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,…
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.
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….
South Africa Gives Up Nukes and Missiles; Now Gets High-Tech Imports
South Africa is the only country in history to build nuclear weapons in secret and then dismantle them voluntarily. In July 1991, Pretoria stunned the world by announcing that it…
China: Westinghouse Leads the Way Into Nuclear Market
With help from the Clinton administration, Westinghouse is wedging its way into China’s nuclear power reactor market, a venue previously closed to U.S. firms because of China’s record of helping…
China: U.S. Companies Sell Dual-Use Nuclear Equipment
American companies are not allowed to build reactors and other specialized nuclear facilities in China because Washington has never ratified its 1985 nuclear cooperation agreement with Beijing. U.S. exporters, however,…
Testimony: China’s Military Growth and Implications for the United States
Testimony of Gary Milhollin by Gerard White Assistant Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs October…
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…
Iran: Washington Tightens the Screws – 1979-1995
The scope of U.S. trade sanctions against Iran has steadily widened since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, culminating in the embargo declared in May. Criminal penalties for breaking the embargo…