Regulating the Arms Trade through Parliament and Public Opinion

Seeking to explain why some European states strongly regulate arms exports while others do so weakly, this article argues that there is no Europeanization of arms export controls. We show that neither state-industry relations nor the involvement of executive actors explains these variations. Two alternative hypotheses are offered?: the position of Parliament in the arms export control decision-making process, and the salience of the arms sales issue in public opinion.