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Japan debuts as a weapons exporter
Asia-Pacific

Japan debuts as a weapons exporter

Tokyo, once committed to a degree of pacifism, is going all in to counter China

Senate has days to block new weapons sale to Saudi Arabia
Washington Politics

Senate has days to block new weapons sale to Saudi Arabia

A non-partisan coalition wants to thwart Biden’s reported goodies to Riyadh in exchange for its normalization with Israel

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Military Industrial Complex

US dominates global arms trade as exports to Europe surge

A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says the United States continues as the world's biggest weapons supplier.

How the Ukraine war helped the arms trade go boom
Europe

How the Ukraine war helped the arms trade go boom

Welcome to the multipolar world of weapons exports, which is expected to grow even when the conflict is over.

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Middle East

Iranian weapons are more newsworthy than Made in USA killers

When it comes to American arms fueling foreign conflicts, our media has a tendency to fall into some serious double standards.

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Global Crises

New plan to secure US weapons in Ukraine leaves gaps: experts

The State Department is issuing welcome new protections to stop diversion, but it's doing nothing yet about small arms.