In last month's WorldECR, ('COCOM'S
Daughter?') Kevin Wolf and Emily Weinstein set out the argument
for a move away from reliance on multilateral export controls alone
– suggesting that plurilateral controls would inevitably be
developed in response to a breakdown in international consensus.
Here, Sanjay Notani and Harleen Sandha take a tour de
horizon of current developments in export controls, noting
potential points of departure and change.
Recent years have witnessed a surge in the application of export
controls in part driven by the continuing advances in technology
and its application – which have wide-ranging ramifications
for both exporting and importing countries. As a necessary
corollary to this, the policy purpose for maintaining such export
control regulations has also shifted, from controlling e.g.,
nuclear proliferation and chemical and biological weapons, to a
closer exploration of the interface of such threats with new and
emerging technologies, while
