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100			_aASIF Efrat _eauthor
245			_aShould we sell arms to human rights violators? What the public thinks / _cAsif Efrat and Omer Yair
260			_c2024
520			_aArms-exporting countries – even those that are liberal democracies – sell weapons to governments that violate human rights. Does the public support the provision of weapons to human rights violators? We examine public attitudes on arms exports through a survey experiment in Israel – a major arms exporter that is often criticized for arming repressive governments. Our analysis finds that human rights violations substantially increase the public’s opposition to the sale of arms – by 21 percentage points. Furthermore, opposition to the arms sale arises even when the recipient country carries economic or strategic importance. Overall, we find a public preference for arms exports constrained by ethical concerns – a preference that is often at odds with governments’ export practice. This study enhances our understanding of the domestic politics of the arms trade, which has received little scholarly attention, but increases in importance with rising public scrutiny and criticism of arms sales.
650			_aHUMAN RIGHTS
650			_aARMS TRADE
650			_aPUBLIC OPINION
650			_aCYBERWEAPONS
700			_aOMER Yair _eauthor
773			_gDefence and Peace Economics, Volume 35, Number 6, October 2024, pages: 694-712
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10242694.2023.2225401 _zClick here for full text
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