Politics / Arms Trade

Eiad Husham reports on how the flow of weapons into Sudan is fuelling violence and the devastation of war.

Joely Thomas explores the role of activists in showing how climate action and demilitarization cannot be separated.

Western militaries are taking on a new enemy: climate change. Nico Edwards unpicks the myth of green militarism.

Israel and India have gone from covert traders to public allies, and arms are part of the special relationship. Mohammad Asif Khan outlines the nexus of power and what people are doing to try and disrupt it.

Amy Hall explains how a group of determined activists ran one of the world’s biggest arms companies out of town.

As the West’s power wanes in other areas, the arms industry is the perfect vehicle through which to assert itself. Vijay Prashad discusses the trade’s influence on international relations with Amy Hall.

State of the industry; Deadly business; At the border; Who’s supplying whom?

Action, and further reading on the arms trade.

People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.

From arms deals to surveillance tech exchanges, Yara Hawari explains how alliances have been – and continue to be – fostered between Israel and various Arab governments.

The West finds much to celebrate about the country, but it has the largest prison population in the Middle East and world’s highest per-capita use of teargas. Zoe Holman reports on the state of Bahrain.

Shell companies are aggravating some of the world’s worst conflicts, writes Steven Shaw.