‘A simple [ITAR] circuit breaker’ needed for Aussie nuke subs: Rep. Courtney

‘A simple [ITAR] circuit breaker’ needed for Aussie nuke subs: Rep. Courtney
‘A simple [ITAR] circuit breaker’ needed for Aussie nuke subs: Rep. Courtney

If Australia needs US tech for its AUKUS upgrade, arms transfer legislation could get in the way, unless Congress acts, says key US lawmaker.

We Haven’t Won Yet on Export Control Reforms

We Haven’t Won Yet on Export Control Reforms
We Haven’t Won Yet on Export Control Reforms

Bill Greenwalt worked for almost a decade as the professional aide in charge of arms export policies at the Senate Armed Services Committee. Under the Bush administration he took the lead on industrial base issues as deputy undersecretary of defense for industrial policy. Now Bill has moved to a gig where he can speak a bit…

US Needs 21st Century Arms Export System; Embrace Allies

US Needs 21st Century Arms Export System; Embrace Allies
US Needs 21st Century Arms Export System; Embrace Allies

  The best term to describe arms export reforms, much touted by the Obama administration and some hopeful membersof Congress, is slow. Irrelevant to this century might be better. The nature of the arms business has changed so much from the late 20th century because of the growth in global manufacturing that debating which widgets…

White House Extends Export Administration Act, Again

WASHINGTON: This Congress may be worse than almost any other in history but you can’t lay the blame at its feet for its failure to reauthorize the Export Administration Act. I’ve been writing about this for more than a decade and the bill just never gets passed because members get cold feet and aren’t able…