From Pugwash To Putin
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From Pugwash To Putin
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Author : Gerson S. Sher
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-17
From Pugwash To Putin written by Gerson S. Sher and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-17 with History categories.
For 60 years, scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union participated in state-organized programs of collaboration. But what really happened in these programs? What were the hopes of the participants and governments? How did these programs weather the bumpiest years of political turbulence? And were the programs worth the millions of dollars invested in them? From Pugwash to Putin provides accounts from 63 insiders who participated in these programs, including interviews with scientists, program managers, and current or former government officials. In their own words, these participants discuss how and why they engaged in cooperative science, what their initial expectations were, and what lessons they learned. They tell stories of gravitational waves, classified chalkboards, phantom scientists, AIDS propaganda, and gunfire at meteorological stations, illustrating the tensions and benefits of this collaborative work. From the first scientific exchanges of the Cold War years through the years following the fall of the Soviet Union, Gerson S. Sher provides a sweeping and critical history of what happens when science is used as a foreign policy tool. Sher, a former manager of these cooperative programs, provides a detailed and critical assessment of what worked, what didn’t, and why it matters.
The Russian Quest For Peace And Democracy
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Author : Metta Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012-07-10
The Russian Quest For Peace And Democracy written by Metta Spencer and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-10 with Political Science categories.
In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer recounts the political and military changes that have occurred in Russia up to mid-2010. Using hundreds of interviews she conducted with officials, dissidents, and liberal intellectuals, she describes the various groups, forces, and individuals that worked to liberalize the totalitarian Soviet Union and its fellow nations behind the Iron Curtain, and which ultimately brought about the dissolution of those repressive governments. Spencer identifies four political orientations to describe Soviet society: 'Sheep,' ordinary citizens who accepted the undemocratic regime they lived in without challenging it; 'Dinosaurs,' hard-line Communist officials; 'Termites,' including Mikhail Gorbachev and his advisers and government; and 'Barking Dogs,' a few hundred dissidents who made 'a lot of noise' protesting, hoping to awaken a grass-roots demand for democracy. The strange rivalry between the Termites and Barking Dogs would ultimately doom perestroika. Spencer's research dispels the widely-held perception that US President Ronald Reagan 'won' the Cold War by standing firm until the Soviet Union 'blinked first.' There are vitally important lessons to be learned from the Soviet period, about how to assist citizens of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes around the world. The irony is that transnational civil society organizations, major sources of the progress in Soviet Russia, are still needed today in authoritarian Russia, under Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, for totalitarianism remains a potential social trap. In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer suggests new ways of building urgently-needed social capital in today's Russia, where democracy has yet to flourish.
Collaboration In Space And The Search For Peace On Earth
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Author : Andrew L. Jenks
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2021-12-07
Collaboration In Space And The Search For Peace On Earth written by Andrew L. Jenks and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-07 with History categories.
There has been quite a bit of scholarship on the history of the space race, but collaboration in space has received little attention and has usually been dismissed as a propaganda side show. This book thus fills a critical gap by showing the importance of collaboration in space as an antidote to Cold War hostilities and as an important yet underappreciated episode in the development of science and technology in the twentieth century.
Threats To Euro Atlantic Security
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Author : Andrew Futter
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-01
Threats To Euro Atlantic Security written by Andrew Futter and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-01 with Political Science categories.
This edited volume discusses current Euro-Atlantic security issues, examining a wide range of areas including cyber threats, arms control, relations between key countries, existing conflicts and potential future flash points. It looks at both the key security challenges and responses that could be developed to mitigate these. The editor brings together perspectives from a wide range of authors from policy and academia who are part of the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security. This book offers a fresh perspective to these important issues from high-profile next generation leaders.
Improbable Diplomats
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Author : Pete Millwood
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-12-31
Improbable Diplomats written by Pete Millwood and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-31 with History categories.
A unique account of how Chinese and American athletes, scientists, and artists rebuilt US-China relations in the 1970s.
The Routledge History Of American Science
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Author : Timothy W. Kneeland
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-12-01
The Routledge History Of American Science written by Timothy W. Kneeland and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with History categories.
The Routledge History of American Science provides an essential companion to the most significant themes within the subject area. The field of the history of science continues to grow and expand into new areas and to adopt new theories to explain the role of science and its connections to politics, economics, religion, social structures, intellectual history, and art. This book takes North America as its focus and explores the history of science in the region both nationally and internationally with 27 chapters from a range of disciplines. Part I takes a chronological look at the history of science in America, from its origins in the Atlantic World, through to the American Revolution, the Civil War, the World Wars, and ending in the postmodern era. Part II discusses American science in practice, from scientists as practitioners, laboratories and field experiences, to science and religion. Part III examines the relationship between science and power. The chapters touch on the intersection of science and imperialism, environmental science in U.S. politics, as well as capitalism and science. Finally, Part IV explores how science is embedded in the culture of the United States with topics such as the growing importance of climate science, the role of scientific racism, the construction of gender, and how science and disability studies converge. The final chapter reviews the way in which society has embraced or rejected science, with reflections on the recent pandemic and what it may mean for the future of American science. This book fills a much-needed gap in the history and historiography of American science studies and will be an invaluable guide for any student or researcher in the history of science in America.
Getting To Zero
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Author : Catherine M. Kelleher
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-02
Getting To Zero written by Catherine M. Kelleher and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-02 with Political Science categories.
Getting to Zero takes on the much-debated goal of nuclear zero—exploring the serious policy questions raised by nuclear disarmament and suggesting practical steps for the nuclear weapon states to take to achieve it. It documents the successes and failures of six decades of attempts to control nuclear weapons proliferation and, within this context, asks the urgent questions that world leaders, politicians, NGOs, and scholars must address in the years ahead.
Pugwash Newsletter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Pugwash Newsletter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Disarmament categories.
Ethics And Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : Sohail H. Hashmi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-07-19
Ethics And Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by Sohail H. Hashmi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-19 with History categories.
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At The Nuclear Precipice
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Author : D. Krieger
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-10-13
At The Nuclear Precipice written by D. Krieger and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-13 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the intersections between international law and national policies, and nuclear proliferation and disarmament, offering a way out if policy makers of leading countries can summon the vision and political will to move away from the nuclear precipice and ensure humanity's future.