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World Peace Foundation

Intellectual leadership for peace

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      • Global Arms Trade and Corruption
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        • Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption
        • Myths of the Global Arms Industry
          • Project Indefensible
        • WPF supported project: The Corruption Tracker
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      • Famine Research
      • Tracking COVID-19 in Detention
      • Children and Youth Staying Safe in Violent Conflict
      • What is the role of memory during political transitions?
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      • Dignity for the Dead: In Their Presence
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      • Crisis in the Horn
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    • Bridget Conley publications
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      • In Their Presence: Debates on the dignity, display, and ownership of human remains
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military spending

Global Arms Trade Program 

Myth 6: National security requires blanket secrecy

December 22, 2017June 30, 2021 Lisa Avery 1627 Views arms trade, corruption, Global Arms Business, Global Arms Trade, military spending

For some aspects of defence and security, there is a clear justification for secrecy by governments: war planning, technical details

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Global Arms Trade Program 

Myth 4: National arms industries are technologically innovative job creators

December 22, 2017June 29, 2021 Lisa Avery 1724 Views Global Arms Business, Global Arms Trade, military spending

                When security justifications for military spending and arms trade falter, the economic

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Global Arms Trade Program 

Myth 2: Military spending is driven by security concerns

December 21, 2017June 30, 2021 Lisa Avery 2365 Views F35, Global Arms Business, Global Arms Trade, Lockheed Martin, military spending, Security

The decisions to build, sell or buy weapons systems often have little to do with defending the nation. Other factors

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Global Arms Trade Program 

Myth 1: Higher military spending equals increased security

December 20, 2017June 30, 2021 Lisa Avery 2321 Views Global Arms Business, Global Arms Trade, military spending, peace, Security, Terrorism

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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Global Arms Trade Program 

The F35–Better Ways to Spend a Trillion Dollars

September 1, 2017October 30, 2020 Bridget Conley 1759 Views F35, Global Arms Business, Global Arms Trade, military spending

Below is a script of the transcript with links to research supporting the claims made in the video and additional

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