From September 1990 to September 1991, the U.S. Department of Commerce approved nearly $60 million dollars’ worth of sensitive exports to Iran. Most of these items were “dual use,” meaning…
Gary Milhollin
Professor Emeritus Gary Milhollin founded the Wisconsin Project in 1986 and was the Project’s Executive Director through 2011. Listed below is a collection of his work, including op-eds, testimony, and reports that have influenced export control policy and have helped stem the spread of technology used to make weapons of mass destruction.
Testimony: North Korea’s Nuclear Program
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs November 25, 1991 I am…
U.S. Is Building Up a Picture of Vast Iraqi Atom Program
New York Times Friday, September 27, 1991, p. A8. Nuclear Skeletons in Iraq’s Closet Following is a partial list of components of Iraq’s nuclear weapons program that were unknown before…
Keeping the Lid on Nuclear Arms
New Scientist August 17, 1991, p. 26-30 In an historic accord last November, Argentina and Brazil agreed not to produce nuclear weapons and pledged to open their secret nuclear sites…
Maybe Saddam Did the World a Favor
International Herald Tribune Wednesday, August 14, 1991, p. 4 WASHINGTON — For the fourth time since the Gulf war, a pack of sleuthhounds from the United Nations is in Iraq…
Stop the Nuclear Threat at the Source
The New York Times Saturday, August 10, 1991, p. A19 WASHINGTON — For the fourth time since the gulf war, a pack of sleuthhounds from the United Nations is in…
Exports and Terrorism: U.S. Export Licenses to Iran and Syria: 1986-1990
From 1986 to 1990, the U-S. Commerce Department approved over $300 million worth of sensitive American exports to Iran and Syria. Most of these were “dual-use” items, capable of making…
Military Exports to Iraq Come Under Scrutiny
The New York Times June 25, 1991 p. A11 WASHINGTON, June 23 — The Commerce Department has started an internal investigation of charges that officials of the agency altered documents…
US-approved exports may have aided Iraqi army, says report
Financial Times June 20, 1991, p. 18 The US government approved exports to Iraq between 1987 and 1989 that may have helped Baghdad improve its weapons capabilities, according to a…
Study: Commerce Dept. aided Iraqi arms buildup
Chicago Tribune June 20, 1991 WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department helped Saddam Hussein build his war machine in the late 1980s by approving the sale of millions of dollars of sensitive U.S….