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New Edition of The Shadow World Launched in South Africa
May 07, 2013
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New Edition of The Shadow World Launched in South Africa Andrew Feinstein is happy to announce that a new and updated edition of The Shadow World has been published in South Africa. The new edition provides key updates to many of the narratives that appeared in the first edition, brin
Read MoreAndrew Feinstein discusses the trial of Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly in Profil
Andrew Feinsten Read the original article Profil Mensdorff-Pouilly: An der Angel Der Autor und Waffenhandel-Experte Andrew Feinstein über die seiner Meinung nach zu wenig weit gehende Anklage gegen Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly. Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly war seit Ende der neunziger Jahre de
Read MoreTHE NEED FOR AN ARMSTREATY HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Control Arms Now With the disappointment of July behind us, and the current diplomatic wranglings causing consternation, it is important to reiterate that there has never been a greater need for a strong international arms trade treaty. As I r
Read MoreA BAE-EADS merger would have been too complex to handle
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article The Guardian – Comment Is Free The close relationship the arms trade has with the state means any deal would expose some uncomfortable political truths Merger talks between defence industry giants BAE Systems and EADS may have collapsed.
Read MoreMerchants of Death
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Zeit Online The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has behind bars – Hundreds colleagues are continuing their work. It sounded like a good message, it sounded like justice. Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the “merchant of deat
Read MoreViktor Bout, Africa’s Lord Of War, Sentenced To 25 Years
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Published by African Arguments The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known widely as ‘the merchant of death’, was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a New York judge on 5th April. In addition, Bout will have to forfeit $15m. Bout’s conviction and
Read MoreMILITARISM – BUSINESS AS USUAL
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Command Posts US militarism – which a retired army colonel, Andrew Bacevich, describes as the thrall in which Americans hold military power and its perpetuation – has become the largely unchallenged underpinning of the country’s national ident
Read MoreDestroying dreams in the rainbow nation
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Read MoreThe shadow world: corruption in the arms trade
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Read article in The New Internationalist View Article PDF Show me who makes a profit from war, and I’ll show you how to stop the war. Henry Ford, US industrialist (1863-1947) The manufacture of and trade in weapons is a business that counts it
Read MoreArms and the Corrupt Man
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article The New York Times London Last week’s conviction of Viktor Bout, the so-called Merchant of Death, was a rare moment of triumph in the fight against the illicit arms trade. But it points to the fundamental hypocrisy at the heart of the global t
Read MoreMeet the new death dealers
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Salon As the Internet transforms the weapons trade, Beijing is becoming a massive player – and we should be scared This article was adapted from the new book, “The Shadow World,”from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In our twenty-fi
Read More7 Ways That America Has Made The World A More Dangerous Place
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article The Huffington Post The arms trade stretches across a continuum of legality and ethics from the official, or formal trade, to the grey and black markets, what I refer to as “the shadow world.” In practice, the boundaries between th
Read MoreHighly lethal and highly under-regulated
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article Read the article at The Economist ANDREW FEINSTEIN is our inaugural host for “Quick study”, a new series on Prospero that offers a crash course in a particular subject, delivered by an expert in the field, with some suggestions for
Read MoreWhere is Gaddafi’s vast arms stockpile?
By Andrew Feinstein Read original article The Guardian The former Libyan leader amassed an enormous collection of military hardware during his decades in power. Much of it is now sitting virtually unguarded. Is it now destined to end up on the black market? Soon after the brutal Muamm
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