Download or read book Balancing the National Interest written by National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1987-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. national security export controls systemâ€"which was instituted to impede Soviet acquisition of high technology from the Westâ€"is both necessary and appropriate. Balancing the National Interest provides a thorough analysis of this controls system, examining the current system of laws, regulations, international agreements, and organizations that control the international transfer of technology through industrial channels. Foreign Affairs calls it "the best on the subject to have been published in the 40 years that the United States has exercised controls on exports that might add to Soviet power."