Global Affairs

To counter worrying trends in domestic R&D, Japan’s science and technology policy pivoted to a radical new approach to international research collaboration.

Research security isn’t only about defending against external threats; it also requires ensuring that the United States remains a leader in global innovation by supporting the people and infrastructure that fuel it.

During the era of increasing globalization, science diplomacy was a key tool for addressing global challenges. Today, among fracturing alliances, the field must evolve.

How a unique collaboration between the US and Mexican academies of science evolved over the course of a decade.

South Korea’s bold shift toward international science and technology collaboration—starting with Horizon Europe—requires transforming the weaknesses of the current system into future strengths.

Efforts to share health data across borders snag on legal and regulatory barriers. Before detangling the fine print, let’s agree on overarching principles.

Decisionmakers need insights on how this powerful current shapes hurricanes, fisheries, energy supplies, and life in the Gulf of Mexico. An ambitious project to collect data and predict the current’s erratic behavior is compelling scientists to cross disciplines as well as borders.

With a rigorous, sustainable approach to data collection and analysis, satellite data can improve our understanding of global food systems and prepare society to respond to the next crisis.

If generative artificial intelligence—and its cultural biases—spreads unchecked, it will likely homogenize content into the patterns of the largely American content used to train AI systems, resulting in the loss of diverse cultural narratives and heritage.

In this episode of The Ongoing Transformation, Vaughan Turekian discusses efforts to support Ukrainian scientists and why such efforts are important for the future of Ukraine.

Bringing sociology into civil engineering helps explain how Ukraine’s social and physical systems work together to keep the lights on amid constant attacks.

European research collaborations with China have not followed the same patterns as those between the United States and China; understanding the nuances of these relationships offers insights into the future of global science.