Constructing Regional Security Régimes and the Control of Arms Transfers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5881397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Krause (0000-0001-5829-0336, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 386 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40202676 |
| OpenAlex | W4233820016, W2326294576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Our understanding of the creation and maintenance of regional security regimes is bedevilled by conceptual and practical problems that make the analysis of specific cases problematic. Critics object that the perceived zero-sum nature of the security 'game' (and the high benefits of 'defection') limits the utility of any concept that rests ultimately on high levels of co-operative behaviour. In addition, overlapping levels of conflict in the various regional arenas make it difficult to determine the boundaries of a security regime and which actors are 'internal' and 'external' to it (or even how the actors should be conceptualized). This paper suspends judgment on whether or not the concept of a regional security regime can navigate these shoals in order to focus on one aspect of regime creation within the framework of efforts to preserve the peace, or to start or sustain the peace process, in conflictual situations.1 This aspect is the use of supplier and recipient control of interstate arms transfers as a mechanism for regime creation or as a crucial aspect of any regional security regime. My discussion is divided into five sections. Part i discusses why the control of arms transfers must be part of the construc
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| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2021 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |