The Corporation-sponsored major international programs focused on improving U.S.-Soviet relations and promoting cooperation in areas such as arms control and nuclear non-proliferation. Building on these earlier efforts, the Corporation then began, in the late 1990s, to add an ambitious new dimension to its involvement in the countries of the former Soviet Union, as it sought to engage more directly in the transformation of post-Soviet higher education.
Citation: Mark S. Johnson, Research, Scholarship and Collaboration: Legacies of Carnegie Corporation of New York's Higher Education in the Former Soviet Union (HEFSU) Initiative, 1998-2008, (Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2009)
Program: International Peace and Security
