Although Israel has the biggest nuclear weapon and ballistic program in the Middle East, and is included on virtually every export control warning list, it is now being allowed to…
Export Controls & Sanctions
The Wisconsin Project conducts research and advocacy to support robust controls on strategic goods and enforcement of autonomous and international sanctions. Export controls and sanctions are powerful means of inhibiting the spread of technologies used to make weapons of mass destruction. Listed below is a selection of the Wisconsin Project’s work in these areas, including analysis of export control enforcement cases, Iran sanctions violations, and commentary on U.S. export control policy.
Dubai is a Growing Diversion Risk, German Officials Say
German officials tell the Risk Report that Iran is increasingly using Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to obtain high technology, particularly electronic `equipment. They say that Iranians operating in…
Chinese Firms Diverted U.S. Machine Tools, Commerce Department Finds
Three Chinese companies “knowingly violated” U.S. export regulations by diverting sensitive American machine tools to a missile factory in Nanchang, according to a Commerce Department investigation completed in late 1995….
Israel Gets U.S. Supercomputer for Secret Military Site
U.S. officials have approved the sale of an American supercomputer to Israel’s Ministry of Defense for use at a secret military site, knowledgeable U.S. officials tell the Risk Report. The…
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…
Dubai Tries to Build a Modern Customs Agency
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…
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…