Science diplomacy: new day or false dawn?

As modern foreign policy and international relations encompass more and more scientific issues, we are moving towards a new type of diplomacy, known as "Science Diplomacy". Will this new diplomacy of the 21st century prove to be more effective than past diplomacy for the big issues facing the world, such as climate change, food and water insecurity, diminishing biodiversity, pandemic disease, public health, genomics or environmental collapse, mineral exploitation, health and international scientific endeavours such as those in the space and the Antarctic? Providing a new area of academic focus that has only gathered momentum in the last few years, this book considers these questions by bringing together a distinguished team of international specialists to look at various facets of how diplomacy and science are influenced by each other. The book not only dissects the ways that politics, science and diplomacy have become intertwined, but also highlights how the world's seemingly most intractable problems can be tackled with international collaboration and diplomacy that is rooted in science, and driven by technology. It, therefore, challenges the conventional wisdom concerning the juxtaposition of science and the world of diplomacy.

Introduction. ch. 1. The emergence of science diplomacy / Vaughan C. Turekian ... [et al.] -- pt. I. Science in diplomacy: facilitating international science co-operation. ch. 2. US science diplomacy with Arab countries / Cathleen A. Campbell -- ch. 3. Managing plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: international efforts and lessons from the New Zealand experience / Sarah Macindoe -- ch. 4. Antarctic science: a case for extending diplomacy for science / Gary Wilson -- ch. 5. Diplomacy for science: the SKA project / Maria Pozza -- pt. II. Science in diplomacy: informing foreign policy objectives with scientific advice. ch. 6. Science and climate change diplomacy: cognitive limits and the need to reinvent science communication / Manjana Milkoreit -- ch. 7. The emperor's new clothes: a failure of diplomacy in the oil and mining sectors / Sefton Darby -- ch. 8. The role of science communication in international diplomacy / Joan Leach -- ch. 9. Science, technology and WikiLeaks 'cablegate': implications for diplomacy and international relations / Daryl Copeland -- pt. III. Science for diplomacy: using science co-operation to improve relations between countries. ch. 10. Triangulating science, security and society: science cooperation and international security / Jeffrey Boutwell -- ch. 11. Global health research diplomacy / Edison T. Liu -- ch. 12. Science, diplomacy and trade: a view from a small OECD agricultural economy / Stephen L. Goldson and Peter D. Gluckman -- ch. 13. Japan's science and technology diplomacy / Atsushi Sunami, Tomoko Hamachi, and Shigeru Kitaba -- Conclusion. ch. 14. New day or false dawn? / Lloyd S. Davis and Robert G. Patman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.