The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is an intergovernmental nonproliferation organization connecting scientists with their peers and research organizations in other countries.
The ISTC Headquarters is currently in
Astana
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,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. Member governments have included Armenia, the European Union, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Tajikistan, and the United States. Scientists from nearly 60 countries have participated in ISTC activities.
ISTC facilitates international science projects and assists the global scientific and business community to source and engage scientists and institutes that develop or possess an excellence of scientific know-how.
History
The ISTC was established in 1992. Its headquarters were originally in
Moscow
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and it governed further scientific centers in the former Soviet Union in order to redirect the expertise of
CBRN scientists to civil research fields.
In July 2015, the ISTC moved to
Astana
Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...
’s
Nazarbayev University[ after The Russian Federation demanded more secrecy and withdrew from the activity.
]
See also
* Science and Technology Center in Ukraine
* Nunn-Lugar Act about financing the Cooperative Threat Reduction program
References
External links
ISTC website
Worldwide science website
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Organizations established in 1992
International scientific organizations
Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty
Organizations based in Moscow
Nuclear research institutes in Russia