Essays about: "weapons trade."

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  1. 6. 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

  2. 7. 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

  3. 8. United States extraterritorial application of economic sanctions and the new international sanctions against Iran

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Larsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Maritime law; economic sanctions; Iran; OFAC; secondary sanctions; CISADA; extraterritorial jurisdiction; ISA; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Economic sanctions are defined as the exercise of pressure by one state to produce a change in the political behaviour of another state. Traditional economic sanctions are directed at the entire population of a state whilst targeted sanctions are directed at a state’s individuals. READ MORE

  4. 9. MANUFACTURING FOOTPRINT STRATEGY - COMING OUT OF THE “BLACK HOLE” : A positioning strategy with concept factories supporting the product life cycle and make-or-buy decisions

    University essay from Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Kim Sörensen; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The role of the manufacturing units has a big impact on a company’s business. If competitive priorities and the production weapons can be merged together and describe a factory profile, it can be a factor that provides the competitive advantages for the company. This thesis has two objectives in this area, the industrial and the academic. READ MORE

  5. 10. The Response from the European Union on Small Arms and Light Weapons Control

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Rutgersson; [2005]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : There have been several agreements over the years dealing with issue of arms control agreements, but no a specifically small arms and light weapons (SALW) control agreement. Nonetheless, transfer of arms could only be seen as legal when conducted in consistency with international law. READ MORE