Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status
21 December 2011The US has historically led the international community in establishing regimes intended to limit the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and missiles.
The report provides background information with a brief history as well as current status information on the regimes, the proliferation control regimes, their components and statutory authority, arms control treaties and other activities that address aspects of WMD and conventional weapons beyond the regimes.
The report also raises potential issues for Congress that include changes to the export control that can impact the multilateral proliferation control regimes laws, issue of transparency in US biodefense programmes, whether the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the associated US sanctions are effective enough to warrant the economic and political costs to the US, as well as whether additional or alternative feasible measures would increase effectiveness.
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