@article{2017:cops:scrutinizi,
title = {Scrutinizing Arms Exports in Europe: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Transparency and Parliamentary Control},
year = {2017},
note = {Information on exports of conventional military equipment was
traditionally kept out of the public and political realm. In recent
decades this gradually changed, and within the EU, Member States are
legally bound to publish an annual report on arms exports since the
implementation of Common Position 2008/944. However, Member States
remain free to determine the extent of transparency they wish to apply
to their reporting on arms exports. In this article, we compare the
level of transparency on arms exports in eight Member States by using
qualitative criteria such as frequency, comparability,
comprehensiveness and disaggregation. The findings on transparency are
then related to the level of parliamentary control on arms export
control policies. The article concludes by illustrating how levels of
transparency on arms exports and parliamentary control interact.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {79--84},
author = {Cops, Diederik and Duquet, Nils and Gourdin, Gregory},
volume = {35},
number = {2}
}