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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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AIDS Orphans
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Economist Dr. Paul Collier
Oxford University Press, 2007
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Thomas Malthus
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Norman Borlaug
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Father of the Green Revolution
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Normal and dwarf wheat varieties
Green Revolution wheat yields, 1950-2005
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New York Times, 19 January 2008
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George Soros
Senators Nunn and Lugar, 1991
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Former Senator Nunn and Senator Lugar, 2007
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Science for Security: The Bio Example
“Dual Use” Science Collaboration = Dual-Benefit
Dr. Jason Rao
US State Department,
Spectrum of Bio-Risk
Chronic
disease
Emerging
disease
Misuse of
dual use
dechnology
Bio
terrorism
Bio
war
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Going Global: Biosecurity Engagement Program
Bioindustry Initiative:
Jason Rao (right) and Reynolds Salerno during a visit last
year to a new BSL-3 lab in Bandung, Indonesia.
Redirecting Iraqi weapons scientists
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Dr. Alex Dehgan
US State Department,
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Soviet-made Frog 7’s
Supporting 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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Science Diplomacy in the US Department of State
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Conference on Women in Science
Kuwait, 2007
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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Funding:
 Texas Excellence Funds
 U.S. Department of State
 US CRDF
 IICSI
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)
Texas Tech Team
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
U.S. Civilian Research & Development
Foundation (CRDF)
Royal Scientific Society (Jordan)
University of Science & Technology (Jordan)
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Dr. Osama Awadelkarim
Jefferson Fellow
US Department of State
Visiting a physics laboratory in Addis Ababa
University
Undergraduate technology students in Adama University
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Giving a seminar at Sudan University
Meeting with the Sudanese Minister of Science and Technology
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Joseph Henry Press, 2004
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Myths and Realities,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005
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Molecular insect resistance
Bt cotton
Molecular insect resistance:
Bt corn
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Fusarium ear rot ->
fumonisins
Millions of hectares planted in GMOs
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