Role of Science & Technology Diplomacy in 21st century

Flattening the World: The Role of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the 21st Century

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Flattening the World: The Role of Science and
Technology Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff
Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS)
and the Administrator of USAID
U. S. Department of State
Washington, DC

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
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Image credit: MIT Media Lab
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Photo Credit: Tony Karumba
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AIDS Orphans
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Oxford University Press, 2007
Economist Dr. Paul Collier

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Thomas Malthus
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Green Revolution wheat yields, 1950-2005
Normal and dwarf wheat varieties
Norman Borlaug
Father of the Green Revolution
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New York Times, 19 January 2008

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Senators Nunn and Lugar, 1991
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Former Senator Nunn and Senator Lugar, 2007
George Soros
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Dr. Jason Rao
US State Department,
Spectrum of Bio-Risk
Misuse of
dual use
dechnology
Emerging
disease
Bio
terrorism
Chronic
disease
Bio
war
Science for Security: The Bio Example

“Dual Use” Science Collaboration = Dual-Benefit

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Bioindustry Initiative:
Jason Rao (right) and Reynolds Salerno during a visit last
year to a new BSL-3 lab in Bandung, Indonesia.
Going Global: Biosecurity Engagement Program

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Dr. Alex Dehgan
US State Department,
STAS
Soviet-made Frog 7’s
Redirecting Iraqi weapons scientists

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Supporting Redirection: Creating a Virtual Science Library for IraqSupporting Redirection: Creating a Virtual Science Library for Iraq
Dr. Susan Cumberledge, DoD DTRA; Dr. Ranjiv Khush, DoS/STAS; Dr. Alex Dehgan,
DoS/NEA;Dr. Barrie Ripin, DoS; Dr. Ben Perman, DoD; Karan Nain, Pakistan

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Conference on Women in Science
Kuwait, 2007
Science Diplomacy in the US Department of State
Signing of the US-Libyan S & T Agreement
U. S. Department of State
3 January 2008

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Path of Totality
Libya, 29 March 2006

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at the
World Economic Forum 2008 in Davos
(Photo credit: Getty Images, CNN, 25
January 2008)
“…. a hint of what we can accomplish if people who are experts on
needs in the developing world meet with scientists who understand
what the breakthroughs are, whether it’s in software or drugs.”

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Characterization of contamination and human
health at former nuclear facilities in Iraq
Texas Tech University
US Department of State
Government of Iraq

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Texas Tech Team
Iraq Ministry of Science and Technology
Iraq Ministry of Environment
International Iraq Center for Science and
Industry (IICSI-State Dept. Program)
International Radioecology Lab (Ukraine)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
U.S. Civilian Research & Development
Foundation (CRDF)
Royal Scientific Society (Jordan)
University of Science & Technology (Jordan)
Funding:

 Texas Excellence Funds
 U.S. Department of State
 US CRDF
 IICSI

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Undergraduate technology students in Adama University
Visiting a physics laboratory in Addis Ababa
University
Dr. Osama Awadelkarim
Jefferson Fellow
US Department of State

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Meeting with the Sudanese Minister of Science and Technology
Giving a seminar at Sudan University

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Joseph Henry Press, 2004
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Myths and Realities,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005

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Molecular insect resistance
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Molecular insect resistance:
Bt corn
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Millions of hectares planted in GMOs
Fusarium ear rot ->
fumonisins
Kernel rot -> aflatoxin
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Flattening the World: The Role of Science and
Technology Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff
Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS)
and the Administrator of USAID
U. S. Department of State
Washington, DC