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Playing both sides: how air transport firms profit by shipping arms and aid
Hugh GriffithsIncredible as it may seem, traffickers in commodities that help fuel some of the world’s nastiest conflicts—transporting such things as arms, ‘blood diamonds’ and cocaine—also continue to profit from humanitarian aid and UN peacekeeping contracts.
Coming tests for transatlantic security relations
Gunilla HerolfA renewed atmosphere of friendship and willingness to cooperate is apparent in relations between Europe and the United States. US Vice-President Joe Biden, in his speech at the 2009 Munich Security Conference, set out the USA’s position: ‘We will engage. We will listen. We will consult.
Mar 09: Japan’s security and defence policy: the more things change . . .
Axel BerkofskyFor a country that has officially renounced armed force as a means of settling international disputes, Japan’s defence and security policy agenda is looking full.
Jan 09: China’s expanding peacekeeping role
Chin-hao HuangThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has increased its participation in a broadening array of multilateral security arrangements in recent years.
Japan’s security and defence policy: the more things change . . .
Axel BerkofskyFor a country that has officially renounced armed force as a means of settling international disputes, Japan’s defence and security policy agenda is looking full.
China’s expanding peacekeeping role
Chin-hao HuangThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has increased its participation in a broadening array of multilateral security arrangements in recent years.
Punishing acts of WMD proliferation: more easily said than done
Dr Sibylle BauerControlling the export of items that have military applications is a key tool in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Coming tests for transatlantic security relations
Gunilla HerolfA renewed atmosphere of friendship and willingness to cooperate is apparent in relations between Europe and the United States. US Vice-President Joe Biden, in his speech at the 2009 Munich Security Conference, set out the USA’s position: ‘We will engage. We will listen. We will consult.
Playing both sides: how air transport firms profit by shipping arms and aid
Hugh GriffithsIncredible as it may seem, traffickers in commodities that help fuel some of the world’s nastiest conflicts—transporting such things as arms, ‘blood diamonds’ and cocaine—also continue to profit from humanitarian aid and UN peacekeeping contracts.