In a recent Federal Register notice, the Obama administration seeks public input on how exactly the president’s announced National Export Initiative (NEI)—launched nearly four months ago—is supposed to work. Recall that President Obama announced the NEI in March, intending to … read more
National Security Advisor General Jim Jones gave some updates this week on where the Obama administration is going with its comprehensive export-control reform initiative. General Jones’ remarks before the Senate Aerospace Caucus were a follow-up to an April speech by … read more
Earlier today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered an important speech in Washington on the future of U.S. export control reform. In his comments, Gates set out the Obama administration’s four priority reforms: the creation of a single export control list, … read more
Today’s The Hindu, a leading Indian newspaper, has an interesting article on India’s role in the developing security and power balance in South Asia. The article discusses Iran’s plans for regional dominance upon U.S. troop withdrawals in Iraq and Afghanistan, … read more
Check one. The first of three outstanding issues holding up the full implementation of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement has been completed: negotiations have been successfully concluded on the U.S.-India agreement on the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. The agreement … read more
