Arms Trade
Britain is ensuring the death of a Palestinian state
by ILAN PAPPÉ | 23 September 2021
TAGGED: Israel, Palestine
“Nothing to hide here”: Inside the world’s largest arms fair in the heart of London
by MATT KENNARD | 17 September 2021
TAGGED: Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Britain’s “robust” arms export controls are a fiction
by ANDREW FEINSTEIN | 14 September 2021
TAGGED: Israel, Yemen
Arming the Philippines: It’s a Duterte job, but does Britain have to do it?
by TOM SYKES | 1 July 2021
TAGGED: HSBC, Philippines, Shell
Thousands of people have been killed in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte, but the UK has massively increased arms exports to his authoritarian regime and is prioritising trade and investment with the country — partly as a post-Brexit bulwark against China.
Foreign minister James Cleverly accused of breaking ministerial Code over arms to Israel
by MARK CURTIS | 30 June 2021
TAGGED: Israel
Britain’s Middle East minister James Cleverly is regularly refusing to provide answers to written questions posed to him by members of parliament, especially on UK arms exports to Israel, contravening House of Commons rules.
Revealed: The secret Whitehall committee that holds ‘no records’
by PHIL MILLER | 24 June 2021
TAGGED: Bahrain, Oman, Raytheon, Yemen
Declassified has discovered a secret UK government committee that held meetings with an arms dealer, former oil executive and ex-spy — but parliament is told there are ‘no records’ of what was discussed.
UK military deepens ties with regime accused of funding terror groups
by MARK CURTIS | 23 June 2021
TAGGED: Qatar, terrorism
Britain’s Royal Air Force is about to establish a second fighter squadron with Qatar, an authoritarian Gulf state accused of supporting extremist groups across the Middle East which the UK itself opposes and says promote terrorism.
As the UK hypes the China ‘threat’, it sells the country billions in military-related equipment
by MARK CURTIS | 7 June 2021
TAGGED: China
While British ministers claim China is an increasing threat to UK interests, they have approved the sale of £2.6bn worth of military and dual civilian/military equipment to the country in the past three years. The exports will likely benefit China’s navy and airforce — as the UK government laments the rise of Chinese military power.
Largest protests since Arab Spring sweep Oman as UK support for regime rises
by PHIL MILLER | 26 May 2021
TAGGED: Oman, Police
As Oman’s UK-trained police confront popular protests against unemployment and corruption in the dictatorial Gulf state, the British military prepares to deploy an aircraft carrier to a new UK naval base in Oman, and the head of the Royal Air Force praises his Omani counterpart.