EU Militarism

Arming Big Brother
The EU's Security Research Programme
Ben Hayes
TNI Briefing Series 2006/1, April 2006

Bayonets bared for Europe’s military future January 2006
By Enzo Mangini
The EU and the arms industry are preparing the ground for a common European army and ‘security’ policy - with hardly the beginning of public debate.

A Europe of peace is possible January 2006
By Hilary Wainwright
Two different visions of the role of the European military are competing with each other. One is based on the traditional use of military power. Hilary Wainwright outlines how activists are developing an alternative based on human rights and civic conflict resolution

Plane Thinking January 2006
By Gemma Galdon and Wilbert van der Zeijden
The multi-billion dollar Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project has only two clear beneficiaries: the Bush administration and Lockheed Martin. So how did European taxpayers come to be propping up the US arms industry?

The Emerging EU Military-Industrial Complex
Arms industry lobbying in Brussels
Frank Slijper
TNI Briefing Series 1, May 2005
Manos arriba: El Programa Europeo de Investigación sobre Seguridad
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