The evolving threats of nuclear war and technology proliferation coupled with the lack of matched evolving responses to such threats prompt further attention to understand what has changed, who the threats are, and how this can be addressed. This is why it is overdue for policymakers to explore policy options that can ensure export control policy is not exploited by actors such as China and Russia. The four remaining multilateral export control regimes do not address geopolitically focused targets, but instead have a more blanketed approach. Used as a foreign policy tool of nuclear non-proliferation, export controls are enacted with the goal of weakening the ability to wage nuclear war and diminish nuclear risks. With Russia and China at the forefront of today’s nuclear threats, it is critical that the focus of export control policies become better tuned to mitigate this threat.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2023 14:45 UTC