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First Year of the Arms Trade Treaty – Conceived to be dead on arrival or an ember to be stoked?

CHOVANČÍK, Martin

Základní údaje

Originální název

First Year of the Arms Trade Treaty – Conceived to be dead on arrival or an ember to be stoked?

Autoři

CHOVANČÍK, Martin (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

1. vyd. Sofia, Bulgaria, SGEM 2016, BK 2 : Political Sciences and Law Proceedings, Vol. II, od s. 165-172, 8 s. 2016

Nakladatel

International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on Social Sciences & Arts

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Bulharsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00120262

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

ISBN

978-619-7105-73-5

ISSN

UT WoS

000395726900022

Klíčová slova anglicky

arms trade; ATT; state responsibility; state motivation

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 11. 5. 2022 08:52, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Challenging explanations are offered by current scholarship on the motivation driving responsible arms transfer implementations and the possible merits of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). While polarizing perspectives are to be expected on such a landmark treaty, early practical impact assessments remain negativistic. At the same time however, much of the literature and popular opinion credits the ATT with “norm establishment” achievements and it is the subject of this article to scrutinize what those norms actually are. The presented paper outlines the starkest deficiencies of the ATT, perceived prior to and after its adoption. The findings provide a basis for a data grounded discussion of the contending explanations of motivations to weaken the treaty to such an extent, as well as adopt its final form between the realist explanation of norm contestations by state modernism, economic justifications, procedural concerns, and liberal militarism. Although the article finds that all four explanations can be anecdotally supported, it posits that none of the four positions are in isolation capable of a full explanation for major stakeholders’ behavior and proceeds to amalgamate a joint explanation with factors influencing resistance to joining or promoting a stronger global conventional arms trade regulation standard.