Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committees on International Relations and National Security June 17,…
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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.
Testimony: US Satellite Exports and China
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations June 11, 1998 I am…
Made in America? How U.S. Exports Helped Fuel the South Asian Arms Race
The Washington Post June 7, 1998, p. C1 India and Pakistan, fresh from testing nuclear devices, are poised to build missiles that could deliver the bomb deep into each other’s…
Should We Sell Supercomputers to Algeria?
The New York Times April 24, 1998, p. A26 Since January, the Clinton Administration has been quietly circumventing a new law designed to keep American supercomputers away from third world…
Arrow Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile System and Ofek Satellite Program Suffer Setbacks
According to a report in Jane’s Defence Weekly, development of the Arrow-2 “Chetz” antitactical ballistic missile (ATBM) system has fallen at least one year behind schedule due to bureaucratic red…
The Pitfalls of Nuclear Trade with China
The Boston Sunday Globe February 22, 1998 China’s export record and its refusals speak of the need for US safeguards. Congress is now debating whether to approve President Clinton’s recent…
Iran Chemical Weapon Update – 1998
In February 1997, Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet named Iran as among the twenty countries that the CIA suspects of having or developing chemical and biological weapons. In May…
China: Promises on Nonproliferation – 1981-1997
Adapted from a statement by Congressman Benjamin Gilman (R-NY) on November 5, 1997, during the House floor debate on China sanctions legislation. “The question of assurance does not exist. China…
Israeli Buyers Get Nuclear-related Goods from the United States
Israeli buyers have had little trouble importing sensitive nuclear equipment from the United States. Less than one percent of U.S. applications to export nuclear dual-use equipment to Israel were denied…
New U.S. Controls on Supercomputers
Computers performing more than two billion operations per second (2,000 MTOPS) are subject to new export controls. On November 18, President Clinton signed the National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law…