How Valuable Are Scientific Exchanges with the Soviet Union?

Science & technology exchanges between the United States & the USSR have been in existence for over 20 years, with a marked expansion after 1972. To find out how valuable these exchanges are, questionnaires were sent to 350 United States participants in the interacademy exchange & 100 ho...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1978-10, Vol.202 (4366), p.383-390
Main Author: Graham, Loren R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic conferences
Bilateralism
Energy
Exchange/Exchanges
Foreign Professional Personnel
International aspects
International Cooperation
Physics
Questionnaires
Research universities
Russian culture
Science
Scientific belief
Scientific/Scientism/ Scienticity/ Scientization
Soviet foreign relations
Technology
Technology transfer
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/USSR (see also Russia, Soviet)
United States
United States foreign relations
United States/US
USSR
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Summary:Science & technology exchanges between the United States & the USSR have been in existence for over 20 years, with a marked expansion after 1972. To find out how valuable these exchanges are, questionnaires were sent to 350 United States participants in the interacademy exchange & 100 hosts of Soviet scientists; reports from several hundred other United States scientists were also evaluated. The majority of respondents considered the US-USSR exchanges valuable (32% responded 'outstanding' & 42% 'very good'). Discussed are the scope of scientific cooperation between the two countries (12 exchanges), the methodology & results of evaluation, the political, cultural, & scientific benefits, & the question of technology transfer. Suggestions are made to improve the exchanges, eg: (1) providing funds for more joint symposia & collaborative research; (2) conducting qualitative evaluations of the bilateral agreements, eliminating unproductive ones, & supporting successful ones with specifically allocated funds; & (3) negotiating with the USSR to allow more invitational exchanges, &/or interchange, well in advance, of lists of participants. 7 Tables. Modified AA.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.705332