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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816379303321

Autore

Schweitzer Glenn E. <1930->

Titolo

U.S.-Iran engagement in science, engineering, and health (2000-2009) : opportunities, constraints, and impacts / / Glenn E. Schweitzer ; Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation ; Policy on Global Affairs ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

0-309-16355-2

1-282-91704-8

9786612917042

0-309-15575-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Disciplina

338.926

Soggetti

Science - United States - International cooperation

Science - Iran - International cooperation

Engineering - United States - International cooperation

Engineering - Iran - International cooperation

Medical sciences - United States - International cooperation

Medical sciences - Iran - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Initiating Engagement""; ""3 Workshops""; ""4 Exchanges, Planning Meetings, and Special Events""; ""5 Impacts and Future Directions""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Conclusions of the Meeting of Academy Leaders (2000)""; ""Appendix B: Dialogue of U.S. and Iranian Experts on Food-borne Diseases (2006)""; ""Appendix C: National Academies Expand Cooperation with Iranian Research and Education Centers (2007)""; ""Appendix D: Suggested Medical Topics for Cooperation (2008)""

""Appendix E: Statement by U.S. National Academies on Scientific Visits to Iran (2008)""""Appendix F: Joint Statement on Science, Ethics, and Appropriate Uses of Technology (2009)""; ""Appendix G: Workshop



Proceedings and Informal Reports""; ""Appendix H: Selected Statistics: Human Development, Research, and Communications in Iran""; ""Appendix I: Statistics on Higher Education in Iran""

Sommario/riassunto

"During the first decade of the 21st century, the National Academies, working with a number of partner organizations in Iran, carried out a program of U.S.-Iran engagement in science, engineering, and health (herein referred to as science engagement). This book reviews important aspects of the science engagement program, including: (a) objectives of the program, (b) opportunities and constraints in developing the program, and (c) scientific and political impacts of the activities. Suggestions for future activities that draw on the conclusions and recommendations that have emerged from workshops and other types of interactions are set forth. Of course, the political turmoil within Iran and uncertainties as to the direction of U.S.-Iran government-to-government relations will undoubtedly complicate initiation and implementation of new science engagement activities in the near term. At the same time, many American and Iranian participants and important government officials in the United States and Iran have believed that science engagement can contribute to the evolution of an improved political environment for development of less adversarial relations between the two governments."--