This is open access volume of the NL ARMS offers an interdisciplinary view on the domain of
Compliance and Integrity in International Military Trade (CIIMT) integrating defence economics
international law arms export control frameworks and policies information management
organizational sciences and ethics. Although in academia and from an interdisciplinary
perspective CIIMT constitutes a relatively novel research domain across private and public
defence-related sectors the subject evokes high levels of attention and interest instigating
a need for critical thinking reflection and creativity to address ensuing multi-faceted issues
and problems. The Faculty of Military Sciences at the Netherlands Defence Academy extends an
in-house MSc programme on CIIMT which by integrating practice-based and scientific-based
knowledge aims to contribute to this need. The MSc programme on CIIMT is concerned with
exploring analysing understanding explaining controlling and improving the military
dimension in international military trade. More particularly CIIMT studies managerial
questions regarding strategic trade control of military and dual-use goods and services. CIIMT
ties in with the Netherlands Defence Academy's vision on scientific education embedded in the
reflective practitioners' paradigm uniting both management and leadership skills needed to
decide and operate in high-tension and high-risk knowledge intensive environments. The Faculty
of Military Sciences uses the reflective practitioners' paradigm to refer to critical thinking
reflection and Bildung that characterize its thinking doers the so-called Thinking Soldiers
either at the academic Bachelor's or Master's level. In view of the complexity of the
international trade regarding military and dual-use goods and services the rapid evolvement of
strategic trade control and frameworks and its importance to procurement processes defence
organizations require innovative thinking doers who based on an in-depth understanding from
an interdisciplinary perspective can be expected to find - and take responsibility for -
creative solutions to problems. NL ARMS 2021 comprises amongst others contributions from
students and lecturers partaking in this programme. All the editors are affiliated with the
Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy in Breda The Netherlands.
