Publications
Explore CAAT’s library of publications to learn more about and take action against the arms trade. These include reports, the CAAT News magazine, parliamentary submissions and more. You can browse all publications below, or filter by type, topic, year, and/or countries and companies covered in the contents.
Trends in UK arms exports in 2023
An analysis of information, policy developments, and cases of concern relating to UK arms exports in 2023.
Fact sheet: Legal cases and F-35 jet programme
Fact sheet on the legal context for arms transfers in F-35 partner nations and legal cases on arms sales to Israel in these and other countries
Arming genocide – UK arms sales to Israel, the partial export licence suspension, and the F-35 exemption
On 2 September, the UK government announced that it was suspending around 30 arms export sales to Israel, covering equipment that was due to go to the Israeli military, and that the government assessed were for use in Gaza. However, it exempted components for Israel's F-35 aircraft that are used to bomb Gaza, from the
Arms and the state
Arms and the state: How the arms industry influences government in western arms producing nations examines how arms industry influence manifests across different countries, including the US, UK, France, Australia, and the European Union, highlighting varying pathways of influence shaped by each nation’s political system and regulatory landscape.
Sheffield University: Breaching The Moral No-Fly Zone in Military-Industrial Research & Development
Case study of military research activities at Sheffield University, including partnerships with the UK military and major arms companies. Follows on from CAAT and dED_ucation's earlier report "Weaponising Universities".
Strathclyde University: Navigating the Murky Waters of the Military Industrial Academic Complex
Case study of military research activities at Strathclyde University, including partnerships with the UK military and major arms companies. Follows on from CAAT and dED_ucation's earlier report "Weaponising Universities".
From revolving door to open-plan office: the ever-closer union between the UK government and the arms industry
This report, published by Campaign Against Arms Trade and World Peace Foundation, details the ways in which the arms industry influences government policy, and how it has gained such a close relationship with government over the years that the lines between the two have been virtually erased.
Weaponising Universities: Research Collaborations between UK Universities and the Military Industrial Complex
This report discusses the deepening ties between universities in the UK and the arms industry and military research, which include arms industry-funded research on campus, dedicated research centres sponsored by the arms industry and/or the MOD and other parts of the UK security establishment, and other ties.
Annual Report: UK Arms Exports in 2022
An analysis of information, policy developments, and cases of concern relating to UK arms exports in 2022
Eight years of war
A briefing for supporters in the run-up to CAAT's Judicial Review hearing against arms sales to Saudi Arabia
UK arms exports in 2021
A report on UK arms exports in 2021, analysing all the publicly available sources of data.
A Very British Problem: the Evolution of Britain’s Militarised Policing Industrial Complex
Despite widespread myths that the British police are unarmed and govern through consent, paramilitary-style policing has a long and ugly history in the UK and across the British Empire. This report looks at the increasingly blurry line between the police and military and the role of the UK in militarised policing globally.
