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Research Handbook on the Arms Trade by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2020This comprehensive Research Handbook examines the key drivers of the arms trade, mapping the main trends in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. It also explores the principal defense markets internationally.
The Arms Trade, Security and Conflict by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2003The Arms Industry is an area that is of huge concern to many people around the world. The economics of this hugely important industry are a vital strand that needs to be understood.
Global Study on Firearms Trafficking by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2020Based on data of more than 100 countries and territories on seized, found and surrendered firearms. These data give a unique insight into the patterns of firearms trafficking globally, regionally and nationally.
Deception in High Places by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2014Deception in High Places reveals the corruption endemic in Britain's biggest arms deals over the last fifty years. Based on painstaking research in government archives, collections of private and court papers and documents won by the author in a landmark Freedom of Information Tribunal against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the book illuminates a shadow world of bribery and elite enrichment.
Research handbook on international arms control law by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2022Broad yet detailed treatment of international arms control law. It takes stock of existing arms control agreements, addresses current challenges and aims to indicate avenues for the future development of this distinct branch of public international law.
Dangerous Trade by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2015The United Nations's groundbreaking Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which went into effect in 2014, sets legally binding standards to regulate global arms exports and reflects the growing concerns toward the significant role that small and major conventional arms play in perpetuating human rights violations, conflict, and societal instability worldwide.
Taking Aim at the Arms Trade by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2010Takes a critical look at the ways in which NGOs portray the arms trade as a problem of international politics and the strategies they use to effect change.
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The following is a selection of the many articles available to you through BU Libraries Search:
- "Alliance politics and national arms industries: creating incentives for small states?" by Lucie Béraud-Sudreau and Olivier Schmitt (2024). Available here.
- "Arms transfers and international relations theory: Situating military aircraft sales in the broader IR context" by Richard Johnson and Spencer Willardson (2022). Available here.
- "Striking a deal on the F-35: multinational politics and US defence acquisition" by Stéfanie von Hlatky and Jeffrey Rice (2018). Available here.
- "Why Buy American? The International Politics of Fighter Jet Transfers" by Atsushi Tago and Srdjan Vucetic (2015). Available here.
- "The United States and European Defense Cooperation European Strategic Autonomy and Fighter Aircraft Procurement Decisions" by Lucas Fernando Hellemeier (2024). Available here.
The following is a selection of articles available online:
- "The True Costs of America’s Gun Obsession" (2024)
- "How top arms exporters have responded to the war in Gaza" (2024)
- "In Ukraine, a U.S. Arms Dealer Is Making a Fortune and Testing Limits" (2023)
- "The Military-Industrial Complex Has Never Been Worse" (2023)
- "Market conditions for arms trafficking in Eastern Europe" (2023)
- "The Dark Truth About Viktor Bout" (2022)
