Xavier Bohigas

Doctor in Physics and retired professor at the Physics Department of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. As a member of the Centre Delàs, he focuses his research on nuclear weapons, military spending, military R&D and companies in the military industry. He is the author of several articles and reports on these topics.

Lines of research

Nuclear weapons

Militarism and climate crisis

Military industry

Military expenditure

Militarization of the EU

Security & Defense

Publications:

Report 58: “Spanish military budget sees a massive increase in 2023. The myth of 2% spending on Defense is overcome”

Report 55: “Transnational corporations, warmongering and the climate emergency”

Report 53: “NATO, building global insecurity”

Report 51: “Prepared for war. How militarism permeates our societies”

Report 50: Spain’s real military expenditure for 2022. Investments in weapons shoot up the Defence Budget in the middle of the pandemic

Working Paper: European Defence Fund

European public money for the military industry

Security policies for peace. Another security is possible and necessary

Delas Centre and Novact report: The transformation of the industrial-military complex

Working Paper: The military budget of Spain continues to grow

Treinta preguntas sobre la OTAN. Treinta años después del Referéndum

Materiales de trabajo 53

Report 26: Fraud and improvisation in military spending. 2016 Spanish military budget analysis

Riesgos y amenazas del arsenal nuclear

The incidence of human error in the handling of nuclear weapons

The Dark Side of Military Expenditure. The 2014 Military Budget

Report 13: Piracy in Somalia: An excuse or a geopolitical opportunity?

Materiales de trabajo 44

Report 10: The Missile Defence System in Rota. A further step towards world militarisation

Report 7: The Truth About the Spanish Military Expenditure 2011

Report 5: Spanish military expenditure and R&D 2010

L’OTAN, una amenaça global