The Washington Post May 12, 1991, Page C1 It should come as no surprise that China is selling Pakistan a nuclear-capable missile and selling Algeria a reactor that could fuel…
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.
Sensitive U.S. Exports to WMD Procurement Agents in Iraq
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House and Senate Joint Economic Committee Subcommittee on Technology and National Security April 23, 1991 I am…
Tug of war over high-tech exports
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists March 1991, p. 7-8 Since last summer, two opposing forces have been operating in the field of export controls. On July 1, the United States and…
Designing the Third World Bomb
Wisconsin Academy Review Winter 1990-1991, p.15-18 The conflict in the Gulf should refocus attention on a frightening fact of modern life: Third World tyrants, armed with missiles and A-bombs, are…
Testimony: Iraqi Nuclear Weapon Threat
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Armed Services November 30, 1990 I am pleased to have this opportunity to address…
Testimony: Weak U.S. Export Controls Contribute to Iraqi WMD Efforts
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committee on Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs September 21, 1990 I am…
The Brazilian Bomb: South America goes Ballistic
NEW REPUBLIC August 13, 1990, p. 10-11 As the United States worries about missiles in the hands of Iraq and other countries in the Middle East, an egregious case of…
Must the U.S. Give Brazil and Iraq the Bomb?
The New York Times July 29, 1990, p. 19 Iraq, with modern armed forces numbering a million and with a leader driven by dangerous ambitions, started a war with Iran, threatens…
Attention, Nuke-Mart Shoppers!
The Washington Post July 22, 1990, p. C2 On July 1, the United States and its allies lifted export controls on the very nuclear weapon triggers — called “krytons” —…
Asia’s Nuclear Nightmare: The German Connection
The Washington Post June 10, 1990, p. C1 Despite the summit’s rosy afterglow, the risk of nuclear war is higher now than at any time in the past decade —…