weapons for peace? the unexpected benefits of unsc membership
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Weapons for Peace? The Unexpected Benefits of UNSC Membership. Anirudha Vaddadi and Josi Sinagoga. The Study. Research Question: Do countries leverage their political importance for weapons imports? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Weapons for Peace? The Unexpected Benefits of UNSC
MembershipAnirudha Vaddadi and Josi Sinagoga
The Study• Research Question: Do countries
leverage their political importance for weapons imports?• Specifically: Do countries on the United
Nations Security Council as rotating members receive more arms imports from Germany?• Results: Our analysis finds a robust
relationship between UNSC membership and the importation of German arms
Background
The International Arms Trade• Cold War Era• Post-Cold War
Era
Background, contd.Why Germany?• Position in Arms
Market• Political System• Exclusion from
the P5
Methodology• Dependent Variable: Heavy arms imports
from Germany, measured by Trend Indicator Value (TIV) - general arms imports are also used as a comparison• Independent Variable: UNSC Membership -
dichotomous indicator• Controls: year of election into UNSC, ln(GDP
per capita), ln(population), war, political regime, trade with Germany, German colony
Methodology, contd.
• Country and year fixed-effects• Clustered errors• Focusing regression analysis on
Africa due to its unique UNSC selection process• Regressions on individual
countries
Results
Results
ResultsCountries with statistically significant
relationships:Country UN Regional Group
Austria Western European and Others
Bangladesh Asia-Pacific
Brazil Latin American and Caribbean
Hungary Eastern European
Ireland Western European and Others
South Africa African
South Korea Asia-Pacific
Concluding Remarks • “Power
Resources”• Buying Peace
with Weapons• Future Research?