Hans the Timid

The Wall Street Journal November 26, 2002, p. A24. Hans Blix, by now a household name from New York to New Delhi, begins his fateful mission this week: rooting out…

Testimony: Iraq’s WMD Programs and Export Controls

Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor Emeritus University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Committee on Armed Services United States House of Representatives…

Psst … Can I Get A Bomb Trigger?

The New York Times Week in Review September 15, 2002 When it was revealed last week that Iraq had tried to purchase “aluminum tubes,” it seemed to many experts – and…

Use of Export Controls to Stop Proliferation

Remarks at the Central Asia and Caucasus Nonproliferation Export Control Forum Tashkent 2002 It is a great pleasure for me to speak to you this morning about the use of…

Can Terrorists Get the Bomb?

Commentary Magazine February 2002, pp. 45-49. The story began over a meal in late October. A high British official told a reporter from the London Times that Osama bin Laden…

The Proliferation Threat

Presentation at the University of Chicago Program on International Security I. Introduction A. I am honored to appear before such a well-informed audience at such a distinguished program. My big challenge will…

Iran Nuclear Update – 2002

Despite its claims to the contrary, Iran is considered by the United States to maintain an active nuclear weapon development program. As recently as January 2001, the U.S. Department of…

Testimony: Export Controls and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Committee…

Pakistan Nuclear Update – 2001

Pakistan continues to develop and expand its nuclear weapon capability. Islamabad now possesses an arsenal of approximately 30-50 nuclear weapons. Pakistan claimed that its nuclear blasts in May 1998 had…

Pakistan’s Main Nuclear Sites

A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) (Kahuta) – nuclear weapon research and development; uranium enrichment Atomic Energy Minerals Center (Lahore) – uranium and nuclear mineral resource development; runs ore pilot…