Toxic Archipelago: Preventing Proliferation from the Former

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Soviet Chemical and Biological Weapons Complexes

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Henry L. Stimson Center

2002

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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments i

Table of Contents v

List of Tables, Figures, and Charts vi

List of Abbreviations . vii

Executive Summary ix

Introduction . 1

A Ticking Proliferation Time-Bomb 8

Into The Breach . 22

Additional “Brain Drain” Prevention Programs . 30

The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine 32

The Civilian Research and Development Foundation . 33

The Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program . 35

European Scientific Grant Programs . 38

Audit Angst 40

The Early Track Record . 47

Pieshares 50

Explanations for the Skew 58

Making Mid-Course Adjustments . 60

Commercialization and Self-Sufficiency 62

The Commercial Dimensions of the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention and Civilian Research

and Development Foundation Programs 67

Commercial Spin-Offs . 69

Milking the Rattlesnake 73

Physical Security and Accountability at the Weapons Institutes . 77

Concluding Observations and Recommendations 82

Room for Improvement 83

Cleaning House in Russia 87

An Ounce of Prevention . 89

Putting the U.S. House in Order . 96

Tackling Mission Impossible 99

About the Author . 103