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The main aim of this paper is to investigate the political determinants of international arms transfers. We distinguish between the decision to exports arms (extensive margin) and the value of the arms exported (intensive margin). A theoretically-justified gravity model of trade augmented with...
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Using global data for the period 1960-99, Collier and Hoeffler estimate neighborhood arms races. They find that the level of military expenditure is strongly influenced by the expenditure of neighbors. The authors estimate an quot;arms race multiplier,quot; finding that an initial exogenous...
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The provision of arms for the commission of crimes is one of the typical forms of aiding and abetting. This article discusses arms trafficking as a form of aiding and abetting the commission of core crimes. It opens with a discussion of aiding and abetting as a form of complicity in the Rome...
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In this paper we extend dyadic research on conflict processes in international relations, to the analysis of triadic relationship. Specifically, we argue that although conflict can be explained at the dyadic level of analysis, a triadic analysis can greatly enrich our understanding of the...
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The Everything But Arms agreement, introduced by the EU in 2001, eliminated duties on most imports from the least developed countries. To avail of these benefits, however, the exported product must contain a sufficiently large share of local content. Thus, the agreement may have affected both...
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Export controls for dual-use items are an important constituent element of both the security policies of state …, which requires careful oversight over their export to countries that are considered unfriendly or have ambiguous foreign … economies. The paper discusses the EU export control regime and EU membership in international export control groups. In doing …
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Resource allocation is a grand strategic choice; strategic autonomy requires resources and defense industrial autonomy. The allocation of resources and the sharing of defense burdens among members of the transatlantic security community is thus a fundamental component of the liberal international...
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This article brings light to the misguided efforts of the United Nations in trying to control weapons entering into the illicit market. The recent Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) focuses on the legal trade in weapons to prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in arms while missing a vital component:...
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