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Turchetti, Simone; Adamson, Matthew; Rispoli, Giulia; Olšáková, Doubravka; Robinson, Samuel A.

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“…In this context, science diplomacy is viewed as a tool to engender cooperation between nation states in order to address global challenges (Fedoroff, 2009) while ‘reinforce[ing] specific [European] knowledge and worldviews’. (Turchetti et al, 2020, p. 333) Scientific cooperation on single issues and/or global challenges without addressing inherent differences between nation states fail to acknowledge that scientists as a matter of course serve as diplomats in their everyday activities. To remedy this narrow understanding of science diplomacy, the paper seeks to showcase how science diplomacy is in no shape or form new (Vaughan & Neureiter, 2012).…”

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“…Another key limitation in the current literature on science diplomacy is the cultural bias of the primacy of the United States and the Anglo–Saxon international order as the starting point of utilising science in overcoming differences (National Research Council, Committee on Global Science Policy Science Diplomacy, 2012). Consequently, the modern conception of science diplomacy severely limits the scope and reach of science and/or diplomacy to a mainly post World War 2 international order and prioritises the role of the United States within it (Turchetti et al, 2020, p. 325). In the literature on science diplomacy, authors in the United States, both state and academic, take precedence.…”

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The Case for Science Diplomacy in Mongol Eurasia

Kalra

2023

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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This paper considers the concept of science diplomacy in the context of Eurasian history with a particular focus on the period of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century. The Mongol Empire held sway over much of Eurasia and thus participated in diplomatic activity within and outside of Mongol domains. Scientists and intellectuals routinely headed diplomatic embassies sent and received by the Mongol Empire. Diplomats were valued for their knowledge and skills and served as interlocutors and translators for the Mongol Khans. These scientist-diplomats were key figures in the court and were essential in facilitating exchanges, building connections and fostering relations. As polyglots and polymaths they were able to operate in a multi-cultural environment. They were part of the complex framework of the Mongol Empire that brought to bear a kind of Eurasian development model that relied on expertise, knowledge and resources that could be utilised across the empire. Set within this context, the paper describes the creation of a politico-science complex in Mongol Eurasia with a special emphasis on the relationship between the Mongol Khans and their partners, chief among them were scientists and intellectuals. The Mongol Empire as an empire built upon exchanges summarises how scientific exchanges were both a product of and a driver for diplomatic relations in this period. Thus, the historical connection between diplomacy and science in Eurasia is a necessary component in understanding the modern notion of science diplomacy beyond a European context and applied more globally both in terms of time and space.

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The Case for Science Diplomacy in Mongol Eurasia

Kalra

2023

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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Diplomats in Science Diplomacy: Promoting Scientific and Technological Collaboration in International Relations**

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Olšáková

2020

Ber Wissenschaftsgesch

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Science Diplomacy 1 is a vibrant research field: this is illustrated by the growing number of scholars who are exploring the field both by studying contemporary issues and reevaluating past conflicts and political negotiations. Coming not only from the ranks of historians, scholars from international relations, Science and Technology Studies, and science management, to name a few, are exploring the history of science and diplomacy. 2 Nevertheless, much is yet to be understood with respect to science and diplomacy's historical dimensions and the ways in which science and technology have become increasingly important devices in the administration of foreign affairs since the beginning of the Cold War. Founded in 2018, the Commission on the History of Science, Technology and Diplomacy 3 organized its first conference from 19-20 July 2019 at the Niels Bohr Archive in Copenhagen. The conference brought together researchers from several countries and various fields who explored the diverse history of science diplomacy as an endeavor, focusing especially on the actors involved. The papers presented at the conference described and analyzed how particular diplomats, scientists, and institutions used techno-scientific knowledge in their diplomatic efforts. This special issue bears the same title as the DHST conference and includes six of the papers presented in Copenhagen. As a diplomatic activity, science diplomacy refers to the practice of using science and technology in diplomacy to foster dialogue and cooperation between na

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The Double Legacy of Bernalism in Science Diplomacy

Ienna¹

2022

Ber Wissenschaftsgesch

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Recent debates in the history of science aimed at reconstructing the history of scientific diplomacy have privileged the analysis of forms of diplomacy coming from above. Instead, the objective of this paper is to raise awareness of these debates by looking at attempts at scientific diplomacy from below. Such a shift in perspective might allow us to observe the impact of marginalized social agents on the construction of international diplomatic choices. This article particularly focuses attention on how the legacy of Bernalism has fostered the emergence of two different types of science diplomacy. On the one hand, Bernalism has influenced the goals of organizations such as UNESCO and the World Peace Council, which are forms of science diplomacy I would term from above. On the other hand, Bernalism has also been at the origin of radical scientific movements that I propose to interpret as forms of scientific diplomacy from below. These have, in fact, played a cardinal role not only in raising public awareness of the social and political roles of science, but also in the more direct participation of scientists in defining the political objectives of their research activity. From this point of view, I analyze how an association like the World Federation of Scientific Workers proposed (at least in the beginning) greater democratic participation than the top-down structures of other forms of scientific internationalism.

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The Case for Science Diplomacy in Mongol Eurasia

The Case for Science Diplomacy in Mongol Eurasia

Diplomats in Science Diplomacy: Promoting Scientific and Technological Collaboration in International Relations**

The Double Legacy of Bernalism in Science Diplomacy

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