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Mark Akkerman

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Mark Akkerman

Mark Akkerman is a researcher at Stop Wapenhandel (Dutch Campaign Against Arms Trade) and is actively involved in TNI's research on border militarisation. He has also written and campaigned on topics as arms exports to the Middle East, the private military and security sector, greenwashing arms trade and the militarisation of climate change responses.

Últimos trabajos

  • El clima bajo fuego cruzado Cómo el objetivo del 2% de gasto militar de la OTAN contribuye al colapso climático

    • Seguridad climática
    • Crisis Climática
    • Militarismo
    Cover image

    La OTAN ha propuesto aumentar el gasto militar al 2% del PIB. Esta decisión aceleraría la degradación climática y podría costarnos el planeta. Sólo este año, los países miembros de la Organización (todos estados ricos tradicionalmente responsables de la crisis climática) gastaron 1,26 billones de dólares en sus ejércitos. Este informe muestra que este dinero podría haber cubierto los costos de 12 años de financiación climática en países de bajos ingresos.

    Report de
    • Ho-Chih Lin
    • Nick Buxton
    • Mark Akkerman
    • Deborah Burton
    • Wendela de Vries

  • Climate Crossfire How NATO’s 2% military spending targets contribute to climate breakdown

    • Climate Security
    • Climate Crisis
    • Militarism
    Cover image: Wild fire and fighter jets

    NATO’s goal of 2% spending of GDP on the military will accelerate climate breakdown by diverting billions of dollars from climate finance and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. This year alone, NATO members spent $1.26 trillion on their militaries. This report  shows that this could have paid for 12 years of promised - and still not delivered - climate finance to impoverished countries to help them deal with the climate crisis. And for the next five years, if NATO members increase their spending to 2% GDP, US$2.57 trillion will be diverted away from climate spending by 2028. This would be enough to pay for climate adaptation costs for all low- and middle-income countries for seven years.

    Report de
    • Ho-Chih Lin
    • Nick Buxton
    • Mark Akkerman
    • Deborah Burton
    • Wendela de Vries

  • How the EU has used the war in Ukraine to expand its border regime

    • EU Security Policies
    • Border Wars

    Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 13 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in what the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called ‘the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II’. Breaking with a policy of deterring and containing asylum seekers outside its borders, the EU and its member states rightly responded to the flow of people by creating legal pathways that granted Ukrainian nationals protection and legal status within the Union. To date, some 8.2 million Ukrainians have registered across Europe. While these laudable efforts have undoubtedly saved lives, over a year later it is clear that the measures are the exception and not the rule. The EU has used the war in Ukraine to expand its deadly border regime in Eastern Europe, in particular the role of Frontex, doubling its efforts to keep out those fleeing other wars and conflicts. Moreover, Ukraine, which has acted as the EU’s border guard for nearly two decades, has continued to play this role even as the war rages on. As we approach World Refugee Day, we expose the discrimination, racism, and hypocrisy driving Europe’s deadly border policies in response to the war.

    Longread de
    • Mark Akkerman
    • Niamh Ní Bhriain
    • Josephine Valeske
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Documentos clave

  • Border Wars The arms dealers profiting from Europe's refugee tragedy

    Border Wars
    Report de
    Mark Akkerman

  • Border Wars II An update on the arms industry profiting from Europe's refugee tragedy

    Border Wars
    Policy briefing de
    Mark Akkerman
    Border Wars II cover image

  • Expanding the fortress The policies, the profiteers and the people shaped by EU's border externalisation programme

    • Border Wars
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Report de
    Mark Akkerman

  • The Business of Building Walls

    Border Wars
    Report de
    Mark Akkerman

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