In mid-October, the Clinton Administration turned down a bid by Russia’s nuclear weapon laboratories to buy U.S. supercomputers. The sale was opposed by experts inside the U.S. government who feared…
United States
Listed below is a collection of the Wisconsin Project’s work related to U.S. export control policy and the Project’s advocacy for strong export controls as the best way to inhibit the spread of technologies used to make weapons of mass destruction.
U.S. Democratic and Republican Party Platforms Disagree on Trade and Arms Control
The 1996 Republican party platform, adopted at the party’s convention in San Diego in August, provides a detailed critique of the Clinton administration’s national security policy. It also promises a…
Testimony: The Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations March…
Exporting an Arms Race
The New York Times February 20, 1996, p. A19 The White House is about to take one of the greatest national security gambles since the end of the cold war….
Pentagon Urges Reduction in Controls on Supercomputers
The Defense Department is urging other federal agencies to agree to a sharp reduction in existing controls on the export of supercomputers. The Pentagon’s position is based on a study…
Japan Should Refuse American Pressure to Decontrol Supercomputers
English language version of article appearing in Yomiuri Shimbun September 28, 1995 The United States is getting ready to pressure Japan into lowering export controls on supercomputers, the most powerful…
Fire Sale
The New York Times September 18, 1995, p. A15 The Defense Department has found a new mission: to make it easier for Russia and China to improve their nuclear arsenals…
U.S. Relations with China
Congressional Digest August-September 1995, pp. 218, 220-1 China should lose trade privileges with the United States unless Beijing stops sabotaging Western efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass…
The U.S. Could Learn from Germany’s New Export Controls
The Wall Street Journal Europe April 12, 1995, p. 6 Germany is preparing to do what most governments consider the unthinkable – reveal the names of Third World companies linked…
Testimony: The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committee on National Security Subcommittee on Military Procurement and…