Timothy Frye Quoted in Marketplace
Russia wakes up to big technological weaknesses
Russia’s extensive oil and gas exports give the country a lot of leverage on the world stage. But much of Russia’s commercial and military sectors relies on foreign parts, repairs and technological know-how. That’s a big vulnerability for Russia, now that the country is getting cut off from foreign technology . . .
. . .“They can keep operating for two or three months, but at some point, they’re going to need new parts,” said Tim Frye, a political science professor at Columbia University. And it’s not just aircraft hardware, he said. “Even the booking and reservation systems are often integrated deeply into foreign companies and relies on foreign technology,” Frye said . . .