Reproduced from the Quarterly Journal of International Politics, with kind permission of the authors and the Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University
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The efforts of the United States to promote nuclear non-proliferation during the 1980s culminated in the establishment of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The US has since enacted a leadership role in the regime, issuing warnings and imposing sanctions according to MTCR regulations. But has the US itself adhered to the MTCR? Zhao Tong and Li Bin's article Is the United States Complying with MTCR Rules? analyses this lacuna in commonly held perceptions of role of the US. The article presents detailed evidence of US export of strategic missiles and missile defence systems, and US cooperation on missile defence technology that constitute behaviour which is in contravention of the MTCR agreement. These violations, moreover, are not accidental