Brzoska, Michael - In: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 14 (2008) 2, pp. 2-2
Arms embargoes are often said to be ineffective but mandated fairly often. A sample of 74 arms embargo cases between 1990 and 2005 is analysed in order to assess effectiveness. The analysis shows that such embargoes had notable effects on arms import patterns in about 30 percent of all cases....