Moscow DMZ

Description:

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.

subjects: Brain drain,  Economic conversion,  International Science and Technology Center,  Nuclear nonproliferation,  Relations,  Russia (federation), foreign relations, united states,  United states, foreign relations, russia (federation),  Soviet union, military policy,  Nuclear weapons,  Conversion économique,  Exode des cerveaux,  Non-prolifération nucléaire,  BUSINESS & ECONOMICS,  Industries,  General,  International relations,  Rüstungskonversion,  Internationale Kooperation,  Naturwissenschaften

Places: Russia (Federation),  United States