science diplomacy

While there are lots of serious reasons to object to the Obama Administration’s opening up an expanded relationship between NASA and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) it is probably too late to stop the process.

November 27, 2009

Harmonizing 'science for development' funding would make science aid more effective, benefiting both donors and recipients.

November 20, 2009

Through a series of events and publications, this project contributed to a global understanding of the merits and challenges of science diplomacy.

Science will play a key role in addressing global problems, expert have said. They argue a global science pact is needed to make solutions to problems accessible to all nations.

Twitter has had a phenomenological influence on the international news media in the post-Iranian elections period in June 2009 onwards. Through the continuous 24 hour- cycle of tweets, the micro-blogging site was challenging the censorship applied by the Iranian government on all news media covering the confrontations following the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . After years of state monopoly and censorship twitter and other social media sites and applications are making governments more concerned over news.

The House of Representatives approved two bills that originated in the Committee on Science and Technology. H.R. 1736, the International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2009, and H.R. 1709, the STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009.

Using science for diplomatic purposes has obvious attractions and several benefits. But there are limits to what it can achieve.

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