Essays about: "Arms Trade"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 39 essays containing the words Arms Trade.

  1. 26. Swedish Arms Export : An Evaluation from an Ethical and Human Rights Point of View

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Nina Landtblom; [2014]
    Keywords : Arms export; ethics; human rights; criteria; policy critique; conflicting goals values principles;

    Abstract : As an arms-exporting state, Sweden has certain legal responsibilities to ensure that licences authorizing arms exports are in line with existing laws, policies and guidelines. Apart from that, the government has an ethical responsibility to ensure that arms are not exported to countries where they are used to oppress the population and commit human rights abuses. READ MORE

  3. 27. AGOA or EBA?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martina Huzell; Annie Dewill; [2014]
    Keywords : AGOA EBA LDC trade development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The United States (US) and European Union (EU) both have preferential trade agreements with least developed countries with the aim of increasing trade volumes in order to catalyse development. The US implemented their system, the “African Growth and Opportunity Act” (AGOA) in 2000 and the EU followed with “Everything But Arms” (EBA) in 2001. READ MORE

  4. 28. Soft Law and the Single Market: Measuring the Impact of the EDA’s Code of Conduct on Marketizing Defence Procurement in the European Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Simon Kus; [2013]
    Keywords : Defence Procurement; Marketization; EU; European Defence Equipment Market; European Defence Agency; Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : After several decades of collaborative arms procurement conducted on juste retour principles the Member States of the European Union are moving towards market based solutions in their attempts to maintain a competitive and sustainable defence technological and industrial base on the continent. This paper seeks to conduct a baseline study on the impact of the European Defence Agency’s 2005/6 Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement, the first explicitly market based measures enacted. READ MORE

  5. 29. Stopping Destructive Arms Proliferation: How the Arms Trade Treaty can improve peace and security by introducing the first international regulations on transfers of conventional arms

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Simon Saldner; [2013]
    Keywords : Arms; Arms Trade; Arms Trade Treaty; Intrastate conflict; International law; Proliferation; Regime theory; Security dilemma; Small Arms and Light Weapons; Peace and Conflict Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the newly adopted Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first internationaltreaty to regulate the trade in conventional arms, can address the issue of the illegal andirresponsible proliferation of small arms and lights weapons (SALW) and improve peace andsecurity. By far the most commonly used weapons in modern conflicts, SALW and theireffects mainly on intrastate conflicts, I argue, are the most important issues for the ATT toaddress. READ MORE

  6. 30. Trends in arms trade since the end of the Cold War : a comparison of Czech and Swedish arms exports in the years 1993-2012

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Konrad Rikardson; [2013]
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    Abstract : The Czech Republic and Sweden have historically been prominent producers and exporters of arms. The end of the Cold War has, however, changed the global patterns of arms trade. The aim of this thesis is to compare the trends in arms exports of the two countries in the years 1993-2012. READ MORE