Scientists, Engineers, and Track-Two Diplomacy

Glenn E. Schweitzer, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. U.S.-soviet Scientific Cooperation in the Age of Confrontation; 3 2. Perestroika and Expansion of Scientific Cooperation; 4 3. Emergence of the New Russia: High Expectations, Harsh Realities, and the Path Ahead; 5 4. National Security Issues and a Wider Agenda for Cooperation; 6 5. Supporting Innovation: From Basic Research to Payment for Sales; 7 6. Lessons Learned and the Future of the Interacademy Program; 8 Epilogue; 9 Appendix A: Highlights of Early U.S.-Soviet Relations (1725-1957); 10 Appendix B: Agreement of the Exchange of Scientists between the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1959); 11 Appendix C: Agreement on Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Health between the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences (2002); 12 Appendix D: Agreement for Scientifc Cooperation between the Institute of Medicine of the USA and the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1988); 13 Appendix E: Joint Statement by the Presidents of the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences [on Preventing and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Material], February 22, 2002; 14 Appendix F: Annex 2 to the Agreement on Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Health between the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences (2002); 15 Appendix G: Joint Statement by the Presidents of the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences [ on the Development of Knowledge-Based Economics], February 22, 2002; 16 Appendix H: Cooperation Between U.S. and Russian Academies Encourages Russian Investments in Innoative Research; 17 Appendix I: Innovation in the Russian Federation (2001); 18 Appendix J: Personal Trends in the Russian Academy of Sciences; 19 Appendix K: Innovation Projects of National Significance; 20 Appendix L: The Threats to Russia (View of the Ministry for Emergency Situations); 21 References