Just when it seemed that, after a long hiatus, sanity might be returning to Washington in at least one small area — the U.S. International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) export controls — the politics of fear once again seem to be re-emerging regarding ITAR and China.

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Joan Johnson-Freese is a professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Her views do not represent those of the Naval War College, the Department of Defense or the U.S. government.