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

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments, Prologue, Chapter 1. Fear of a Weapons Brain Drain Stirs International Action, Chapter 2. Planning Proceeds Despite a Recalcitrant Parliament, Chapter 3. Diplomatic Dodges Around the Parliament, Chapter 4. The International Center Goes into Fast Forward, Chapter 5. Putting the Weaponeers to Work, Chapter 6. Harnessing Hostile Technologies for Peaceful Purposes, Chapter 7. Conversion Activities Attract Few Paying Customers, Chapter 8. Can Research and Development Recover in Russia?, Chapter 9. American Organizations Seek Out Russian Researchers, Chapter 10. Replicating the ISTC Model, Epilogue, Notes, Appendices, Index

Summary

This text provides an account of the efforts of a research centre in Moscow to employ Russian weapons scientists, and redirect their research toward peaceful applications.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn E. Schweitzer, Schweitzer Glenn E.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781563246258
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-625-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Russia, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, Technologie, allgemein, Atomfragen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Technology: general issues, Science / Environmental Science, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Nuclear issues