What are some of the obstacles to the success of BII and related scientist redirect efforts in general?
BII is a relatively new program, so its efforts have yet to bear significant fruit. However, structural limitations will limit long-term success due to its continued efforts to work within the walls of the erstwhile weapons institutes or convert them for commercial purposes. Overall, scientist redirect programming has been fairly successful at keeping former weapons scientists in place at their institutes and providing them short-term financial means to survive. However, efforts to find or generate sustainable, commercially-viable opportunities for the target communities have confronted insurmountable structural problems in terms of program management and funding streams. In addition, these programs have been subject to strained governmental relations and dwindling US political support or understanding of their potential value to US nonproliferation and foreign policy objectives.
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