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16 Whitehead J. Dipl. & Int'l Rel. 93 (2014-2015)
Role for Diplomacy in Advancing Global Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Policies in the Twenty-First Century

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Role  for Diplomacy in Advancing Global Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Policies
in the Twenty-First Century

by David Hajjar, Joshua Richardson, and Kimberly Coleman*

       The   most   daunting  challenges  that  governments face are
technologically demanding  and global in scope: poverty, lack of access to
clean food and water, macroclimate change, inefficient response to disease
outbreaks, and  the  inability to address expanding  regional economic
opportunities. Addressing these challenges will require nations to harness
the knowledge   and experience  of policymakers  and diplomats  familiar
with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Owing  to
the launch of President Obama's 2012  priorities for STEM education and
the 2013 Global Innovation  Initiatives' articulated by policymakers in the
United  States and United Kingdom,  we  discuss these science diplomacy
priorities and the UN advancing STEM  policies for the next decade. Using
science diplomacy as a tool, the US State Department can also encourage
the engines of society to address the most pressing STEM challenges of this
century.
       Science  and technological advances  are driven, in part, by the
necessity to solve national and international problems. Ergo, to remain at
the vanguard of science, the US must effectively use STEM in collaboration
with other countries to make the world more  secure, healthier, and more
competitive. The ongoing  Ebola crisis, in which the US is assisting West
African nations to contain and medically manage the increasing number of
infected individuals, is an example of global problems that demand STEM
solutions. Science diplomacy is effectively contributing to the most recent
initiatives to hasten the development  of effective and affordable Ebola
vaccines. In addition, STEM   scientists are developing advanced ocean-
David Hajjar, Ph.D. is a Jefferson Science Fellow in the US Department of State, Bureau of
Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs, and dean emeritus and professor
of pathology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University. Joshua
Richardson, Ph.D., M.L.I.S., M.S. is an assistant professor of healthcare policy and research,
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. Kimberly Coleman, Ph.D. is team lead,
Global Health and Emerging Issues, Office of International Health and Biodefense, Bureau
of Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs, US Department of State.



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