Abstract
When a Russian academician observed: A nation without science is a nation without a future, any U.S. researcher who had ever collaborated with colleagues in what used to be the Soviet Union must have been seized with two questions: Is Russia—or Ukraine, or Kazakhstan, or any of the former Soviet republics—becoming a nation without science? And if so, does this trend put that country's future at risk? The issue is far from academic. At this writing, a U.S. Administration that prides itself on its appreciation of the centrality of technological innovation in economic growth has made aid to Russia and other former Soviet republics a top foreign policy priority. What role should science and engineering play in this effort? For many in the foreign aid establishment in Washington, D.C., the word research evokes an impatient yawn. Why should we be concerned about a ...
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