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Europe and the rest of the world must come up with an answer to US science strategy

Nature作者：André Loesekrug-Pietri2026年10月20日查看原文 ↗
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  1. André Loesekrug-Pietri

    1. Joint European Disruptive Initiative, Paris, France.

Eighty years after Vannevar Bush’s 1945 policy manifesto, Science, the Endless Frontier, US science adviser Michael Kratsios has published Science: A New Golden Age. Bush championed open, internationalist science; Kratsios emphasizes national power and strategic advantage. Europe should read it as a warning, not a blueprint.

Nature 658, 1094 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03352-0

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