EU Arms Export Control: Causes and Repercussions of Institutional Drawbacks

Student: Popov Artem

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: International Relations: European and Asian Studies (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2018

Present research seeks to analyze the drawbacks of the EU arms export control system. Notwithstanding the noticeable progress in institutionalization of common export rules the system as such reviled itself ineffective. It failed to prevent irresponsible export practices of the EU member states. European governments are steadily criticized for malicious noncompliance to the settled norms. The main hypothesis of the research claims that the EU arms export control system was deliberately designed by member states not to limit their opportunities on the global weapon market but to be substantially formal mechanism. The institutions of this system are completely controlled by the governments. The research goal is to determine the causes and repercussions of institutional drawbacks

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