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India Gathers Military Might

Peter Custers, IPS News. January 21, 2011.

Delhi’s recent foreign military and nuclear orders appears quite unprecedented. And it would be wrong to leave it at this, and fail to notice other peculiar coincidences.

European Arms Manufacturers Pump Weapons into Troubled Regions

David Cronin, IPS News. February 10, 2008.

Despite the EU code of conduct, European corporations continue to supply the world's most dangerous groups with arms. A stronger law is needed.

The U.S. Foreign Policy Trainwreck: How Not To Win Friends and Influence People

Zia Mian, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 16, 2007.

The U.S. strategic class thinks that arming the world leads to greater American influence. Will they never learn?

We're No. 1! America Leads the World in War Profits

Frida Berrigan, TomDispatch.com. May 22, 2007.

The United States is a proud nation of firsts -- among them weapon sales, military expenditure, oil consumption, CO2 emissions, external debt, private military personnel and more.