Dis-intergation amidst increased EU defence cooperation: EU arms export controls harmonization

CHOVANČÍK, Martin. Dis-intergation amidst increased EU defence cooperation: EU arms export controls harmonization. In EISA 14th Annual Conference 2021. 2021.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Dis-intergation amidst increased EU defence cooperation: EU arms export controls harmonization

Autoři

CHOVANČÍK, Martin

Vydání

EISA 14th Annual Conference 2021, 2021

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

arms trade; defence cooperation; EU defence;

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

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Anotace

V originále

Since 2016, the Europeanization of defence cooperation within the EU has produced unprecedented results in the materialisation of new programmes, initiatives, funding, and institutional competences centralized in Brussels. The area of arms exports controls has so far remained immune to harmonization. In fact, we argue that within the same period, and despite the increased public attention to the topic (due to Saudi Arabia and exports to Syria), EU arms export controls have started to dis-integrate. We provide evidence based on export licencing, execution, reporting, collaborative controls, strategies of key arms producers, and defence industrial policies in the context of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and ATT. A relative gains theoretical explanation is investigated as the best explanation for this counter-trend challenging neo-functionalist and institutionalist approaches to further Europeanization in defence cooperation.