New Cooperation in East Asia
Hiroshi Nagano
Christopher T. Hill
This year marks a new era for shared scientific pursuits among China, Japan, and Korea. The three nations have embarked on a new cooperative venture to support and manage science and technology. Preliminary meetings of agency officials and nongovernmental associations over the past several years culminated in a ministerial meeting earlier this year that resulted in a joint statement.* The consensus is an epoch-making event for these countries, given that although each continues to reach out to assume a larger role in world affairs, the three have tended to bump up against one another over such matters as ownership and control of natural resources, immigration, and commerce.
Hiroshi Nagano is executive director at the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan. E-mail: hnagano{at}va.rosenet.ne.jp
Christopher T. Hill is professor of Public Policy and Technology in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. E-mail: chill2{at}gmu.edu
