Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds: Harmony and Change at the International Science and Technology Center

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Chapter One. A Unique Experiment for Security and Prosperity . Glenn E. Schweitzer, Moscow DMZ: The Story of the International Effort to Convert Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes (Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1996), 17. . Ibid., 35. . Ibid., 69. . Global Security, www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/Syria/cw.htm, accessed Nov. 2011. . Sergey Strokan and Elena Chernenko, “Soviet Physics Set Forth in iaea Report,” Kommersant, Nov. 10, 2011, 8 (in Russian). Additional information provided by istc Secretariat, Nov. 2011. . Schweitzer, Moscow DMZ, 64. . In 2007 the istc Secretariat developed an impressive new vision for the center that was never formally adopted by the istc Governing Board. . Comments at an informal meeting in Washington, D.C., with Minister of Education and Science Andrey Fursenko, June 2010. . An informal World Bank assessment of science and technology capabilities, weaknesses , and priority needs is reported in a working manuscript titled “From Knowledge to Wealth: Transforming Russian Science and Technology for a Modern Knowledge Economy,” Mar. 1, 2002. This assessment, together with supporting documentation, was prepared by the World Bank office in Moscow under the leadership of Alfred Watkins, Sylvie Bossoutrot, and Ljudmilla Poznanskaya. . “From Knowledge to Wealth.” Chapter Two. Off to a Fast Start . ISTC Annual Report, 1994 (Moscow: istc), 5. Annual reports are available at www .istc.ru. . ISTC Annual Report, 1997, 6. . Glenn E. Schweitzer, Moscow DMZ: The Story of the International Effort to Convert Russian Weapons Science to Peaceful Purposes (Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2006), NOTES [272] Notes to chapter three 275. The comments in the text expand on the brief discussion of the issues in this reference . . The section that follows is based on istc annual reports for 1994–2000. . ISTC Annual Report, 1994, 9. . ISTC Annual Report, 1998, 13. . Information provided by the istc Secretariat, March 2011. . ISTC Annual Report, 1998, 9–11. . ISTC Annual Report, 2000, 14. . Ronald F. Lehman, “Statement by the Chairman of the istc Governing Board,” ISTC Annual Report, 2001, 4. . ISTC Annual Report, 1996, 13. . National Research Council, An Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1996), 1. . Ibid, 15. . Ibid, 13. . Ibid, 19–23. . General Accountability Office, State Department Oversight of Science Centers Program (Washington, D.C.: gao, May 2001). . Ibid. . Roger Cashmere, research director, cern, ISTC Annual Report, 1999, 14. Chapter Three. An Era of Euphoria . ISTC Annual Report, 2006 (Moscow: istc), 9. . The leaders of the American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow provided an important perspective on these trends in discussions with the author, Mar. 2003. . Andrey Fursenko, comments at a meeting in Moscow involving leaders of the Russian government and the Russian Academy of Sciences, draft transcript, Apr. 24, 2003. . Ibid. . istc, “Instructions for Proposal Preparation,” Mar. 2007. . ic2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin, “istc 2020: Toward Global Security and Sustainability,” draft report, Mar. 19, 2003, 85. . ISTC Annual Report, 2008, 8. . istc, Partner Brochure, 2004, 5. . Ibid, 4. . ic2 Institute, “istc 2012,” 95. . istc, “More than Money,” informal memo prepared by istc Secretariat, July 12, 2002. Notes to chapter four [273] . istc, “Plugging into the Power of Russia and cis Innovation,” 2008, 3–6. . Comments by science policy expert who had participated in istc activities, Moscow, Oct. 2011. . Data provided by istc Secretariat, Apr. 2011. . ISTC Annual Report, 2006, 9. . istc, Summary Report on the Main Results of the International Science and Technology Center during the Period 1994–2010 (Moscow: istc, Nov. 2009), 5. . ISTC Annual Report, 2007, 8–16. . istc, Summary Report, 5. . Peter J. Idenburg, Sustainability of ISTC Party Funded Projects (Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, 2004), 3. . ic2 Institute, “istc 2020.” . Idenburg, Sustainability of ISTC Party Funded Projects, 4. . istc, Vision Statement/Strategic Plan, May 14, 2007. . Ibid. Chapter Four. Unraveling of the Moscow Science Center . ISTC Annual Report, 2007 (Moscow: istc), 26. . istc, “Progress Report on Implementation of Existing Sustainability Plans,” June 2011. . Ibid. . PowerPoint presentation by istc Secretariat, Apr. 2011. . PowerPoint presentation #1 by istc Secretariat, May 2010. . Ibid. . Ibid. . Ibid. . PowerPoint presentation #2 by istc Secretariat, May 2010. . Ibid. . PowerPoint presentation by istc Secretariat, Apr. 2011. . Ibid. . Ibid. . Information provided by istc Secretariat, June 2011. . “Over 300 Gather to Celebrate istc’s 15 Years,” istc e-Newsletter, issue 007, Jan. 2010. . Presidential Decree no. 534, Aug. 11, 2010. Reported by RIA Novosti, Aug. 16, 2010. . Article 3 of istc Provisional Protocol and Article 15 of istc Agreement. . Conversation...