Global Affairs

Determinants of Arms Export Decision-Making: Enhancing Compliance through the Informational Endowment of Domestic Interest Groups
28. January 2015

How to ensure that arms transfers contribute to the internal and external stability of importers and at the same time support human rights and democratization processes – instead of deteriorating the former and hampering the later? This essay outlines a theoretically derived proposition for a way to increase compliance with arms export regulations. I argue that weak international institutions could be strengthened by NGO activity, increasing transparency, and enabling national interest groups to act as domestic compliance mechanisms.

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Global Affairs

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This section covers global issues that go beyond a specific region of the world. International regimes and institutions are the main actors in this section. To submit an article, for questions and ideas for the section “Global Affairs”, please contact: adrian.steube@ciss.eu

  • Adrian Steube
    Adrian Steube
    Regional Director Global Affairs
Adrian Steube
Regional Director Global Affairs

Adrian is currently studying for a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Trier. He completed his Bachelor’s in Political Science and History at the University of Kassel and is currently a scholarship holder at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. His main areas of interest are foreign policy, security policy, international organizations, and artificial intelligence.