NUMBER 3, 2010 Arms trade - at what cost?
An opinion poll conducted last year in Sweden revealed that 92 per cent of the population want an end to the Swedish export of arms to countries that violate human rights. 81 per cent want to stop export of arms to countries in war, and 55 per cent want all Swedish arms export to stop completely.
The figures seem clear: despite an increase in Swedish arms sales of almost 400 per cent over the past ten years, the Swedes are reluctant to support an industry that makes money on lethal goods. But a question not asked in the poll is: can we imagine today’s world without weapons?
The UN Charter provides food for thought. Article 51 establishes every state’s right to armed self-defence. This is the decree by which (legal) arms sales in the world are justified today. Other sections of the Charter promote strict regulations and to some extent disarmament (notably article 26). How are the nations of the world adhering to this common set of rules?
This issue of New Routes touches upon these questions. Edda Manga explores the realistic and idealistic attitudes to arms export within a historical framework while Roberto
García Moritán, Andrew Wood and many others, including partners of the Gothenburg Process, provide some different aspects of the forthcoming Arms Trade Treaty.
We are glad to present articles depicting the reality shaped by arms trade in such diverse places like Sri Lanka, Colombia and South Africa. Borghild Tønnessen-Krokan paints the
larger picture by analysing the impact of the world’s military spending on the possibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals within the five years that are left. It would be interesting to make a poll among our readers, what is your take on the international arms trade? Hopefully this thematic issue can spark off some explosive discussions.
Contents
Swedish arms export: From national interests to global utopia
Edda Manga
Towards an Arms Trade Treaty 2012
An interview with Roberto García Moritán
Industrial hopes for a successful treaty
Andrew Wood
End-user certificates:
Improving standards to prevent diversion
Mark Bromley and Hugh Griffiths
Arms exports to Sri Lanka – global pretence, local costs
Camilla Orjuela
Guns or butter?
Armed violence a threat to Millennium Development Goals
Borghild Tønnessen-Krokan
Arms down!
A young, interreligious initiative for shared security
Katerina Ragoussi and Allison Pytlak
South Africa and Sweden:
Churches challenged by arms deal
Nico Koopman
The Bogotá process: A Latin American initiative for arms control
Mgr Hector Fabio Henao and Diego Hernández
A world of violence: The churches must speak out
Peter Brune
LPI News, Reviews and Resources
Contents
Swedish arms export: From national interests to global utopia
Edda Manga
Towards an Arms Trade Treaty 2012
An interview with Roberto García Moritán
Industrial hopes for a successful treaty
Andrew Wood
End-user certificates:
Improving standards to prevent diversion
Mark Bromley and Hugh Griffiths
Arms exports to Sri Lanka – global pretence, local costs
Camilla Orjuela
Guns or butter?
Armed violence a threat to Millennium Development Goals
Borghild Tønnessen-Krokan
Arms down!
A young, interreligious initiative for shared security
Katerina Ragoussi and Allison Pytlak
South Africa and Sweden:
Churches challenged by arms deal
Nico Koopman
The Bogotá process: A Latin American initiative for arms control
Mgr Hector Fabio Henao and Diego Hernández
A world of violence: The churches must speak out
Peter Brune
LPI News, Reviews and Resources
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New Routes 3, 2010
Matilda Pearson
Publicerad: 2010-09-09
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