International Commitments
International Commitments captures a nation's expressed interest in international (technical) cooperation and trade, as well as international security concerns about a nation. Use 'International Commitments' to understand the level of a nation's connectedness to the global diplomatic and economic infrastructure and to assess existing export controls and proliferation risk.
Multilateral Export Controls
Export controls are laws and regulations that restrict the export, re-export, and transfer of certain items, technologies, and information to foreign countries, individuals, and entities to safeguard national security, protect human rights, and promote foreign policy objectives.
Components
Multilateral Export Control Regimes
The regimes are informal groups of states which coordinate trade controls and related policies, and exchange information and good practices on trade in goods and technologies that have uses in connection with chemical, biological, nuclear, and conventional weapons and their means of delivery. Each of the regimes takes decisions by consensus and their agreed common rules and control lists are politically rather than legally binding. The states participating in a regime implement the regime-prescribed controls through national laws
- Australia Group Participant - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2023-01-01)
- Missile Technology Control Regime Member - United States Department of State (2025-04-22)
- Nuclear Suppliers Group Participant - Nuclear Suppliers Group (2025-01-01)
- Wassenaar Arrangement Member - Wassenaar Arrangement (2023-12-01)
- Zangger Committee Member - Zangger Committee (2025-01-01)
Proliferation-Relevant Exports
A country that exports certain products relevant to nuclear technology may be directly or indirectly supporting a proliferation threat country.