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Could science diplomacy be the key to stabilizing international relations?

  • Written by Paul Arthur Berkman, Director of the Science Diplomacy Center and Professor of Practice in Science Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
A different kind of international dialogue.Kyle Glenn on Unsplash, CC BY

It’s no secret that United States–Russia relations are currently rife with tension and mistrust. The news is full of reports of Russia meddling in U.S. elections, seeding U.S. media with fake news, supporting the Syrian regime and so on.

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