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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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Oxford University Press, 2007

Economist Dr. Paul Collier

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Thomas Malthus

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Green Revolution wheat yields, 1950-2005Normal and dwarf wheat varieties

Norman Borlaug

Father of the Green Revolution

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New York Times, 19 January 2008

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Senators Nunn and Lugar, 1991

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Former Senator Nunn and Senator Lugar, 2007

George Soros

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Dr. Jason RaoUS State Department,

Spectrum of Bio-Risk

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Science for Security: The Bio Example

“Dual Use” Science Collaboration = Dual-Benefit

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Bioindustry Initiative: Jason Rao (right) and Reynolds Salerno during a visit last year to a new BSL-3 lab in Bandung, Indonesia.

Going Global: Biosecurity Engagement Program

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Dr. Alex Dehgan

US State Department, STAS

Soviet-made Frog 7’s

Redirecting Iraqi weapons scientists

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Pakistan

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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

STAS Conference on Women in Science

Kuwait, 2007

Science Diplomacy in the US Department of State

Signing of the US-Libyan S & T Agreement

U. S. Department of State3 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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Texas Tech Team

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)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)

Royal Scientific Society (Jordan)

University of Science & Technology (Jordan)

Funding: Texas Excellence Funds U.S. Department of State US CRDF IICSI

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Undergraduate technology students in Adama University

Visiting a physics laboratory in Addis Ababa University

Dr. Osama Awadelkarim

Jefferson FellowUS Department of

State

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Meeting with the Sudanese Minister of Science and Technology

Giving a seminar at Sudan University

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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 corn

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Millions of hectares planted in GMOs

Fusarium ear rot -> fumonisins

Kernel rot -> aflatoxin

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STAS

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