@article{2017:wagner:the_bundes,
title = {The Bundestag as a Champion of Parliamentary Control of Military Missions},
year = {2017},
note = {With more than 140 votes since the end of the Cold War, the Bundestag
has been an exceptionally powerful and active parliament in
controlling the deployment of armed forces. A closer look at the
actual deployment votes shows that military missions are contested
along a left/right axis: Whereas the radical left is consistently
opposed, support grows as one moves further to the right of the
political spectrum, with the Christian Democrats being most
supportive. These preferences over substance also translate into
preferences over procedure: Political parties on the left whose main
concern is to fence in the use of armed force tend to prefer strong
parliamentary control, whereas political parties at the center-right
of the political spectrum would like to see more executive discretion
in deciding about Bundeswehr deployments.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {60--65},
author = {Wagner, Wolfgang},
volume = {35},
number = {2}
}