Protecting U.S. security by controlling technology export has long been a major issue. But the threat of the Soviet sphere is rapidly being superseded by state-sponsored terrorism; nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile proliferation; and other critical security factors.
This volume provides a policy outline and specific steps for an urgently needed revamping of U.S. and multilateral export controls.
It presents the latest information on these and many other pressing issues:
- The successes and failures of U.S. export controls, including a look at U.S. laws, regulations, and export licensing; U.S. participation in international agencies; and the role of industry.
- The effects of export controls on industry.
- The growing threat of "proliferation" technologies.
World events make this volume indispensable to policymakers, government security agencies, technology exporters, and faculty and students of international affairs.
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Brief Overview
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Need for Export Controls in a Changed Global Environment
- 3 The Impact of Export Controls on U.S. Industry
- 4 Evidence on the Acquisition of Sensitive Western Technology
- 5 The Changing Calculus of U.S. National Security Interests
- 6 The U.S. and Multilateral Export Control Regimes
- 7 Elements of a New Response: U.S. Policy
- 8 Elements of a New Response: Multilateral Control Regimes
- 9 Elements of a New Response: The U.S. Control Regime
- 10 Improving Methods for List Construction and Review
- 11 Key Findings and Conclusions of the Panel
- 12 Summary of Recommendations of the Panel
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Appendix G
- Appendix H
- Appendix I
- Appendix J
- Appendix K
- Appendix L
- Appendix M
- Appendix N
- Index