The anatomy of Russian defense conversion / Vlad E. Genin, general editor ; foreword by William J. Perry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Genin, V. E. (Vladimir Efimovich)

Perry, William James, 1927-

Stanford University. Institute for International Studies.

Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic conversion--Russia (Federation).

Economic conversion.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

894 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Vega Press, 2001.

Summary:

This collectively authored book was written by an international group of distinguished authors, who bring their special expertise and vision to shed light on the history, major problems, and current dangerous state of conversion of the Russian militarized economy, and to take a brief look ahead.

The Russian Defense Industry, a "state within a state," stretching 6,000 miles from the Baltic to the Far East, has always been a mystery "hidden behind seven sealed doors." The fate of Russia depends on whether its thousand "frozen" defense plants are "unfrozen" in order to produce weapons for the "highest bidder" or civilian products for its own people.

This book reveals why the success of Russian defense industry restructuring and conversion remains a global imperative, not only for the future of Russia, but for the world as a whole.

Contents:

Life is Above Any Ideology / Evgeniy I. Shaposhnikov xxxiii

Part 1 The USSR Defense Industry: From Militarization To Conversion (1917-1985)

1.1. National Security Doctrines / David Holloway 24

1.2. The History and Structure of Defense Industry / David Holloway 36

1.3. The Performance of the Defense Sector: Capacity and Output / David Holloway 46

1.4. MIC: The View From Inside / Vitaliy L. Katayev 52

1.5. The Soviet System of Mobilization Preparedness / Vitaliy V. Shlykov 64

1.6. The Structural Militarization of the Soviet Economy: The Unknown Phenomenon / Vitaliy V. Shlykov 90

1.7. The Specifics of Soviet Defense Enterprises / Sonia Ben Ouagrham 106

Part 2 New Political Thinking and Disarmament: Precursors to Conversion

2.1. From the Former USSR to the New Russia / Mikhail I. Gerasev 128

2.2. Economic Conception of Conversion / Sonia Ben Ouagrham 142

2.3. The Reagan Revolution in Arms Control / James E. Goodby 146

2.4. Disarmament

The Road to Conversion / Oleg A. Grinevsky 158

2.5. Russia

U.S.: Strengthening Mutual Understanding / Mikhail I. Gerasev 208

2.6. At the Starting Point: Six "Ifs" Concerning Western Support / Mikhail I. Gerasev 216

Part 3 The First Steps Toward Conversion

3.1. U.S. Department of Defense Support for Russian Conversion / David M. Bernstein 228

3.2. Command Conversion: Pots Instead of Tanks / Alexander P. Kotov 246

3.3. Western Contributions and Conditions / Evgenity M. Kozhokin 258

3.4. The Era of East-West Joint Ventures / Sergey K. Kolpakov 270

3.5. Gazprom: The Breakthrough Into Conversion / Rem I. Vyakhirev 288

3.6. The Russian Oil Sector and Conversion / Vagit U. Alekperov 298

Part 4 The "Headlong" Command Conversion Marathon

4.1. The Beginning / Alexander P. Kotov 310

4.2. Legislation, Financing, and Investments / Vitaliy Y. Vitebsky 318

4.4. Symptoms of Paralysis / Alexey N. Shulunov 338

4.5. After the Marathon: MIC 2000 / Arkadiy I. Yarovskiy 348

4.6. Consequences of the Reforms / Sonia Ben Ouagrham 356

4.7. Weapons Exports and Conversion / Mark I. Shteynberg 366

Part 5 The Legacy

5.1. "Brain Drain": The Loss of Intellectual Capital / Alexey N. Shulunov, Arkadiy I. Yarovskiy, Zhanna A. Zaionchkovskaya 380

5.2. The Defense Industry and Environment / Victor I. Danilov-Danil'yan 394

5.3. Environmental Aspects: Future Prospects / Victor I. Danilov-Danil'yan 412

5.4. Medical and Demographic Consequences / Marcus W. Feldman, Elena I. Ivanova, Boris A. Revich 422

5.5. Social Background of Conversion / Zhanna A. Zaionchkovskaya 444

5.6. Advanced Russian Weapons / Mark I. Shteynberg 458

5.7. Biological Weapons / Jonathan B. Tucker 466

Part 6 Defense Conversion in the World: The Way It Was

6.1. Conversion in the United States vs. Russia / David M. Bernstein 486

6.2. U.S., France, and Great Britain vs. Russia / Sonia Ben Ouagrham 504

6.3. China and Eastern Europe / Alexei I. Izyumov 528

6.4. The Conversion of the Presidio / James E. Meadows 540

6.5. Dual-Use Technology: A Key to Defense Conversion / Harry Sello 554

Part 7 Toward Restructuring

7.1. Russia's Defense Enterprises: Between the State and the Market / Leonid Ya. Kosals, Rozalina R. Ryvkina, Michael D. Intriligator 574

7.2. The Decision-Making Process: What and How? / Sonia Ben Ouagrham 598

7.3. Criteria of Success and Failure / Sonia Ben Ouagrham 616

7.4. Restructuring vs. Conversion / David M. Bernstein, Arkadiy I. Yarovskiy, Sonia Ben Ouagrham 632

7.5. The Need for Structural Reforms / Vitality Y. Vitebsky 640

7.6. Restructuring and the Future of Conversion / Arkadiy I. Yarovskiy 650

Part 8 From a Militarized To a Civilian Economy

8.1. Toward Cooperative Ventures with Russian Defense Enterprises / David M. Bernstein 670

8.2. The Gazprom Phenomenon: New Civilian Orders / Rem I. Vyakhirev 710

8.3. LUKOIL: Toward Stabilization / Vagit U. Alekperov 718

8.4. The New Era of Civilian Products: International Marketing Challenges / Larisa V. Genin 722

8.5. Converted Enterprises and Internet Marketing / Ward A. Hanson 736

8.6. Global E-commerce: Civilian Products / Larisa V. Genin 748

8.7. Revitalizing Former "Closed Cities" / Randy H. Hamilton 756

8.8. Re-Educating Personnel / Donald R. Gerth 774

Part 9 The New Century: What's Next?

9.1. Russia and International Security in the Third Millennium / Evgeniy I. Shaposhnikov 796

9.2. From The Culture of War to the Culture of Peace / Arkadiy I. Yarovskiy 804

9.3. What is the Future of the Defense Complex in Russia? / David M. Bernstein 814

9.4. The New World Order: Defense Conversion in Russia Is Still a Global Imperative / John H. Hnatio 820

Appendix Exchange Rates 877.

Notes:

"Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0970258704

OCLC:

46674901