Reforming U.S. Export Controls Reforms: Advancing U.S. Army Interests

The U.S. defense export system needs further major reforms to reduce inefficiencies and weaknesses. Although the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) do help prevent potential foreign adversaries from using U.S. arms against the United States and its allies, the Regulations, as enforced, can weaken U.S. national security in other important ways. For example, by excessively impeding defense exports, the ITAR makes it more difficult for U.S. firms to sustain core U.S. defense technological and industrial advantages, decreases U.S. military interoperability with allies that purchase ITAR-free weapons from other sources, and generates other undesirable effects for the U.S. Army and U.S. national security.


AUDIENCE: Customs brokers, exporters, defense contractors, foreign defense manufacturers, and defense exporting regulators would be most interested in this volume .Additionally, students pursuing coursework in import-export degree programs and trade compliance certificates may be interested in this volume. Furthermore, military science and defense procurement and acquisition practitioners, supervisors, and advocates will be interested in this resource that discusses the reform of the defense export control regulations and system.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

RICHARD WEITZ is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute. His current research includes regional security developments relating to Europe, Eurasia, and East Asia, as well as U.S. foreign and defense policies. An expert at Wikistrat, Dr. Weitz is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Before joining Hudson in 2005, he worked for shorter terms at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Defense Science Board, Harvard University, other research institutions, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Weitz has authored or edited several books and monographs, including Turkey's New Regional Security Role: Implications For The United States (2014); Rebuilding American Military Power in the Pacific: A 21st-Century Strategy (2013); Global SecurityWatch--China (2013); two volumes of National SecurityCase Studies (2012 and 2008); War and Governance: International Security in a Changing World Order (2011); The Russian Military Today and Tomorrow (2010); GlobalSecurity Watch--Russia (2009); China-Russia Security Relations (2008); Mismanaging Responds to Crisis (2008); The Reserve Policies of Nations: A Comparative Analysis (2007); and Revitalising U.S.-Russian Security Cooperation: Practical Measures (2005). Dr. Weitz holds a B.A. with highest honors in government from Harvard College, a M.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics, an M.Phil. in politics from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.