Scientists, Engineers, and Track-Two Diplomacy

A Half-Century of U.S.-Russian Interacademy Cooperation

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 9780309182171
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Index: Biological Sciences

This report is intended to provide a brief historical perspective of the evolution of the interacademy program during the past half-century, recognizing that many legacies of the Soviet era continue to influence government approaches in Moscow and Washington and to shape the attitudes of researchers toward bilateral cooperation in both countries (of special interest is the changing character of the program during the age of perestroika (restructuring) in the late 1980s in the Soviet Union); to describe in some detail the significant interacademy activities from late 1991, when the Soviet Union fragmented, to mid-2003; and to set forth lessons learned about the benefits and limitations of interacademy cooperation and to highlight approaches that have been successful in overcoming difficulties of implementation.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• About the Author
• 1 U.S.–Soviet Scientific Cooperation in the Age of Confrontation
• 2 Perestroika and Expansion of Scientific Cooperation
• 3 Emergence of the New Russia: High Expectations, Harsh Realities, and the Path Ahead
• 4 National Security Issues and a Wider Agenda for Cooperation
• 5 Supporting Innovation: From Basic Research to Payment for Sales
• 6 Lessons Learned and the Future of the Interacademy Program
• Epilogue
• APPENDIXES
• References