Frank Slijper
Project Leader, Arms Trade, PAX (website)
email: slijper [at] paxforpeace [dot] nl
twitter: @FrankSlijper
phone: +31 6 12622727
Project Leader, Arms Trade, PAX (website)
email: slijper [at] paxforpeace [dot] nl
twitter: @FrankSlijper
phone: +31 6 12622727
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe
Frank Slijper leads the Arms Trade project at PAX, based in the Netherlands. Slijper is an economist and has been working on arms trade and disarmament issues since 1993. Research areas include Dutch and international arms trade, industry policy and the role of the financial sector. Over the years he has done extensive research into (Dutch links to) the set up of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program as well as Iraq's chemical weapons program of the 1980s. The emergence of military policies within the EU has long been another area of work, as has been research into the development of increasingly autonomous weapons. In recent years his work has largely focused on arms trade in the context of the war in Yemen, as well as arms transfers to Israel. Over the past year he has been involved in the court case where three Dutch NGOs successfully demanded the Dutch government to stop exporting and facilitating F-35 fighter jet related transfers to Israel.
Frank Slijper leads the Arms Trade project at PAX, based in the Netherlands. Slijper is an economist and has been working on arms trade and disarmament issues since 1993. Research areas include Dutch and international arms trade, industry policy and the role of the financial sector. Over the years he has done extensive research into (Dutch links to) the set up of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program as well as Iraq's chemical weapons program of the 1980s. The emergence of military policies within the EU has long been another area of work, as has been research into the development of increasingly autonomous weapons. In recent years his work has largely focused on arms trade in the context of the war in Yemen, as well as arms transfers to Israel. Over the past year he has been involved in the court case where three Dutch NGOs successfully demanded the Dutch government to stop exporting and facilitating F-35 fighter jet related transfers to Israel.
Recent Publications:
- "High-risk arms trade and the financial sector," PAX and Profundo, August 2023. *
- "Largest European banks bankroll high-risk arms traders," PAX, July 12, 2022.*
- "Banks and Bombs: Engaging the Financial Sector on Investment in Arms Producers," Security in Context, January 2022.
- "Put Out the Fire: Strengthening International Law and Divestment Policies on Incendiary Weapons," PAX, December 9, 2021.*
- "Controversial arms trade and investments of insurers," with Cor Oudes, Fair Insurance Guide, December 2020.
- "Slippery Slope: The arms industry and increasingly autonomous weapons," PAX, November 11, 2019
- "Don't Be Evil? A Survey of the Tech Sector's Stance on Lethal Autonomous Weapons," PAX, August 19, 2019
- "Controversial Arms Trade and investments of Dutch banks," Fair Bank Guide, June 6, 2019
- "State of AI: Artificial intelligence, the military and increasingly autonomous weapons," PAX, May 8, 2019
- “Arms Trade Highlights October-November 2018,” IPIS. Nov 20, 2018
- "European arms export policy at the crossroads," blog post, December 13, 2017
- "Where to draw the line: Increasing Autonomy in Weapon Systems – Technology and Trends," PAX, Nov 12, 2017
- "Under the radar: arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 4, Sept 14, 2017
- "Under the Radar: The United Arab Emirates, arms transfers, and regional conflict," PAX, Sept 11, 2017
* indicates additional authors