Moscow DMZ
Subtitle: the story of the international effort to convert Russian weapons science to peaceful purposes
By: Glenn E. Schweitzer.
Publisher: M. E. Sharpe
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: International Science and Technology Center.; Economic conversion -- Russia (Federation); Brain drain -- Russia (Federation); Nuclear nonproliferation.; United States -- Relations -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- United States.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.