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…
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.
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…
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…
Testimony: Supercomputer Export Controls – 1997
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committee on National Security November 13, 1997 I am…
Testimony: China’s WMD Exports
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 October 8, 1997 I am…
Testimony: Iran’s WMD Helpers
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 Subcommittee on Near Eastern and…
South African Firms Settle Arms Smuggling Case
Three South African firms pleaded “no contest” in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia in February 1997 to violating the U.S. arms embargo and United Nations sanctions against South Africa’s former…
China Cheats (What a Surprise!)
The New York Times April 24, 1997, p. A35 Satellite photos now reveal that a state-owned Chinese company deliberately deceived Washington officials in 1994 when it claimed it was importing…
Testimony: Selling US Supercomputers
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committee on National Security Subcommittee on Military Procurement April…