Balancing the National Interest

The U.S. national security export controls system—which was instituted to impede Soviet acquisition of high technology from the West—is both necessary and appropriate. Balancing the National Interest provides a thorough analysis of this controls system, examining the current system of laws, regulations, international agreements, and organizations that control the international transfer of technology through industrial channels. Foreign Affairs calls it "the best on the subject to have been published in the 40 years that the United States has exercised controls on exports that might add to Soviet power."

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Evidence on the Technology Transfer Problem
• 3. The Changing Global Economic and Technological Environment
• 4. The Dimensions of National Security Export Controls
• 5. An Assessment of U.S. National Security Export Controls
• 6. An Assessment of the Multilateral Export Control System
• 7. Findings and Key Judgments of the Panel
• 8. Recommendations of the Panel
• Appendix A: COSEPUP Charge to the Panel
• Appendix B: Panel Foreign Fact-Finding Mission Reports
• Appendix C: Operation and Effects of U.S. Export Licensing for National Security Purposes
• Appendix D: Estimate of Direct Economic Costs Associated with U.S. National Security Controls
• Appendix E: Glossary
• Appendix F: List of Acronyms
• Appendix G: List of Briefers, Contributors, and Liaison Representatives
• Appendix H: Bibliography
• Index
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