Moscow DMZ: The Story of the International Effort to Convert Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes: The Story of the International Effort to Convert Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes

by Schweitzer,Glenn E.

• ISBN13: 9781563246265
• ISBN10: 1563246260
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-03-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 Biography

Glenn E. Schweitzer, director of the Office for Central Europe and Eurasia at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, was the first Executive Director of the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow.

Table of Contents

Fear of a Weapons Brain Drain Stirs International Action

Planning Proceeds Despite a Recalcitrant Parliament

Diplomatic Dodges Around the Parliament

The International Center Goes into Fast Forward

Putting the Weaponeers to Work

Harnessing Hostile Technologies for Peaceful Purposes

Conversion Activities Attract Few Paying Customers

Can Research and Development Recover in Russia?

American Organizations Seek Out Russian Researchers

Replicating the ISTC Model

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