coordinator for Campaign Against Arms Trade, to discuss the difficulties of working in spaces where militarism and war are seen as inevitabilities. Our discussion is wide-ranging: from the revolving door to the multi-faceted opportunities for lobbying in a broke political system.
Pioneering a dystopian future
Many of the world's largest arms companies are involved in providing education and careers activities for young visitors at the UK's largest airshows. The same companies that are supplying weapons and military jets to Saudi Arabia for their war in Yemen.
The Qatari Connection
The military relationship between Qatar and the UK has a number of unique and interesting features. We took a look at how the two countries have become increasingly intertwined on matters of war, security and trade.
Insights from the arms fair
DSEI shows the military, government and death merchants are as entangled as ever.
Checking in with the neocons
The recent visit to the US by the Secretary of State for Defence provided the opportunity for a speech to the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute, laying out the UK's new strategy for defence and foreign policy.
A tough year but business as usual
‘Tough year’ doesn't quite capture the extent to which our lives have been shaped by crises in 2020. Militarism, however, has not been locked down. Here is some of what we have been keeping an eye on this year as we look towards 2021.
