Global Affairs Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/global-affairs/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Global Affairs Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/global-affairs/ 32 32 What Happens When the Nuts and Bolts of Science Diplomacy Come Loose? https://issues.org/science-diplomacy-donovan/ https://issues.org/science-diplomacy-donovan/#respond Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46448 The United States has focused on preventing the transfer of sensitive technology to adversarial nations rather than on improving its ability to collaborate internationally.

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]]> https://issues.org/science-diplomacy-donovan/feed/ 0 Japan’s New Approach to Collaborative International R&D https://issues.org/japan-collaborative-international-research-ueno/ https://issues.org/japan-collaborative-international-research-ueno/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44623 To counter worrying trends in domestic R&D, Japan’s science and technology policy pivoted to a radical new approach to international research collaboration.

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]]> https://issues.org/japan-collaborative-international-research-ueno/feed/ 0 Reconsidering Research Security https://issues.org/reconsidering-research-security-gannon-meserve-zuber/ https://issues.org/reconsidering-research-security-gannon-meserve-zuber/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44593 The United States’ global leadership in research was built on the foundation of substantial government investments in science and technology (S&T) made during World War II. In the subsequent decades, S&T has… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/reconsidering-research-security-gannon-meserve-zuber/feed/ 0 Science Diplomacy and the Rise of Technopoles https://issues.org/science-diplomacy-technopoles-turekian-gluckman/ https://issues.org/science-diplomacy-technopoles-turekian-gluckman/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43605 In the three decades after the Cold War ended, science diplomacy became an important component of the foreign policy toolkit. In particular, it became a key tool for responding to global challenges… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/science-diplomacy-technopoles-turekian-gluckman/feed/ 0 A Binational Journey Toward Sustainability https://issues.org/nasem-amc-binational-journey-sustainability/ https://issues.org/nasem-amc-binational-journey-sustainability/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42848 The border between the United States and Mexico is both a political boundary and a demarcation of different ideological representations of a shared binational landscape. Both sides of the border share climate,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/nasem-amc-binational-journey-sustainability/feed/ 0 Unleashing Synergy or Accelerating Fragmentation? https://issues.org/south-korea-international-science-horizon-europe-park/ https://issues.org/south-korea-international-science-horizon-europe-park/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42846 Over the last 40 years, international collaboration has become an essential strategy for the global science and technology (S&T) enterprise. Collaboration enables countries to leverage foreign expertise and equipment and distributes the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/south-korea-international-science-horizon-europe-park/feed/ 0 How Health Data Integrity Can Earn Trust and Advance Health https://issues.org/health-data-integrity-lennerz-schneider-lauterbach/ https://issues.org/health-data-integrity-lennerz-schneider-lauterbach/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:50:09 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41007 Imagine a scenario in which Mary, an individual with a rare disease, has agreed to share her medical records for a research project aimed at finding better treatments for genetic disorders. Mary’s… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/health-data-integrity-lennerz-schneider-lauterbach/feed/ 0 A Scientific “Forced Marriage” Takes on the Mysteries of the Loop Current https://issues.org/loop-current-gulf-mexico-ugos-gewin/ https://issues.org/loop-current-gulf-mexico-ugos-gewin/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41003 As it enters the Gulf of Mexico, the shape-shifting stream of tropical water known as the Loop Current passes between the Yucatan Peninsula to the west and Cuba to the east. When… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/loop-current-gulf-mexico-ugos-gewin/feed/ 0 When Farmland Becomes the Front Line, Satellite Data and Analysis Can Fight Hunger https://issues.org/satellite-data-nasa-harvest-ukraine-becker-reshef-mitkish/ https://issues.org/satellite-data-nasa-harvest-ukraine-becker-reshef-mitkish/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41019 It is difficult to predict exactly how events like extreme weather, pandemics, conflict, and politics will disrupt global food systems and cause people to go hungry. The destabilizing impacts of the COVID-19… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/satellite-data-nasa-harvest-ukraine-becker-reshef-mitkish/feed/ 0 How Generative AI Endangers Cultural Narratives https://issues.org/generative-ai-cultural-narratives-rettberg/ https://issues.org/generative-ai-cultural-narratives-rettberg/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:32:55 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41149 Sometime last summer, I needed to install a new dryer in my home in Bergen, Norway. I opened a localized version of Google and typed a request for instructions in Norwegian. Everything… Read More

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