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Weapons of mass destruction WMD are not necessarily acquired as entiresystems. They are often assembled from parts and materials many of which aredualuse i.e. of both commercial and military utility. Often suppliers ofthese components do not ask who their customers are or inquire about theintended application. This has for a long time been the Achilles heel of wellintentioned nonproliferation conventions. The answer lies in more stringentexport controls of weaponsrelated technologies. In this eyeopening collectionof essays sponsored by the Center for International Trade and Security at theUniversity of Georgia USA a group of outstanding experts in thenonproliferation field report on the efforts of five leading supplier countries the United States France Russia China and India to implement exportcontrols on weapons and sensitive technologies used for producing WMD. The bookis both reassuring and alarming in its very precise survey and analysis ofexport control regimes. At most national levels regulation is rapidly makingfirms more accountable and more industries are routinely implementing internalcompliance programs. However these advances are in a necktoneck race withintangible methods of transferring information corporations with no nationalallegiance and competition among international suppliers. Based on indepthresearch each of the contributors spent considerable time conductinginterviews with government officials and other policy experts observing policymaking and implementation and gathering empirical data this detailed andthoughtprovoking book will be of great value to all concerned with securityobjectives for the twentyfirst century. «
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