Presents an overview of current U.S. S&T policy and coordination, S&T cooperation in the post-Cold War era, and its relation to foreign policy goals, such as building democracy, promoting and maintaining peace, and furthering economic growth and sustainable development. Also reviews personnel requirements, standards, and testing; and equitable access and intellectual property rights. Individual country narratives on selected countries and international organizations. Glossaries of abbreviations and acronyms. Comprehensive!

Issue for 1980 also includes: Science, technology, and American diplomacy, a supplementary report by the Dept. of State.

Excerpt from Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy, Vol. 2: An Extended Study of the Interactions of Science and Technology With United States Foreign Policy Indeed, the assessment of what science and technology holds for us in the years ahead must be an integral part of today's policy and decision-making machinery. The conduct of our foreign affairs - the formulation of our policies and goals - must reflect the sometimes complex, sometimes subtle, but persistent influence and interaction of science and technology on the affairs of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.