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      The Myrna Mack Case: An Update

      Committee on Human Rights,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,National Academy of Engineering

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      Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Academy of Sciences

      Many thousands of US and Russian nuclear weapons are slated to be retired as a result of nuclear arms reduction treaties and unilateral pledges. The management and disposition of these…

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      Nuclear Arms Control: Background and Issues

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Academy of Sciences

      Offering a nontechnical overview of developments in nuclear arms control, this book describes how the United States and the Soviet Union arrived at their contemporary positions - and where they…

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      Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

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      Challenges for the 1990’s for Arms Control and International Security

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Academy of Sciences,Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky

      Featuring essays by prominent experts in international security, this volume surveys the status and prospects for progress in the area of arms control under active negotiation: strategic and conventional force…

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      Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train engineers, and what are the major similarities…

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      Chinese Students in America: Policies, Issues and Numbers

      Leo A. Orleans,Committee on Scholarly Communications with the People's Republic of China,National Academy of Sciences

      The shift in US-China relations since normalization has resulted in an influx of Chinese students and scholars studying at US institutions. This book explores issues - such as China’s concern…

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      U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology: Challenges for the 1990s

      Committee on Japan,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an assessment of the extent and nature of the linkages between the United States and Japan in biotechnology. Through analysis of aggregate data and case studies, this book assesses…

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      U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition and Public Policy

      Committee on Japan,National Research Council,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the evolution of strategic alliances involving US and Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry and analyzes whether alliances can contribute to the renewal of an industry faced with stiff…

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      Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China

      Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China’s grasslands to overgrazing and excessive…

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      Technology Commercialization: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

      Committee on Utilization of Technologies Developed at Russian Research and Educational Institutions,National Research Council,Russian Academy of Sciences,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers a collection of papers that addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues that can promote or hinder technology commercialization. This book is the result of a…

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      High-Stakes Aviation: U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Transport Aircraft

      Committee on Japan,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The third in a series of sector-specific assessments of US-Japan technology linkages, this book examines US-Japan relationships that develop or transfer aircraft technology, the motivations of participating organizations, and the…

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      Lighting the Way: Knowledge Assessment in Prince Edward Island

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Knowledge Assessment,National Academy of Sciences

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      Reykjavik and Beyond: Deep Reductions in Strategic Nuclear Arsenals and the Future Direction of Arms Control

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Academy of Sciences

      Focuses on the success of efforts to manage and control nuclear arsenals. This book considers what changes in force structures, strategic thought, and political relations would be necessary to make…

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      New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

      Innovation, the process by which firms master and get into practice product designs and manufacturing processes that are new to them, is vital for companies wishing to remain competitive in…

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      Toward an Understanding of Global Change: Initial Priorities for U.S. Contributions to the International Geosphere - Biosphere Program

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Global Change (U.S. National Committee for the IGBP),National Academy of Sciences

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      The Role of Environmental NGOs, Russian Challenges, American Lessons: Proceedings of a Workshop

      Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations in Russia,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Contains proceedings of the NRC committee established to work with a Russian counterpart group on the effectiveness of Russian environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making. This work highlights the successes and…

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      Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States: Infusing Talent, Raising Issues

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Committee on the International Exchange and Movement of Engineers,National Academy of Sciences

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      Proliferation Concerns: Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities. Preventing the flow of such items to terrorist groups is…

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      The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium

      Steering Committee on the Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain,Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      This symposium brought together leading experts and managers from the public and private sectors who are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of scientific and technical data and information…

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      An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility, Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop

      Committee on the Scientific Aspects of an International Spent Fuel Repository in Russia,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,National Research Council,Russian Academy of Sciences,Development, Security, and Cooperation

      Focuses on the environmental aspects of the general location and characteristics of a possible storage site, transportation to and within the site, containers for transportation and storage, inventory and accountability…

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      Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings

      Committee on Cleaning Up of Radioactive Contamination: Russian Challenges and U.S. Experience,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia

      This publication features papers presented at the Workshop on Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials, held in Moscow in June 2007. This activity was organized by the National Academies…

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