Export Controls Blog
U.S. OFAC Cuba Sanctions: Top 4 Things You Need to Know
This article is about an unusual combination: sanctions and optimism. I am focusing on economic sanctions with optimism that international travel and international research endeavors will rebound when the world can look at the COVID pandemic in the rearview mirror. ...
Motivation Behind U.S. Export Controls: Multilateral Agreements
Co-Author, Cynthia Roberts, Senior Consultant at Traliance How many times do export controls compliance leaders hear “Why? That doesn’t make sense”? The simple response is that it doesn’t need to make sense. The U.S. government’s export controls regulations are...well,...
Academic Export Controls Enforcement Case: 5 Things Universities Can Learn
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced an administrative settlement of $54,000 with Princeton University for potential export violations that the university self-disclosed. What can the research compliance and academic community...
5 Ways COVID-19 Has Impacted University Research Compliance
As we each continuously define our own new normal and learn to navigate it, I was reflecting on all the ways the day-to-day issues have changed in the world of research compliance. This includes, but stretches beyond, export controls compliance. ...
Exporting a Coronavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know
18 months. It’s unsettling to think that it may take that long - or longer- to develop an effective vaccine for the coronavirus. Many research institutions, universities, and companies are actively partnering with overseas collaborators to fast-track the vaccine development. ...
Foreign Influence: Top 3 Things Universities Must Understand
Co-Author, Mark Peters, Senior Consultant at Traliance Higher education is seeing concerns unlike anything seen since the Cold War when the United States faced the perceived threat of Soviet Union governments benefiting from scientific discovery at U.S. universities. At...