Arms Control

(Dis)Arming the Responsibility of Western Arms Producers

Bretton J. McEvoy • Jan 16 2025 • Articles

Western states and arms companies have continued to export weapons to states where there is a clear risk of them being used in serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.

The European Peace Facility and the Legitimation of European Arms Exports

Marijn Hoijtink and Hanna L. Muehlenhoff • Jun 1 2021 • Articles

The EPF accelerates the EU’s turn to militarism and masculinised power, while also raising questions about how risk management practices deem military assistance and arms provisions legitimate.

Known Unknowns: Covid-19 and Biological Warfare

Michelle Bentley • Aug 8 2020 • Articles

The pandemic has brought the threat of bioweapons into the realm of the known, with potentially positive implications for the control of these armaments.

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