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Mr. FuQUA. Our last witness is Dr. Eugene B. Skolnikoff, the di- 

 rector of the Center for International Studies and professor of politi- 

 cal science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



He served on the White House staff in the Science Adviser's 

 Office in the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and was a 

 senior consultant to President Carter's Science Advisor. 



Dr. Skolnikoff, we are very glad to have you here this morning. 



[A biographical sketch of Dr. Skolnikoff follows:] 



Dr. Eugene B. Skolnikoff 



Eugene B. Skolnikoff is director of the Center for International Studies and pro- 

 fessor of political science at M.I.T. He has served on the White House staff in the 

 Science Advisor's Office in the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations, and was 

 a Senior Consultant to President Carter's Science Advisor. His research and teach- 

 ing has focused on science and public policy, especially the interaction of science 

 and technology with international affairs, covering a wide range of industrial, mili- 

 tary, space, economic, and future issues. 



STATEMENT OF DR. EUGENE B. SKOLNIKOFF, PROFESSOR OF 

 POLITICAL SCIENCE; AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR INTERNA- 

 TIONAL STUDIES, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLO- 

 GY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 



Dr. Skolnikoff. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and 

 thank you for inviting me. 



I have a statement, but I will not read all of it in the interest of 

 time. 



Mr. FuQUA. We will make the statement in its entirety — and also 

 the entire statement of Dr. Clarke, the addendum to it — part of the 

 record. 



Dr. Skolnikoff. I won't repeat my long involvement in this sub- 

 ject, both in Washington and at the university in a variety of roles. 

 But it is a subject that has engaged my personal interest and pro- 

 fessional activities for a very long time. 



The overall subject of the interaction of science and technology 

 with foreign affairs is a very broad one, touching on issues ranging 

 from nuclear war to international competitiveness to agricultural 

 productivity, and often affecting fundamental values and concerns 

 in our country. 



Today, I only want to discuss one part of the subject, as you re- 

 quested, but I ask that that be seen as part of a much larger whole. 

 I am going to focus on details, rather than generalities, about the 

 values of cooperation, because I have found that the details are 

 very often neglected in discussions when we deal with very large 

 objectives. 



My remarks are going to be largely concerned with all but the 

 very largest of international cooperative projects which tend to re- 

 ceive relatively unique attention in the policy process, but some of 

 the same considerations will apply. 



Many of the ideas I present here are an outgrowth of one aspect 

 of my work with Dr. Frank Press in the last administration, when 

 an attempt was made from the White House to stimulate more 

 international activities in science and technology as a way to 

 achieve both scientific and political objectives. But the efforts often 

 foundered on rather prosaic budget and policy hurdles rather than 

 on the policy goals, hurdles that proved very difficult to dislodge. 



