Foreign company executives often worry about the reach of U.S. sanctions for selling nuclear, missile or chemical and biological products to the wrong buyer. But companies that screen their sales…
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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.
Arsenals Abroad: Proliferation In Disguise
The New York Times July 18, 1994, p. A15 This week the House takes up a bill that would make it easier for terrorist nations to build nuclear weapons, chemical…
Testimony: Renewing the Export Administration Act
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committee on Armed Services June 15, 1994 I thank…
Selling Self-Destruction: The Perils of Perry & Co.
The Washington Post February 6, 1994, p. C3 Are They Soft on Nuclear Proliferation for the Sake of the Arms Industry? “Sensible and safe.” That was the verdict of the…
Who Armed Iraq? Answers the West Didn’t Want to Hear
The New York Times Week in Review July 18, 1993 The terms of the punishment forced on Iraq since the Persian Gulf War may be most valuable for what they…
The Pentagon and the Bomb
Structuring the Department of Defense to Combat Nuclear Arms Proliferation What U.N. inspection teams discovered in the aftermath of the gulf war–that a massive, secret nuclear weapon program had brought…
Testimony: U.S. Exports to Iraq
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs October 27,…
Winking at Proliferation
The Washington Post August 16, 1992, p. C2 Why Are U.S. Firms Still Able to Aid the Mideast Missile Race? The Bush administration this summer has missed a major opportunity…
Missiles too Dangerous to Name
On June 16, 1992 the U.S. Department of Commerce published its long-awaited list of missile projects in the Third World. The list was supposed to plant a red flag on…
Exports and Terrorism: U.S. Export Licenses to Iran: September 1990 to September 1991
From September 1990 to September 1991, the U.S. Department of Commerce approved nearly $60 million dollars’ worth of sensitive exports to Iran. Most of these items were “dual use,” meaning…