Report 65: “Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security”

The war in Ukraine has accelerated a militarization process within the European Union, which has been slowly simmering since the 2003 security and defense doctrine outlined in the EU High Representative’s strategic document “A Secure Europe in a Better World”. This process continued until March 21, 2022, when the European Council approved the Strategic Compass to strengthen the EU’s security and defense by 2030. The military industry and arms lobbies have played a particularly prominent role in this process, promoting the construction of a “Europe of Defense” based on the injection of funds for the development and sale of weaponry.

The Delàs Center for Peace Studies, in collaboration with the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT), analyzes Europe’s militarization and proposes alternatives to European security policies in the publication “Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security”.

Authors: Pere Brunet, Jordi Calvo, Tica Font, Pere Ortega and Wendela de Vries

Read and download the executive summary in English, in Spanish and in Catalan, and the full report in English and in Spanish (soon available in Catalan).

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Report 65: “Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security”

Informe 66: “La Banca Armada y su corresponsabilidad en el genocidio en Gaza. La financiación de las empresas que fabrican las armas usadas en las masacres contra la población palestina”

Issue Briefing from Transnational Institute, Stop Wapenhandel and Tipping Point North South, copublished by Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau: “Climate on the Crosshairs: “The planetary impact of NATO’s spending increases”

Informe 64: “Business as usual. Analysis of the Spanish arms trade in 2022-23 and the case for an arms embargo on Israel”