Export Controls: Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Technologies

Abstract

At the 1993 Vancouver summit meeting, President Boris Yelstin complained to President Bill Clinton that the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM) was a "relic of the Cold War. " (Formed in 1949, COCOM consisted of NATO, Japan and Australia. The members agreed to prevent exports of militarily significant, including dual-use, technology to Communist countries.) Promising a fresh appraisal, Clinton also pressed Yeltsin to cooperate with U.S. export control efforts, including stopping Russia's arms transfers to Iran. This led to COCOM's termination in March 1994, Russia's agreement not to enter new arms sales contracts with Iran, and it culminated in the multilateral Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) agreements in December 1995 and July 1996.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA394376

Entities

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Communist Countries
  • Control Systems
  • Economic Development
  • Export Controls
  • Exports
  • Information Exchange
  • Machine Tools
  • National Security
  • North Korea
  • Security
  • South Asia
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • International Relations and European Studies