Frank Slijper

Frank Slijper is a senior researcher at the Campagne tegen Wapenhandel (Dutch Campaign against arms trade) and a research associate with the Transnational Institute (TNI). His study ‘Guns, debt and corruption – Military spending and the EU crisis was published in April, 2013.

Europe’s guns, debt and corruption

This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role of the European arms trade, corruption and the role of arms exporting countries in fuelling a debt crisis, and why these 'odious' debts need to be written off. See Part One here.

By Frank Slijper

/ 27 Apr 2013

Austerity in Europe? Tighten the military belt

Five years into the economic crisis in Europe and the elephant in the room is the role of military spending in causing and perpetuating the economic crisis. As social infrastructure is slashed, spending on weapon systems has hardly been reduced. Part one of two essays on military spending and the

By Frank Slijper

/ 24 Apr 2013