Russian-American Security.

Intro -- RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SECURITY -- RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SECURITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Foreword -- Biographical Sketch of the Author -- Chapter 1 RUSSIAN-AMERICAN SECURITY, COOPERATION AFTER ST. PETERSBURG: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- Summary -- Stalemated Subjects -- Strategic Nuclear Arms Control -- Reducing Tactical Nuclear Weapons -- Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation -- Areas of Potential Near-Term Opportunity -- Bilateral Threat Reduction Programs -- Curbing Third-Party WMD Proliferation -- Deepening Bilateral Military-to-Military Engagement -- Concluding Observations -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 LONG-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE -- Summary -- Introduction -- The Threat -- The System -- The Location -- Poland -- Czech Republic -- Policy Issues -- Debate in Poland and the Czech Republic -- European Response -- Congressional Actions -- Fiscal Year 2009 -- Fiscal Year 2008 -- The Presidential Candidates -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 RUSSIAN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY ISSUES AND U.S. INTERESTS -- Summary -- Most Recent Developments -- Post-Soviet Russia and Its Significance for the United States -- Political Developments -- Chechnya -- Economic Developments -- Economic Reform -- Foreign Policy -- Russia and the West -- Russia and the Soviet Successor States -- Defense Policy -- Fundamental Shakeup of the Military -- Control of Nuclear Weapons -- U.S. Policy -- U.S.-Russian Relations -- U.S. Assistance -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: DOE NEEDS TO REASSESS ITS PROGRAM TO ASSIST WEAPONS SCIENTISTS IN RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Found -- In Summary -- Background -- DOE Has Overstated the IPP Program's Progress and Achievements -- Many Scientists in Russia and Other Countries Who Did Not Claim Direct Experience with WMD Have Received Funds from DOE.

DOE's Process for Assessing IPP Project Participants' WMD Credentials Has Weaknesses -- DOE Has Overstated the Number of Jobs Created by the IPP Program -- DOE Has Not Revised the IPP Program's Performance Metrics -- DOE Has Not Developed an Exit Strategy for the IPP Program but Instead Has Expanded Efforts to New Areas -- Russian Government Officials, Russian and Ukrainian Scientists, and U.S. Industry Representatives Questioned the Continuing Need for the IPP Program -- DOE Has Not Developed Criteria to Phase Out the IPP Program -- DOE Has Expanded Efforts to Iraq and Libya and Is Working to Support GNEP -- The IPP Program's Large Balances of Unspent Program Funds Result from Multiple DOE and Contractor Reviews and Delays in Project Implementation -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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