Constructing non‐proliferation and arms control: The norms of Western practice

Krause, Keith; Latham, Andrew

doi:10.1080/13523269808404178

“…1 There is nothing especially new in Western arms control. According to Krause and Latham (1998), the concept has its roots in the early Cold War period, underpinned by strategic motives to reduce the risks of an escalating East-West conflict. Later on, during the 1970s and 1980s, humanitarian principles began to assume a growing role in Western arms policy (Cooper 2000).…”

Section: Arming the Third Worldmentioning

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The organized hypocrisy of ethical foreign policy: Human rights, democracy and Western arms sales

Perkins

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,

Neumayer

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2010

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Original citation:Perkins, Richard and Neumayer, Eric (2010) This document is the author's final manuscript accepted version of the journal article, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer review process. Some differences between this version and the published version may remain. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. AbstractOver the past two decades, Western political leaders have scripted a more ethical foreign policy, wherein far greater weight is given to protecting the rights and freedoms of extraterritorial citizens. Using the example of arms exports to developing countries, the present paper exposes the organized hypocrisy underlying countries' self-declared ethical turn. We show that the major Western arms supplying states -France, Germany, the UK and the US -have generally not exercised export controls so as to discriminate against human rights abusing or autocratic countries during the post-Cold War period. Rather, we uncover ongoing territorial egoism, in that arms have been exported to countries which serve supplying states' domestic economic and security interests.

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“…According to Krause and Latham (1998), the concept has its roots in the early Cold War period, underpinned by strategic motives to reduce the risks of an escalating East-West conflict. Later on, during the 1970s and 1980s, humanitarian principles began to assume a growing role in Western arms policy (Cooper 2000).…”

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Do Recipient Country Characteristics Affect International Spillovers of CO2-Efficiency via Trade and Foreign Direct Investment?

Perkins

¹

,

Neumayer

²

2010

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Original citation:Perkins, Richard and Neumayer, Eric (2010) This document is the author's final manuscript accepted version of the journal article, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer review process. Some differences between this version and the published version may remain. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. AbstractOver the past two decades, Western political leaders have scripted a more ethical foreign policy, wherein far greater weight is given to protecting the rights and freedoms of extraterritorial citizens. Using the example of arms exports to developing countries, the present paper exposes the organized hypocrisy underlying countries' self-declared ethical turn. We show that the major Western arms supplying states -France, Germany, the UK and the US -have generally not exercised export controls so as to discriminate against human rights abusing or autocratic countries during the post-Cold War period. Rather, we uncover ongoing territorial egoism, in that arms have been exported to countries which serve supplying states' domestic economic and security interests.

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“…This is attributed specifically to the 'disappearance of the main threat that structured Western security policies' and the emergence of 'strategic orientalism'. 125 The idea of strategic orientalism builds upon Edward Said's observation that, 'as momentous, generally important issues face the world -issues involving nuclear destruction . .…”

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“…50 These scholars question the development of security studies in its 'modern form' as an attempt to represent itself as a 'seemingly neutral and timeless language of social science'. 51 Barkawi and Laffey argue that the Western right to bear arms and use force is 'legitimated in terms of a civilizing mission of one kind or another .…”

Section: Civilizational Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘The West and the Rest’: A Civilizational Mantra in Arms Control and Disarmament?

Mathur

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2014

Contemporary Security Policy

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The organized hypocrisy of ethical foreign policy: Human rights, democracy and Western arms sales

The organized hypocrisy of ethical foreign policy: Human rights, democracy and Western arms sales

Do Recipient Country Characteristics Affect International Spillovers of CO2-Efficiency via Trade and Foreign Direct Investment?

‘The West and the Rest’: A Civilizational Mantra in Arms Control and Disarmament?

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