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Appendix B Russian Academy of Sciences-U.S. National Academies Joint Committees on Countering Terrorism
Pages 238-242

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... Joint committees on countering terrorism were established by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academies in 2002.1 The first workshop was convened in June 2001 in Moscow, and presentations covered a wide range of terrorist threats and vulnerabilities to those threats.
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... The final report for this activity will be published by the National Academies Press. WORKING GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM The National Academies have had a long-standing program, carried out in its initial phase with the assistance of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for promoting the redirection to civilian tasks of Russian scientists who previously carried out research in support of the Soviet defense complex.
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... Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
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... A workshop was held in October 2005 in Helsinki, with participants including approximately 30 scholars and practitioners from the United States, Russia, Finland, other European countries, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Developments in countries with large Muslim populations were a primary focus of discussions, but the program also included presentations on extremism-related developments in Europe and the United States.
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