Two years ago, Dr. Obaid Saqer Busit became the youngest Director-General of the Dubai Department of Ports and Customs. At the age of thirty-four, he was suddenly responsible for tracking…
Analysis
The Wisconsin Project’s reports track WMD programs and the companies supplying them. In op-eds and articles, we argue for strict enforcement of strategic trade controls to inhibit proliferation.
Will U.S. Supercomputers Design Russian A-Bombs?
The Clinton administration may soon allow American supercomputers to be sold to Russian laboratories that design atomic and hydrogen bombs. The sales the first such exports in history are fiercely…
What is the Jebel Ali Free Zone?
For traders who sell products in the Persian Gulf and South Asia, the Jebel Ali Free Zone is a dream come true. Foreign companies can use Dubai as a distribution…
Director of Jebel Ali Says U.S. Embargo Will Not Affect Iran
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the Chairman and Managing Director of Dubai Ports and the Jebel Ali Free Zone, does not believe that U.S. prohibitions against trade with Iran will affect…
Dubai: A Booming Entrepot and Growing Diversion Risk
“I have checked to see if there are any export control laws in the U.A.E. and to the best of my knowledge none exists.” This was the verdict of the…
Dubai: The Commercial Gateway to Iran
Dubai, called the “Hong Kong of the Middle East,” has been known for centuries as a trading port. It was once famous for its market in pearls and gold. Today,…
India Wants to Deploy and Possibly Export the Prithvi
India declared in January that it would mass-produce and deploy the 250-kilometer range Prithvi missile, despite U.S. pressure on India not to do so. The announcement was accompanied by news…
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….
Iran Replies to the Risk Report; Denies It Wants the Bomb
Dr. Mohamed Sadegh Ayatollahi, Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, has written a detailed response to the September issue of…
South Africa Missile and Nuclear Milestones – 1960-1995
1960s: South African Atomic Energy Board begins research on fissile material production. 1967: U.S.-supplied Safari-1 research reactor at Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center becomes operational; over the next ten years, the…