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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829108603321

Titolo

Finding common ground : U.S. export controls in a changed global environment / / Panel on the Future Design and Implementation of U.S. National Security Export Controls, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-21182-2

9786610211821

0-309-54377-0

0-585-14258-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 pages)

Disciplina

382/.64/0973

Soggetti

Export controls - United States

United States Commercial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Finding Common Ground""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Brief Overview""; ""U.S. POLICY""; ""THE COCOM REGIME""; ""PROLIFERATION REGIMES""; ""THE U.S. CONTROL REGIME""; ""1 Introduction""; ""MANDATE AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY""; ""SCOPE OF THE PANEL'S WORK""; ""FOCUS OF THE STUDY IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""NOTES""; ""2 The Need for Export Controls in a Changed Global Environment""; ""MILITARY AND POLITICAL CHANGES IN THE SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE""; ""GROWING ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES FOR THE UNITED STATES""

""NEW THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY"" ""REDEFINITION OF U.S. POLICY""; ""NOTE""; ""3 The Impact of Export Controls on U.S. Industry""; ""AREAS OF CONCERN TO U.S. INDUSTRY""; ""Unilateralism""; ""Lack of Selectivity in Developing and Managing Control Lists""; ""Lack of Fairness and Efficiency in the U.S. Export Control Process""; ""THE EFFECT OF EXPORT CONTROLS ON SPECIFIC U.S. INDUSTRIAL



SECTORS""; ""Advanced Materials""; ""Commercial Aircraft and Jet Engines""; ""Computers""; ""SUMMARY""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Evidence on the Acquisition of Sensitive Western Technology""

""SOVIET AND WTO TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION EFFORTS PRIOR TO 1990"" ""ESPIONAGE""; ""Illegal Sales""; ""Diversion""; ""Legal Sales""; ""CHANGES IN THE NATURE AND PATTERNS OF SOVIET AND WTO TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1990""; ""SOVIET UTILIZATION OF ACQUIRED WESTERN TECHNOLOGY""; ""ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGIES OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN""; ""THE ROLE OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN THE EXPORT CONTROL POLICY PROCESS""; ""THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTELLIGENCE EVIDENCE""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""5 The Changing Calculus of U.S. National Security Interests""

""GROWING ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES"" ""CHANGES IN THE TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF PHYSICAL THREAT""; ""Changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe""; ""Soviet Defense Doctrine and Military Force Deployment""; ""Economic Exchange with the East""; ""The PRC as a National Security Threat""; ""Summary Findings and Recommendations on the Traditional Threat""; ""THE ADVENT OF NEW SOURCES OF PHYSICAL THREAT""; ""Regional Instability""; ""Proliferation of Nuclear, Missile, and Chemical Technologies""; ""NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION""; ""MISSILE DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY""; ""CHEMICAL WEAPONS""

""Summary Findings and Recommendations on the Proliferation Threat"" ""NOTES""; ""6 The U.S. and Multilateral Export Control Regimes""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPORT CONTROL REGIMES""; ""The Cold War Response""; ""U.S. Export Control Policy""; ""CoCom""; ""COCOM METHODOLOGY""; ""THIRD COUNTRY COOPERATION""; ""A COMMON STANDARD OF LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT;  INTRA-COCOM TRADE""; ""The Proliferation Challenge""; ""NUCLEAR WEAPONS""; ""MISSILE TECHNOLOGY""; ""CHEMICAL WEAPONS""; ""Country-Specific Objectives""; ""SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS""; ""Control List Management""; ""EAA NATIONAL SECURITY""