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All former Soviet Union countries experience their past as a heavy burden.
It led to the centralization of scientific personnel, the separation of
research from teaching at universities, and a concentration of certain branches
of technology in different parts of the Union. This has given rise to a
one-sided technology and science potential which frequently cannot be
sufficiently supported due to a lack of adequate finance. Co-operation between the Baltic States themselves is often hampered by an
exaggerated sense of national identity, and international co-operation can be
made difficult by linguistic problems. A critical issue is finance. The Baltic
States themselves are experiencing budgetary constraints, and the West is
cutting back on funding. The analytical issues dealt with in this book include specific questions,
such as in the sectors of energy policy, electrical equipment and electronics,
and environmental considerations. The transfer of technology is also discussed,
as is security: there is the possibility that science and scientific results
can be obtained from the former Soviet Union at low cost by the criminal
community. This text analyzes issues in relation to East-West scientific co-operation
including questions on the following: the sectors of energy policy; electrical
equipment and electronics; environmental considerations; the transfer of
technology; and security.
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East-West Scientific Co-operation: Science and Technology Policy of the Baltic States and International Co-operation
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