A war on the EU's doorstep has justified a shifting of the goalposts with regard to arms companies accessing ever-expanding sources of public and private finance (Photo: STNGR industries)

The military-industrial complex cashing-in on the Ukraine war

EU Political

Ukraine

Opinion

by Niamh Aine Ni Bhriain, Amsterdam,

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 media attention has regularly focused on the military assistance provided by states to bolster Ukraine's war effort with Nato members delivering almost $40bn [€38bn] in military aid to date.

Despite this unprecedented outpouring of support, nine months later the war drags on and there has been little public scruti...

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Niamh Aine Ni Bhriain is programme coordinator and researcher at the Transnational Institute , the Amsterdam-based NGO founded in 1974 as the international programme of the Washington DC-based Institute for Policy Studies, advocating for justice, democracy, and sustainability.

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A war on the EU's doorstep has justified a shifting of the goalposts with regard to arms companies accessing ever-expanding sources of public and private finance (Photo: STNGR industries)