Today, there are an unprecedented number of disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) involving national security … afforded to WTO Members as to when and how to invoke Article XXI, the Security Exception, of the General Agreement on Tariffs … and Trade (GATT), with binding effect. As this paper will argue, archival investigation into state practice for the …

the MIC, and Eisenhower's own warning at the close of World War II, Cooling's synthesis provides historical perspective on … MIC's full flowering in the wake of the Cold War, and how America's current MIC evolved after the events of 9/11 and … throughout the War on Terror. Specifically, Cooling argues that the MIC has transformed into a problematic demand for absolute …