rexiMay 24, 2025

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/ukraine-worlds-biggest-arms-importer-united-states-dominance-global-arms-exports-grows-russian

(what is the #carbonfootprint on this whole mess, I ask?)

‘…more #weapons are needed on the #battlefield, #tradesanctions make it harder for #Russia to produce and…the USA and its allies pressure states not to buy Russian arms… #armstrading…had already weakened before 2022, with #India increasingly favouring other suppliers, and #China sourcing more arms from its own burgeoning #armsindustry.’

… 2/3 of exports to 3 states: India 38%, China 17% and Kazakhstan 11%.

Ukraine the world’s biggest arms importer; United States’ dominance of global arms exports grows as Russian exports continue to fall

Ukraine became the world’s largest importer of major arms in the period 2020–24, with its imports increasing nearly 100 times over compared with 2015–19.

SIPRI
Jules she/herJan 5, 2024

Petition calling on London's #ScienceMuseum to stop accepting money from the #AdaniGroup which profits from the sale of weapons used in #Gaza.

https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-science-museum-stop-accepting-adani-s-blood-money?

#Palestine #ArmsTrading #ParentsForPalestine

Sign the Petition

Demand the Science Museum stop accepting Adani's blood money

Change.org
podoJan 22, 2023
Today's Guardian article by S.Tisdall re: #UkraineWar is deeply flawed, and full of typical reckless war industries' selling + talking points. (not linked) Pushing DE + EU deeper into #armstrading without carefully considering any de-escalation strategies is increasingly dangerous! Suggest (re-)reading #Habermas IN FULL. But here a quicker INTRO from @adamtooze ( Don't agree with either completely, but at least gives JH the credibility he deserves ! From May 2002 https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2022/05/after-the-zeitenwende-jurgen-habermas-and-germanys-new-identity-crisis
After the Zeitenwende: Jürgen Habermas and Germany’s new identity crisis

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has upended world politics and nowhere more so than in Germany. Addressing an emergency session of the Bundestag on 27 February, German chancellor Olaf Scholz decl

New Statesman