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international arms trade

INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE WHO SELLS, WHO BUYS? an overview of the five biggest exporters and the biggest importers that import weapons in a value of more than one billion dollars. RUSSIA UK GERMANY FRANCE PORTUGAL TURKEY USA AFGHANISTAN CHINA IRAQ MOROCCO SOUTH COREA EGYPT PAKISTAN ALGERIA UAE SAUDI ARABIA INDIA VIET NAM SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA size of circles = value of arms traded in dollars biggest Importers (Import worth more than 1 billion dollars ) 5 biggest exporters INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE WHO SELLS TO WHOM? The 5 biggest export countries and to which countries each of them is selling arms. RUSSIA UK GERMANY FRANCE TURKEY USA PORTUGAL AFGHANISTAN MOROCCO IRAQ CHINA SOUTH COREA EGYPT PAKISTAN ALGERIA UAE SAUDI ARABIA INDIA VIET NAM SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA biggest Importeurs (Import worth more than 1 billion dollars ) other colours = exporters size of circles = value of arms traded in dollars lines = to which countries do the exporters sell INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE IN WHAT HANDS DO ARMS FALL? In this graphic the import countries are categorized under different critic points like mistreatments of human rights or ongoing wars for example. The circles around the import countries indicate what is going wrong in them. Is it acceptable that western democracies sell weapons of all kinds to these countries? AFGHANISTAN PORTUGAL TURKEY IRAQ MOROCCO EGYPT SOUTH COREA PAKISTAN CHINA UAE VIET NAM ALGERIA SAUDI ARABIA INDIA SINGAPORE size of circles = value of arms traded in dollars biggest Importers (Import worth more than 1 billion dollars ) AUSTRALIA attributes in concern of political/human rights conditions of the import countries: arab spring/ revolutions wars waging (1000+ deaths per year) smaller armed conflicts active death penalty (official and unofficial) strong corruption strong mistreat of human rights, classified as „not free“ sources: www.sipri.org, www.tripline.net, wwww.wikipedia.org, www.amnesty.de, www.ethikbank.de

international arms trade

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This info graphic is about international arms trade, it’s separated into three posters; the first one shows an overview of the biggest exporteurs and importeurs, the second one shows who is selling ...

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