Programs
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
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
The US and Southeast Asia: The Challenging Times Continue
September 30, 2014
Will Itoh, Ambassador, Director, Washington International Programs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates
Just in the past year, the political and economic atmosphere in mainland Southeast Asia – from Myanmar to Vietnam – has dramatically shifted. Myanmar’s “Arab spring” has faded, economically prosperous Thailand has succumbed to political control by a military junta, and still Communist Vietnam is locked in a fierce contest with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea. In April 2012, the Santa Fe
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