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8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science--Norman Neureiter
8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science--Norman Neureiter
Pages 49-56
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He was concerned over the breakdown in communication and lack of understanding between the intellectual communities in the United States and Japan. Japanese universities seemed increasingly sympathetic to the idealistic appeals of the Communists rather than the path on which Japan was rebuilding.
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It was not easy to find projects that could be truly cooperative because the level of science in Japan in terms of laboratories and equipment was well below the level in the United States. Secondly and unexpectedly, President Kennedy's science advisor, Jerome Wiesner, was concerned that science funded to achieve a "political" purpose was not subject to the same rigorous peer review process as other research projects, and hence might involve second-rate science.
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The Cold War was at its peak. The United States and the Soviet Union constantly threatened each other with large nuclear arsenals on both sides, although there was an ongoing U.S.-Soviet bilateral scientific dialogue that had encouraged restraint in both countries.
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This development has raised new policy questions as to the desirability of these foreign student and postdoctoral programs. As foreign specialists trained in the United States return to their countries and conduct research, the result is increased international competition in various fields of high technology.
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After 1956, there had been a political change that permitted Poland to have closer ties with the United States. This included the purchase of large quantities of U.S.
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The principal initial partners were the United States and the Soviet Union. Some 18 countries also joined and the research was focused on applying systems analysis techniques to big global issues.
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Science is indeed a gateway to understanding. International cooperation in science and technology, which brings researchers together in the search for solutions to global problems in the natural world, can also be a powerful catalyst for improving relations in the social and political worlds.
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