The Implications of and Reflection on the Reregulation of Arms Export by Japan

2015 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Kwon Hyuck Ki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Arms Export

Arms Export

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Antonio Castrofino
Keyword(s):  
Arms Export

Weapons from the South: Democratization, Civil Society, and Brazil's Arms Exports

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Fracalossi de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
State Behavior ◽  
Arms Transfers ◽  
Export Policies ◽  
Arms Export

Abstract What explains the existence of humanitarian concerns in decisions involving arms transfers? This paper examines the potential influence of democratization and civil society activities on arms transfer policies and practice through a case study on Brazil. Brazil's re-democratization in 1985 provides an opportunity to test whether a change of regime type influences arms export behavior and whether civil society groups can influence it in newly democratized countries. Based on evidence collected mainly through archival research at Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and semi-structured interviews, this paper argues that transitioning to democracy had an immediate effect on arms transfer policies and practice in Brazil. After the end of Brazil's military regime, arms export policies and practice changed due mainly to reputational concerns: a stricter arms control could provide reputational gains to Brazil in an international norm environment where liberal values were perceived to be cascading. In addition to this immediate effect, democratic institutions created better conditions for the emergence of civil society groups campaigning for a stricter arms control, which emerged in the late 1990s. The paper studies a campaign and network led by the civil society group Viva Rio, which led to the introduction of a stricter policy on arms sales to most Latin American and Caribbean countries. These findings imply that democratization has both short- and long-term effects on arms transfers and that democratic institutions can influence state behavior regarding arms transfers even in countries with little tradition of civil society groups working with arms control.

The implications for the UK Exchequer of an ethical arms export policy

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Martin
Keyword(s):  
Export Policy ◽  
Arms Export ◽  
The Uk
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