Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control is a private non - profit , non - partisan organization , which , according to its website , " carries out research and public education designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons , chemical / biological weapons and long - range missiles . It is a private , non - profit , non - partisan foundation that operates in Washington , D . C . under the auspices of the University of Wisconsin . " The organization was founded by Emeritus Professor Gary Milhollin , who led the Wisconsin Project for twenty - five years . Valerie Lincy now serves as executive director . The Wisconsin Project receives financing through grants from the U . S . government and from several private foundations , the identities of which are undisclosed . Products . In 1995 , the Wisconsin Project began publication of The Risk Report , which is now a subscription database used by governments and private companies to screen business transactions and verify the legitimacy of foreign buyers . Drawing from unclassified sources , The Risk Report contains up - to - date information on sensitive products and technologies , export regulations , and organizations and individuals linked to WMD proliferation . Matthew Godsey is editor of the Risk Report . The Wisconsin Project also tracks WMD proliferation through its two watchdog web sites , Iraq Watch and Iran Watch . Created in 2002 , Iraq Watch detailed key Iraqi entities involved in weapons proliferation , listed their foreign suppliers , and provided access to documents describing Iraq ’ s past WMD - related activities . The site was last updated in August 2006 . Iran Watch , launched in September 2004 , follows the format of its successful predecessor , listing suspect Iranian organizations and sites and their foreign suppliers . The site also provides original analyses and external resources relating to Iran ’ s WMD capabilities . Valerie Lincy is the editor and principal investigator for Iran Watch . History . In 1986 , the Wisconsin Project revealed that Norway , because of a secret export of heavy water to Israel , had the right to inspect Israel ' s nuclear program . The revelation forced Israel to return half of the nuclear material to Norway and forced Norway to abandon its dangerous nuclear export business . The Project ’ s activism in the early 1990s drew attention to the proliferation threat posed by Iraq . In a series of publications , the Project argued that nuclear inspections in Iraq would fail unless they became more aggressive . The Project also argued for better export controls by exposing past sales of sensitive equipment by western firms to Iraqi builders of nuclear weapons , chemical weapon s , and long - range missiles . In 1998 , the U . S . government used data from the Wisconsin Project to restrict U . S . trade with 63 organizations involved in the nuclear and missile programs of India and Pakistan , following those countries ’ nuclear tests . In 2000 , the Wisconsin Project launched a public - private initiative to improve export controls in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe . The program was expanded in 2002 in cooperation with the Department of Defense , the Department of State , and the Customs Service . To date , nearly 800 export control officials have been trained in some 30 countries around the world . In 2005 , Professor Milhollin testified before the U . S . - China Economic and Security Review Commission that weaknesses in U . S . sanctions law were allowing companies helping to spread weapons of mass destruction to go unpunished . The Project ’ s research was the basis for a November 2005 Senate bill that would have eliminated these loopholes and increased the severity of sanctions against companies that continued to proliferate to Iran . In 2007 , the Project supplied information on Iranian organizations linked to nuclear and missile work that contributed to decisions by the United Nations , the United States and the European Union to freeze the assets of several of these organizations . The Project also exposed the inadequacies of U . S . sanctions enforcement against Iran at the time . In 2008 , the Project published a report revealing that the U . S . Commerce Department was cutting controls on the sale of militarily useful American products to China . After the report was published , the Commerce Department suspended and then reduced its effort to cut the controls . In 2009 , the Project helped the New York County District Attorney ’ s Office investigate sales from China to Iran of nuclear - and missile - usable technology that passed through New York banks . The Project testified on the commodities and firms involved before a grand jury in New York City that subsequently indicted the Chinese company that was making the sales . In 2010 , the Project published a report featured in the Wall Street Journal that described how Iran ’ s national shipping company , blacklisted by the United States along with 123 of its vessels , was evading U . S . sanctions by giving its ships new names , new managers , and new “ owners . ” Following the Project ’ s report , the U . S . Treasury Department blacklisted many of the ships ' new names , along with their new owners and managers . In 2011 , the Project expanded the impact of its Risk Report database , with support from the U . S . State Department , by providing training to hundreds of export control officials in eleven countries , including Bulgaria , Croatia , the Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Lithuania , Macedonia , Mexico , Slovenia , and Ukraine .