The Global Environment Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/13-1/ The best minds on the most important topics. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:25:55 +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 The Global Environment Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/13-1/ 32 32 Dangerous Intersections https://issues.org/korn/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/korn/ Over the past two years, several prominent working groups and expert committees have circulated or published position papers attempting to address widespread public anxiety over the potential uses and abuses of genetic… Read More

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]]> Transforming the Navy’s Warfighting Capabilities https://issues.org/krepin/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/krepin/ On June 26, 1897, Great Britain’s Royal Navy conducted a review in honor of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. The review represented the greatest concentration of naval power the world had ever seen.… Read More

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]]> Rethinking Drug Policy https://issues.org/macnam/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/macnam/ As the 1996 presidential campaign heats up, drug use and control have once again become prominent political issues. Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has labeled the increased use of marijuana among teenagers,… Read More

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]]> The Greening of U.S. Foreign Policy https://issues.org/mathew/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/mathew/ For many individuals concerned with the ecological health of the planet, the end of the Cold War presented an unexpected opportunity to harness U.S. foreign policy to a grand strategy of environmental… Read More

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]]> A Better Home for Undergraduate Science https://issues.org/narum/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/narum/ A renaissance is beginning in undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. New discoveries and emerging technologies are changingthe face of science–and the way that science is learned. In the wake… Read More

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]]> Crunch Time for Control of Advanced Arms Exports https://issues.org/nolan/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/nolan/ In the wake of the Cold War, the proliferation of conventional weapons is emerging as a critical international issue. New economic pressures–the result of shrinking international arms sales combined with cutbacks in… Read More

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]]> The Politics of Space https://issues.org/roland/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/roland/ In Can Democracies Fly in Space?, W. D. Kay, a political scientist at Northeastern University, argues that “something is terribly wrong” with the U.S. civil space program. It is in trouble,… Read More

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]]> Roundtable: The Politics of Genetic Testing https://issues.org/roundt/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/roundt/ This discussion took place in March 1996 at “The Genetics Revolution: A Catalyst for Education and Public Policy,” a conference sponsored by North Lake College and others in Dallas, Texas. The participants… Read More

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]]> Climate Science and National Interests https://issues.org/white/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/white/ Scientific developments and a change in U.S. policy have shifted the terms of the discussions that will take place in June 1997 at the conference of parties to the Framework Convention on… Read More

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]]> U.S. Seaports: At the Crossroads of the Global Economy https://issues.org/bookma/ Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/bookma/ U.S. seaports are showing signs of neglect, a disturbing prospect as the nation competes in an increasingly dynamic global economy. Many aspects of port infrastructure and management are relics from mid-century. And… Read More

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