skolkovo is an ambitious enterprise, aiming to promote technology transfer generally, by inbound direct investment, and occasionally, through selected acquisitions. As such, skolkovo is arguably an overt alternative to clandestine industrial espionage-with the additional distinction that it can achieve such a transfer on a much larger scale and more efficiently.
Hillary Clinton, her State Department, the Clinton Foundation, Bill Clinton did much to make skolkovo possible - did much to activate what was, according to the Army report, "arguably" a massive "clandestine industial espionage" operation. Not that any of this is in the past. This plain-sight-"research"-cum-collusion with the Russian government goes on, and goes on unchecked - and despite the Obama administration's supposedly hard-as-nails, cold-as-ice, tough-on-Russia finish.
The Army report continues:
Implicit in Russia's development of skolkovo is a critical question-a question that Russia may be asking itself-why bother spying on foreign companies and government laboratories if they will voluntarily hand over all the expertise Russia seeks? Since multinational institutions hire talent worldwide and seek access to foreign markets without regard for national interest, only the U.S. government would be in a position to persuade them to scale back their commitments in skolkovo if U.S. relations with Russia continue to deteriorate. However, given the global dimensions of skolkovo's technology transfer program, it is not clear how much leverage U.S. industry has. Therefore, the key issue for U.S. policymakers is balancing the benefits of constructive technological engagement with Russia against the risks that Russia could leverage transferred scientific knowledge to modernize and strengthen its military.
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