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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.


Warrior Nation: The War Racket: reflections & predictions

March 2023

March 30, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 10


Warrior Nation: War & police: linking the cops & the military

March 2023

March 15, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 9


The War Racket: Reflections & Predictions (video)

March 2023

This video version of Warrior Nation SE4 EP10 - with Prof. Paul Rogers - is also available as an audio podcast.


The MPs and the arms company reps

Screenshot of the seating arrangement for the 2021 Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme graduation dinner. It shows six tables around which are seats MPs, ministers, military top brass and representatives from some of the worlds largest arms companies.

In our second analysis of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme we uncover how MPs dined with generals and arms company representatives.


Warrior Nation podcast: Unpacking Armed Forces Day

June 2022


Britain’s dystopian (and less accountable) military future

With more troops being placed beyond scrutiny, and army units reportedly deployed to stop refugee flows across the Polish border and English Channel, the UK military is becoming even less accountable to democratic institutions.


Beyond Emissions: the military and climate change

The military has a role to play in reducing emissions and environmental degradation but we should beware securitising, and militarising, the response to the climate crisis.


Warrior Nation podcast: War and Memory – Empire

October 2021

OCTOBER 1, 2021 SEASON 3 EPISODE 5
In the fifth instalment of our series on war and memory we speak with Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff on the different ways Empire is remembered in Britain and the disconnect between how the British state wants the public to view the country's colonial past and the way it is seen by different communities.


What lies behind Parliament’s military cosplay scheme?

A picture of MPs sitting in the Houses of Parliement where they are currently debating legislation on The Troubles.

The Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme raises serious questions about the relationship between politicians, the military and defence companies.


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