Moscow Dmz The Story Of The International Effort To Convert Russian Weapons Science To Peaceful Purposes

Author : Glenn E. Schweitzer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315286076
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moscow DMZ: The Story of the International Effort to Convert Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes written by Glenn E. Schweitzer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Soviet Union was collapsing in late 1991, reports began to reach the West about agents "shopping" for weapons systems - and weapons scientists - in the beleaguered Soviet military-industrial complex. In response, the United States, the European Community, and Japan, in cooperation with the Russian government, created a program to reemploy Soviet scientific personnel in civilian projects dealing with the legacy of the Soviet system - a polluted environment, unsafe nuclear power facilities, and economic underdevelopment. In this fascinating first-person account, the American environmental scientist who led the effort to establish the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow tells the diplomatic, scientific, and human story behind a remarkable post-Cold War conversion initiative.

Author : Glenn E. Schweitzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315286099
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moscow DMZ written by Glenn E. Schweitzer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Milton Leitenberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674065263
Total Pages : 956 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soviet Biological Weapons Program written by Milton Leitenberg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first attempt to understand the full scope of the USSR’s offensive biological weapons research, from inception in the 1920s. Gorbachev tried to end the program, but the U.S. and U.K. never obtained clear evidence that he succeeded, raising the question whether the means for waging biological warfare could be present in Russia today.

Author : Glenn E. Schweitzer
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820344346
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds written by Glenn E. Schweitzer and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the aftermath of the Soviet Union's breakup into fifteen independent states, the governments of the United States, the European Community, Japan, and Russia established the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow to address the dangers of nuclear scientists "on the loose." The purpose of the ISTC (also known as the Moscow Science Center) was to prevent the illicit flow of dangerous weapons expertise out of the former Soviet Union by helping its underemployed nuclear, biological, chemical, and aerospace weapons scientists redirect their skills to peaceful civilian endeavors. Since its creation in 1994, the ISTC has provided more than $1.3 billion to support 2,740 projects involving nearly 100,000 scientists from the former Soviet Union and international partners. Thirty-nine governments have become part of the ISTC family. Somewhat unexpectedly, in April 2010, the Russian government announced that it would withdraw from the agreement establishing the ISTC, contending that the Center had accomplished its mission. The Moscow Science Center will close its doors in 2015, effectively terminating ISTC activities based in Russia. Schweitzer examines the impact and effectiveness of the ISTC and emphasizes opportunites for the internal community to draw on its legacy"--

Author : a Joseph Henry Press book
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
ISBN 13 : 0309172365
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swords into Market Shares written by a Joseph Henry Press book and published by Joseph Henry Press. This book was released on 2000-11-08 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While researching this book, Glenn Schweitzer met four Moscow physicists who were trying to license Russian technology to western firms for product manufacture. During the worst times, they were reduced to driving taxis to keep things afloat. He asked them, will technological innovation have a discernible impact on the Russian economy in the coming decade? No, was the immediate reply. Are they right? In Swords into Market Shares, Schweitzer examines the roots of such pessimism and the prospects for Russia to prosper from its technology in the post-Soviet world. He explores the different visions of prosperity held by entrepreneurs, technologists, and government officials and goes on to examine the barriers to progress as Russia struggles to build a viable technology industry on its own terms. In accessible language, this book talks about technology's place within Russia's economy and its research and development infrastructure. Schweitzer looks at the impact of the Soviet legacyâ€"central planning, lack of priorities, scant incentives for personal initiativeâ€"and the aftermath of the Russian financial meltdown of 1998. He also reviews the experiences of American companies that have invested in Russian technology and examines the results of pressure to reform according to the economic model of the West. Schweitzer goes on to document the problems of economic crime and government corruption, which plague activities designed to generate income in Russia. He discusses the lack of protection for intellectual property and taxation issues that stand in the way of technological innovation. The book looks at the impact of the "brain drain" as Russian experts seek greener pasturesâ€"not only the ominous recruitment of Russian biological weapons experts and the acquisition of military technology by "rogue" nationsâ€"but also Russia's own program to sell military technology for badly needed funds. Schweitzer's use of case studies and examples puts a human face on these issues. He also discusses Russia's 60 "science cities"â€"sites of state research centersâ€"with close-ups of three "nuclear cities." Can the technical strengths of the Soviet military complex find a place in civilian Russia? How can this vast country sustain even a minimal standard of living? Swords into Market Shares addresses these and other key questions and explores fundamental policy issues confronting both Russia and the United States as Russia struggles for an economic foothold.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 948 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sharad S. Chauhan
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176487320
Total Pages : 546 pages
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Download or read book Biological Weapons written by Sharad S. Chauhan and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims To Sensitize The Public Regarding The Spectra Fo Biological Weapons And Highlights The Fact That Biological Weapons Could Seriously Pose A Threat To Inernational Security Of In The Hands Of Terorists And Unethical States.

Author : John C Baker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136044809
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Non-Proliferation Incentives for Russia and Ukraine written by John C Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given their protracted economic difficulties, the nuclear and aerospace industries in Russia and Ukraine are tempted to export dual-use technologies that can contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile systems. John C. Baker proposes using international incentives to discourage irresponsible export behaviour while seeking long-term changes in the non-proliferation attitudes of their managers and government leaders.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309090938
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientists, Engineers, and Track-Two Diplomacy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is intended to provide a brief historical perspective of the evolution of the interacademy program during the past half-century, recognizing that many legacies of the Soviet era continue to influence government approaches in Moscow and Washington and to shape the attitudes of researchers toward bilateral cooperation in both countries (of special interest is the changing character of the program during the age of perestroika (restructuring) in the late 1980s in the Soviet Union); to describe in some detail the significant interacademy activities from late 1991, when the Soviet Union fragmented, to mid-2003; and to set forth lessons learned about the benefits and limitations of interacademy cooperation and to highlight approaches that have been successful in overcoming difficulties of implementation.

Author : Jason D. Ellis
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421402637
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combating Proliferation written by Jason D. Ellis and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-02-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title The intelligence community's flawed assessment of Iraq's weapons systems—and the Bush administration's decision to go to war in part based on those assessments—illustrates the political and policy challenges of combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In this comprehensive assessment, defense policy specialists Jason Ellis and Geoffrey Kiefer find disturbing trends in both the collection and analysis of intelligence and in its use in the development and implementation of security policy. Analyzing a broad range of recent case studies—Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, North Korea's defiance of U.N. watchdogs, Russia's transfer of nuclear and missile technology to Iran and China's to Pakistan, the Soviet biological warfare program, weapons inspections in Iraq, and others—the authors find that intelligence collection and analysis relating to WMD proliferation are becoming more difficult, that policy toward rogue states and regional allies requires difficult tradeoffs, and that using military action to fight nuclear proliferation presents intractable operational challenges. Ellis and Kiefer reveal that decisions to use—or overlook—intelligence are often made for starkly political reasons. They document the Bush administration's policy shift from nonproliferation, which emphasizes diplomatic tools such as sanctions and demarches, to counterproliferation, which at times employs interventionist and preemptive actions. They conclude with cogent recommendations for intelligence services and policy makers.