Recent U.S. efforts to control the spread of weapons of mass destruction have paid off, with a guilty plea from the man who arranged the shipment of 30 tons of…
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.
India Moves from Smuggling to Exporting Heavy Water
India’s nuclear program requires a steady stream of heavy water, which looks and tastes like ordinary water but is used to run reactors that make plutonium. In the past, India…
Sanctions Felt Worldwide
Foreign company executives often worry about the reach of U.S. sanctions for selling nuclear, missile or chemical and biological products to the wrong buyer. But companies that screen their sales…
India’s A-Bomb Potential
The plutonium produced in the Cirus and Dhruva reactors is ideal for making atomic bombs. The power reactors at Madras, Narora and Kakrapar generate plutonium that is also suitable for…
India: Nuclear Helpers
Western companies have supplied India’s controversial nuclear program for more than three decades. All of India’s plutonium-making reactors and heavy water production plants are based on foreign designs. Canada Supplied…
Sizing Up the North Korean Nuclear Deal
Foresight (Tokyo) March 1995 Roughly one month ago, the United States detected the first violation of the nuclear accord that it signed with North Korea last year. Pyongyang seems to…
India’s Nuclear Shopping List
India still looks to foreign suppliers for equipment to advance its nuclear program. Though it has strong capabilities in most areas of the nuclear cycle, India needs help with fissile…
India’s Big Emerging Market Poses Nuclear Risk
On a January visit to promote U.S. trade, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown spoke at one of India’s leading rocket and missile development sites. The Indian Institute of Science is developing…
North Korea Deal Complicates Nuclear Policy
The U.S.-North Korea accord, hailed by U.S. officials as the best solution in a difficult situation, could create problems for controlling nuclear exports to other sensitive countries. The October agreement…
Testimony: Three Points on the US-North Korean Nuclear Accord
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Armed Services January 26, 1995 I am…