Technology Security
Hello, I’m Anne Fitzpatrick. I work on international collaborations in computing, American and Russian nuclear weapons, and science and technology policy and culture. I also moonlight in the area of...
View ArticleEliminate Them Like Rats
“…Find them in all the caves where they are hiding, and eliminate them like rats,” President Putin told the Federal Security Service, or FSB, on Tuesday, urging them to intensify their hunt for Chechen...
View ArticleBeguiled in Belarus
Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday claimed a third term after receiving a whopping 82.6 percent of the vote, in what critics are calling a blatantly rigged election. International...
View ArticleThe Return of Orange Julia
By late 2005, the promises of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution appeared to have fallen flat on their face: President Viktor Yushchenko and his Our Ukraine party so far have failed to deliver on numerous...
View ArticleChernobyl and the Nuclear Energy Impasse
While residing in Kiev in 2001, I visited the Chernobyl Zone accompanied by several Ukrainian guides. Since then I have worked closely with Dr. Valery Antropov (second from left in photograph), manager...
View ArticleA Coming Russian Information Technology Boom?
As I mentioned in my blog entry of February 23, 2006, Russia’s economy is booming. This is largely due to increasing revenues from its oil and gas industries. So high-profile are these industries that...
View ArticleG-8 Summit Begins July 15 in St. Petersburg
When I filled up my compact sedan this past weekend at the Getty station near my home, at – ouch! – 3.07 a gallon, I noticed an advertisement on the pump for a Lukoil credit card. I had not paid...
View ArticleSee You Around…
This is my last posting to the FAS blog, as I am moving on to pursue commercial interests, among other things. Working at an NGO has been a unique and unusual experience for me, and one I’m glad for,...
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