How politicization of academic collaborations threatens global scientific progress
By
Marc W. Cadotte
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Summary
The article discusses how the politicization of academic collaborations is threatening international scientific progress. It highlights that science should transcend national boundaries, ethnicity, and religion, but geopolitical tensions are increasingly interfering with research partnerships. The International Space Station is cited as a successful example of international collaboration that managed to set politics aside. The piece argues that when political considerations override scientific goals, the entire enterprise of global knowledge generation suffers.
Key quotes
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This ideal transcends nationality, ethnicity, and religion—or at least it should.
The International Space Station... is a prime example of an important, successful international collaboration that found a way to put politics aside.
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