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Scientific and Technological Cooperation and the Trans-Atlantic Economy – the “Fifth Freedom”

November 25, 2014

James Gavigan, Minister Counselor, EU Mission to the United States

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This program was held in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States.

Even though the pursuit of new knowledge has never been delimited to national borders, the fact that public funds for science are largely in the hands of national authorities acts as a constraint on its international character. Moreover, the private financing of science mostly puts private interests ahead of the common good.

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Scientific and Technological Cooperation and the Trans-Atlantic Economy – the “Fifth Freedom”2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

Still Thinking about the Unthinkable: Maintaining Nuclear Stability through Times of Transition

June 16, 2014

Houston T Hawkins, Senior Fellow, Principal Directorate, Global Security, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Any reduction of the nation’s nuclear arsenal will have consequences, both direct and ancillary. Before the U.S. moves too far in shrinking nuclear stockpiles, many circumstances will need to be carefully evaluated. The following developments would deserve particular attention: foreign force modernizations, especially those which might signify a waning of American technological superiority; the re-emergence of confrontational strategies by countries like China and Russia; nuclear proliferation activities not justified by credible civilian applications; and the strengthening of international terror networks directed against the U.S. and its allies.

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Still Thinking about the Unthinkable: Maintaining Nuclear Stability through Times of Transition2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

“Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset” TED talk (Video)

February 21, 2014

Hans Rosling, MD, Karolinska Institute, Moderator Arvid Lundy

Even the most worldly and well-traveled among us will have their perspectives shifted by Hans Rosling. A professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the so-called developing world, which (he points out) is no longer worlds away from the West. In fact, most of the Third World is on the same trajectory toward health and prosperity, and many countries are moving twice as fast as the west did. (more…)

“Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset” TED talk (Video)2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

Eyes in the Sky All of Us Can Use: What can they see? . . . How can We Make Global Security Discoveries via the Cloud?

September 30, 2013

Frank Pabian, Senior GeoSpacial Information Analyst, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Analysts at various NGOs, universities, and think tanks (as well as arm-chair hobbyists) are playing a leading role in obtaining new information of relevance to global security from a variety of open-source geospatial tools. These tools include Google Earth as well as other satellite imagery from technology companies that come via the internet Cloud. Pabian describes some of the discoveries made by researchers around the globe, discoveries that have only recently become possible as a result of advances in cutting-edge modeling technology and image data that commercial companies have made easily available to the public at nominal or no cost.

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Eyes in the Sky All of Us Can Use: What can they see? . . . How can We Make Global Security Discoveries via the Cloud?2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

June 9, 2011

Cheryl Rofer, CEO NuclearDiner blog

Exactly what happened and why?  What were the sources of confusion during the first days after the disaster? What were and are the dangers to people in Japan and across the Pacific in the U.S.? All in all, a  presentation designed to separate fact from fantasy. (more…)

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster2019-05-01T14:20:28-07:00
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