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.

AUKUS Can Work Without Gutting U.S. Export Control Laws

By Paul Esau, Valerie Lincy

The United States has the most comprehensive series of military export controls in the world, implemented through the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Yet, this year those controls have faced their biggest challenge in a decade – an attempt from industry and some in Congress to tar it as a threat to U.S. national security, and a barrier to the AUKUS security partnership between the U.S., U.K., and Australia.

Hearing on “China’s Nuclear Forces”

By Valerie Lincy

On June 10, 2021, Valerie Lincy appeared before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to deliver prepared testimony at their hearing on "China's Nuclear Forces." The Commission has asked her to comment on China's role in the proliferation of missile and nuclear technologies, both as a supplier and an end user, the Chinese entities that are involved in such activities, and the extent to which these activities have affected U.S. national security interests and the global nonproliferation regime.

DPRK Advisory: Seller Beware!

By Treston Chandler

US government publishes advisory on North Korean missile procurement and provides list of missile-related items.

Theft of Nuclear Material: Reducing the Risk

An interview with William H. Tobey On January 14, 2009, the Wisconsin Project spoke with William H. Tobey, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration,…