Export Control Blog

Aren't They Landlocked?

The Kazakh border patrol's new US-funded watercraft is just one tidbit from the Center for International Trade & Security's latest newsletter. Read it all. And while you're at their site, check out this updated assessment (pdf) of India's export control system

Something to Occupy You

So yeah, I'm pretty busy these days. Hence the rather relaxed blogging schedule. But the folks at the Center for Nonproliferation are on the job, publishing the latest edition of the ever-interesting International Export Control Observer. Take a look.

Cribbing Hibbs on Pakistan

Jeffrey Lewis is following Mark Hibbs' reporting out of the Netherlands on an intriguing and disturbing prosecution of a man for exporting dual-use items suspected of use in Pakistan's nuclear program.

Speaking of Hibbs, I confess that I'd never heard of him until I read the second part of William Langewiesche's feature on A.Q. Khan in this month's Atlantic, which relies heavily on the Bonn-based journalist's work. Readers may recall that I quoted extensively from the first part of Langewiesche's double feature on Khan. This time, go buy a copy. If there's any magazine that's worth its price it's the Atlantic.

Unfortunately, getting direct access to Hibbs' reporting isn't as simple as a quick stop at your neighborhood newsstand. His writing largely appears in NuclearFuel, a publication so expensive its publisher's website doesn't even name a price (if you have to ask...). If you're hankering for a taste though, a sample from last August (pdf) is available.

Another Good Global Excon Resource

The latest newsletter from the University of Georgia's Center for International Trade & Security is up -- check it out (pdf).

ACT November

The latest version of Arms Control Today is up and, as always, there's much to recommend.  Wade Boese details the reaction of Nuclear Suppliers Group members to US proposals to upgrade civilian nuclear cooperation with India.  And you'll want to pay special attention to a timely analysis of multilateral export controls from former Commerce Department director of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls Jim Lewis.

All that and an index that's bound to make you wonder how you possibly missed so much relevant writing last month.