Volume 35 (2017), Edition 2

Since the 1990s, parliaments in many democracies have become more involved in the formulation and implementation of security policy. A growing number of studies in comparative politics and international relations address this phenomenon and examine...

With more than 140 votes since the end of the Cold War, the Bundestag has been an exceptionally powerful and active parliament in controlling the deployment of armed forces. A closer look at the actual deployment votes shows that military missions...

In contrast to the thesis that the War Powers of the U.S. Congress are defective and dysfunctional, congressional behavior can be understood as rational and strategic: First, members of Congress evaluate electoral interests when choosing to support...

The objective of this article is to explore the role of parliament in police governance in selected countries in Asia and Europe, including Belgium, Germany, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Thailand and the United Kingdom. Based...

Information on exports of conventional military equipment was traditionally kept out of the public and political realm. In recent decades this gradually changed, and within the EU, Member States are legally bound to publish an annual report on arms...

The status of democratic legitimacy in European foreign, security and defence policy has been a highly contested issue over the last few decades. Due to its largely intergovernmental nature, prominent scholars have even argued a double democratic...

In dealing with the topic of sectarian violence in the Syrian War, the focus often lies on the international dimension and the relations between Iran and Arab Gulf states. Assuming the existence of national sources of sectarian violence as a...