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Courting Science: Securing the Foundation for a Second American Century
Author: Damon Coletta
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In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American Century ends sooner rather than later may depend on Americas capacity for self-reflection and, ultimately, self-restraint when it comes to science, technology, and engineering. Democracys affinity for advanced technology has to be balanced against scientific research and progress as a global enterprise. In an era of rising challengers to Americas lead in the international order and an increasingly globalized civil society, a Scientific State has a better chance of extending its dominance. In order to draw closer to this ideal, though, the United States will have to reconsider its grand strategy. It must have a strategy that scrutinizes how tightly it constrains, how narrowly it directs, and how far it trusts American scientists. If given the opportunity, scientists have the potential to lead a second American Century through domestic science and technology policy, international diplomacy, and transnational networks for global governance. **About the Author Damon V. Coletta is Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy. He is Editor of Space and Defense, the journal of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies.
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