Defense Industries, Foreign Policy and Armed Conflict
This research program is funded in part by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is carried out in partnership
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Global Arms Business
Arms Sales to Conflict Zones
Business as Usual: How major weapons exporters arm the world’s conflicts Hosted by the Forum on the Arms Trade and
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Corrupt third-parties in the legal arms trade
This paper presents a preliminary typology of arms trade intermediaries as encountered in the more than 40 cases of corruption in the compendium.
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Defense Industries, Foreign Policy and Armed Conflict
This research program is funded in part by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is carried out in partnership
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Arms Trade Corruption and Political Finance
This occasional paper examines the link between political finance and corruption in the arms trade, drawing from the Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption cases of corruption in the arms trade and the broader military sector from around the world.
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Corruption in the Russian Defense Sector
The report by Polina Beliakova and Sam Perlo-Freeman discusses information on corruption in the Russian defense sector, especially the arms industry, identifying key cases of corruption that have become visible in recent years, in particular since 2008, when Russia’s current set of military reforms, and major rearmament drive, began.
Read moreExposing these myths reveals the final and most important fact: Change is Possible
As 2016 comes to an end, it is easy to
Read moreMyth 7: Now is not the time
“The world is a more dangerous place than ever”. This, or similar formulations, have been heard from the mouths of
Read moreMyth 6: National security requires blanket secrecy
For some aspects of defence and security, there is a clear justification for secrecy by governments: war planning, technical
Read moreMyth 5: Corruption in the arms trade is only a problem in developing countries
Corruption is a feature of the arms trade the world over, developed and developing countries alike. Former finance expert Joe
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