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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.). Panel on the Future Design and Implementation of U.S. National Security Export Controls.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Export controls--United States.

Export controls.

United States--Commercial policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A sequel to the "Allen report" (Balancing the national interest, National Research Council, 1987). Provides a policy outline for a revamping of US and multilateral export controls. Presents information on the successes and failures of US export controls; US participation in international agencies; the role of private industry; and the growing threat of "proliferation" technologies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610211821

9781280211829

1280211822

9780309543774

0309543770

9780585142586

0585142580

OCLC:

923267356