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Arms Embargoes
Sources
We included the following 16 research reports in our review:
Alusala, Nelson. Towards Effective Implementation of UN-imposed Arms Embargoes in Africa, Institute for Security Studies, 2016, https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/policybrief92.pdf.
Biersteker, Thomas; Eckert, Sue E.; Tourinho, Marcos; Hudáková, Zuzana. The Effectiveness of UN Targeted Sanctions, Targeted Sanctions Consortium, Watson Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Institute Geneva, 2013, https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/library/publications-institute/effectiveness-united-nations-targeted-sanctions-findings-targeted.
Brubaker, Rebecca; Dörfler, Thomas. UN Sanctions and the Prevention of Conflict, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, 2017, https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:6431/UNSanctionsandPreventionConflict-Aug-2017.pdf.
Brzoska, Michael. "Measuring the Effectiveness of Arms Embargoes," Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, vol. 14, no. 2 (2008), DOI: 10.2202/1554-8597.1118.
Elliott, Kimberly Ann. "Assessing UN sanctions after the Cold War: New and evolving standards of measurement," International Journal, vol. 65, no. 1 (2009): 85-97, https://www.jstor.org/stable/25681087.
Escribà-Folch, Abel. "Economic sanctions and the duration of civil conflicts," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 47, no. 2 (2010): 129-141, DOI: 10.1177/0022343309356489.
Fruchart, Damien; Holtom, Paul; Wezeman, Siemon T.; Strandow, Daniel; Wallensteen, Peter. United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2007, https://www.sipri.org/publications/2007/united-nations-arms-embargoes-their-impact-arms-flows-and-target-behaviour.
Hultman, Lisa; Peksen, Dursun. "Successful or Counterproductive Coercion? The Effect of International Sanctions on Conflict Intensity," The Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 61, no. 6 (2017): 1315-1339, DOI: 10.1177/0022002715603453.
Lamb, Guy. Beyond 'Shadow-Boxing' and 'Lip Service': The Enforcement of Arms Embargoes in Africa, Institute for Security Studies, 2007, https://gsdrc.org/document-library/beyond-shadow-boxing-and-lip-service-the-enforcement-of-arms-embargoes-in-africa/.
Mikulaschek, Christoph; Perry, Chris. When Do Civil-War Parties Heed the UN? Findings from the IPI Security Council Compliance Database, International Peace Institute, 2013, https://www.ipinst.org/2013/12/when-do-civil-war-parties-heed-the-un-findings-from-the-ipi-security-council-compliance-database.
Shyrokykh, Karina. "Human rights sanctions and the role of black knights: Evidence from the EU’s post-Soviet neighbours," Journal of European Integration, vol. 44, no. 3 (2022), 429-449, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2021.1908278.
Stefan, Cristina G. "Lessons in Atrocity Prevention: A Closer Look at Guinea," Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol. 24, no. 3-4 (2021), 367-401, DOI: 10.1163/18754112-24030005.
Tierney, Dominic. "Irrelevant or malevolent? UN arms embargoes in civil wars," Review of International Studies, vol. 31, no. 4 (2005): 645-664, DOI: 10.1017/S0260210505006674.
Vines, Alex. "Can UN arms embargoes in Africa be effective?," International Affairs, vol. 83, no. 6 (2007): 1107-1121, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00676.x.
Wallensteen, Peter. "Save the Arms Embargo," Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2008, https://kroc.nd.edu/assets/227134/save_the_arms_embargo.pdf.
Wood, Reed M. "A hand upon the throat of the nation": Economic sanctions and state repression, 1976-2001," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 52, no. 3 (2008): 489-513, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.00512.x.