Myth 2: Military spending is driven by security concerns
The decisions to build, sell or buy weapons systems often have little to do with defending the nation. Other factors
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Myth 1: Higher military spending equals increased security
The world spends a lot on preparing for war, $1686 billion at the last estimate by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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Corruption in the Indonesian arms business
Authors Xiaodon Liang and Sam Perlo-Freeman examine the problem of corruption in the military sector in Indonesia in the post-Suharto era, in particular in relation to arms procurement, and discuss the significance of recent tentative signs of greater efforts by the Indonesian civil and military authorities to address the problem. It illustrates crucial points about democratization and corruption in the arms trade.
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How Big is the International Arms Trade?
A new Occasional Paper by Sam Perlo-Freeman, attempts to produce a global estimate, or rather a range of estimates of the financial size of the international arms trade. The paper also explains problems with the data, including for some of the largest western arms exporters, from whom one might expect a greater level of transparency: most notably, the USA.
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Below is a script of the transcript with links to research supporting the claims made in the video and additional
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Read moreMyths of the Global Arms Industry
The global arms trade is suffused with corruption, imperils the vulnerable and makes us all less safe. Yet arms merchants
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Global Arms Trade and Corruption
The global arms business is a priority for WPF because of the way the industry fuels violent conflict, not only
Read moreRelaunch of Compendium of arms trade corruption
The Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption: Also known as the “dossier of dodgy defense deals”, the Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption
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