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World Service,24 Jul 2014,55 mins

UK Arms Deals Controversy

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As David Cameron describes France's proposed delivery of two helicopter carriers to Moscow as 'unthinkable', Andrew Dorman, Professor of International Security at Kings College, London, and Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade join presenter Mark Whittaker in the studio to discuss the controversy surrounding Britain's own arms sales to Russia. In New Orleans, Sarah Baird from the Center for the New American Dream explains how her fellow countrymen can lead more fulfilling lives simply by working fewer hours and spending less money; and at our Singapore bureau, Simon Littlewood, President of the Asia Now Consulting Group, talks weapons, gambling and the day his hat was blown off in Aberdeen. All that plus how best to survive a tornado.

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