". . . should help mobilize Government support for the nation's slipping technological and international trade position. . . ." Leonard Silk, ;ITThe New York Times.;IT A blue-ribbon panel takes a critical look at the state of U.S. leadership in technological innovation and trade.

International Competition in Advanced Technology: Decisions for America

Business & Money

Policy and Global Affairs

Office of International Affairs

A Consensus Statement Prepared by the Panel on Advanced Technology Competition and the Industrialized Allies

National, Research Council

Economics

National Academies Press

This nontechnical overview of developments in nuclear arms control describes how the United States and the Soviet Union arrived at their present positions--and where they might go from here. According to Foreign Affairs, "This book is proof that the complexities of arms control can be successfully explained in a nontechnical, and even more importantly, nonpartisan manner. . . . It presents the key issues in a clear, thorough, and remarkably up-to-date way. . . . Strongly recommended as a primary source for classroom and public discussions." Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>1 Overview</li>
<li>2 Strategic Offensive Nuclear Arms Control</li>
<li>3 The Nuclear Freeze</li>
<li>4 The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Negotiations</li>
<li>5 Strategic Defensive Arms Control: The SALT I Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty</li>
<li>6 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Arms Control</li>
<li>7 Nuclear Test Bans</li>
<li>8 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons</li>
<li>Acronyms</li>
<li>Appendix A SALT I Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms</li>
<li>Appendix B SALT II Treaty</li>
<li>Appendix C SALT I ABM Treaty</li>
<li>Appendix D Limited Test Ban Treaty</li>
<li>Appendix E Threshold Test Ban Treaty</li>
<li>Appendix F Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty</li>
<li>Appendix G Non-Proliferation Treaty</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

Nuclear Arms Control: Background and Issues

History

National Academy Of Sciences

Committee on International Security and Arms Control

Military

No more important issue faces us today than the future success of efforts to manage and control nuclear arsenals. Reykjavik and Beyond represents the careful consideration of this subject by a group of experts deeply involved in arms control. The authors consider what changes in force structures, strategic thought, and political relations would be necessary to make possible large reductions in the superpowers' nuclear arsenals. They also examine how very deep cuts would affect other aspects of the military balance and the political and international order more broadly. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>1. Reykjavik and Beyond: Implications of Deep Reductions in Strategic Nuclear Arsenals and the Future Direction of Arms Control</li>
<li>2. The Purpose and Effect of Deep Strategic Force Reductions</li>
<li>3. The Impact of Defenses on Offensive Reduction Regimes</li>
<li>4. The Impact of New Technologies and Noncentral Systems of Offensive Reduction Regimes</li>
<li>5. Alliance Issues</li>
<li>6. Implications for Conventional Forces</li>
<li>7. The Future of Arms Control</li>
</ul>

Reykjavik and Beyond: Deep Reductions in Strategic Nuclear Arsenals and the Future Direction of Arms Control

By Leo A. Orleans for the Committee on Scholarly Communications with the People's Republic of China, National Academy of Sciences The shift in U.S.-China relations since normalization has resulted in a rapid influx of Chinese students and scholars studying at U.S. institutions. There is an urgent need among institutions and individuals working with the Chinese for firm data about the Chinese student population. Also needed is a better understanding of Chinese policies and practices on foreign study. Chinese Students in America is the only comprehensive resource available today to fill these needs. Author Leo A. Orleans uses original Chinese resource materials to explore several overall issues--such as China's concern about a "brain drain" as more Chinese students decide to stay in the United States. He explains why data on Chinese students in the United States are so elusive and presents an in-depth analysis of the best figures that are available. Chinese Students in America will be of particular interest to policymakers, professors and administrators who work with Chinese students and scholars, specialists in education, international organizations, members of U.S.-China affiliations, and libraries, as well as Chinese students and scholars studying in America. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Part I: China</li>
<li>1. The Evolving Policies</li>
<li>2. The Brain-Drain Issue</li>
<li>3. Problems in Utitilzing Returning Students and Scholars</li>
<li>Part II: Chinese Students and Scholars in the United States, Numbers and Characteristics</li>
<li>4. Understanding the Statistics: Problems and Issues</li>
<li>5. Statistics on Trends and Characteristics of Exchange Participants from China</li>
<li>Conclusion: Chinese Students: An Emerging Issue in U.S.-China Relations?</li>
<li>Appendix: State Education Commission Provisions on Study Abroad</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

Chinese Students in America: Policies, Issues, and Numbers

Travel

Orleans, Leo A.

Specialty Travel

Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Overview</li>
<li>Food</li>
<li>Fuel</li>
<li>Fodder</li>
<li>Fiber and Other Products</li>
<li>Index</li>
</ul>

Saline Agriculture: Salt-Tolerant Plants for Developing Countries

Engineering & Transportation

Board on Science and Technology for International Development

Engineering

During the past decade, the field of astrophysics has progressed at an impressive rate. This was reflected by the topics discussed at the workshop from which this book eminated. These topics include the inflationary universe; the large-scale structure of the universe; the diffuse X-ray background; gravitational lenses, quasars and active galactic nuclei; infrared galaxies; results from infrared astronomical satellites; supernova 1987A; millisecond radio pulsars; quasi-periodic oscillations in the X-ray flux of low-mass X-ray binaries; and gamma-ray bursts. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>FRONT MATTER</li>
<li>INSTABILITIES IN SN1987A AND OTHER SUPERNOVAE</li>
<li>ON THE EVOLUTION OF PULSARS</li>
<li>THE SPIN DOWN OF THE RADIO PULSARS BRAKING INDEX</li>
<li>AXIALLY SYMMETRICAL SUPERNOVA REMNANTS</li>
<li>NEUTRON STARQUAKE MODEL FOR GAMMA-RAY BURSTS</li>
<li>THE SHOCK BREAKOUT IN SN1987A MODELLED WITH THE TIME-DEPENDENT RADIATIVE TRANSFER</li>
<li>MANIFESTATIONS OF DYNAMO DRIVEN LARGE-SCALE MAGNETIC FIELD IN ACCRETION DISKS OF COMPACT OBJECTS</li>
<li>TURBULIZATION OF SHEAR FLOWS IN ASTROPHYSICS</li>
<li>REGULAR VARIABILITY OF THE SHAPE OF THE PRIMARY MINIMUM OF THE ORBITAL LIGHT CURVE OF SS 433 WITH THE PHASE OF THE PRECESSIONAL PERIOD</li>
<li>CHAOTIC INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE AND THE ANISOTROPY OF THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE</li>
<li>THE CYCLOTRON ABSORPTION LINE AND ECLIPSE TRANSITION PHENOMENA OF 4U 1538-52</li>
<li>RADIO TELESCOPES AS THE DETECTORS OF SUPER HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRIONS</li>
<li>OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI</li>
<li>ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL RELATIVISTIC STELLAR WINDS</li>
<li>CLUSTER RESEARCH WITH X-RAY OBSERVATIONS</li>
<li>OBSERVATIONS OS X-RAY PULSARS FROM THE KVANT MODULE</li>
<li>GENERATION OF ULTRAHIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS IN ACCRETING X-RAY PULSARS</li>
<li>CAN A MAN-MADE UNIVERSE BE ACHIEVED BY QUANTUM TUNNELING WITHOUT AN INITIAL SINGULARITY?</li>
<li>ON THE ORIGIN OF THE DIFFUSE X-RAY BACKGROUND</li>
<li>GRAVITATIONAL LENSES: THE CURRENT SAMPLE, RECENT RESULTS, AND CONTINUING SEARCHES</li>
<li>COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURSTS</li>
<li>GEORGIAN SPACE RESEARCH PROGRAM</li>
<li>ON THE NATURE OF PULSAR RADIATION</li>
<li>OBSERVING SN 1987A WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER</li>
<li>QUASI-PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS IN LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES</li>
<li>THE EVOLUTION OF THE GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION FROM STELLAR COMPONENTS OF GALAXIES</li>
<li>CLOSE BINARY STARS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS</li>
<li>THE LARGE-SCALE SURFACE BRIGHTNESS DISTRIBUTION OF THE X-RAY BACKGROUND</li>
<li>X-RAY EMISSION FROM ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI</li>
<li>ON THE OBSERVATIONAL APPEARANCES OF A FREELY PRECESSING NEUTRON STAR IN . . .</li>
<li>THE PSR 2127+12 AS AN INDICATOR OF A MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE CORE OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER M 15</li>
<li>THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF DOMAIN WALLS</li>
<li>A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DETECTED BY THE KONUS EXPERIMENT ON VENERA 11 and 12</li>
<li>EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY SOURCE COUNTS</li>
<li>ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES</li>
<li>THE PECULIAR VELOCITY FIELD PREDICTED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF IRAS GALAXIES</li>
<li>X-RAY RADIATION FROM SUPERNOVA 1987A. THE RESULTS OF THE KVANT MODULE IN 1987-89</li>
<li>BASIC PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY FROM PULSAR TIMING DATA</li>
<li>GAS FLOW AND GENERATION OF X-RAY EMISSION IN WR+OB BINARIES</li>
<li>HYDRODYNAMIC STUDY OF SUPERNOVA 1987A: THE PHASE OF A WAVE OF COOLING AND RECOMBINATION</li>
<li>APPENDIX</li>
</ul>

High-Energy Astrophysics: American and Soviet Perspectives/Proceedings from the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Workshop on High-Energy Astrophysics

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

How can high-growth areas such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America sustain agricultural production for current and future generations? Toward Sustainability explores research priorities to support sustainable agriculture. The book identifies six areas that could offer great rewards: addressing institutional constraints on resource conservation, enhancing soil biological processes, managing soil properties, improving water resource management, matching crops to environments, and effectively incorporating social and cultural dimensions into research. Also highlighted is the importance of developing collaborative, integrated research strategies and flexible mechanisms to periodically evaluate and reassess research priorities.

Toward Sustainability: Soil and Water Research Priorities for Developing Countries

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Water Science and Technology Board

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

Committee on International Soil and Water Research and Development

This volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China's grasslands to overgrazing and excessive cultivation of marginal areas and discuss measures to limit the damage. The book gives its view on the Chinese approach to the study of grasslands and the relevance of this activity in China to global scientific concerns. Table of ContentsFront MatterIntroductionPart I Overview1 The Grazinglands of Northern China: Ecology, Society, and Land UsePart II Chinese Literature on Grassland Studies2 Northern China3 The Northeast4 Xilingele5 Central Inner Mongolia6 Gansu and Qinghai7 Xinjiang8 Social SciencesPart III Chinese Institutions for Grassland Studies9 Beijing10 The Northeast11 Inner Mongolia12 Gansu and Qinghai13 XinjiangPart IV Summary and Analysis14 Key Issues in Grassland StudiesIndex

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China

Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China

In developing countries, traditional fermentation serves many purposes. It can improve the taste of an otherwise bland food, enhance the digestibility of a food that is difficult to assimilate, preserve food from degradation by noxious organisms, and increase nutritional value through the synthesis of essential amino acids and vitamins. Although "fermented food" has a vaguely distasteful ring, bread, wine, cheese, and yogurt are all familiar fermented foods. Less familiar are gari, ogi, idli, ugba, and other relatively unstudied but important foods in some African and Asian countries. This book reports on current research to improve the safety and nutrition of these foods through an elucidation of the microorganisms and mechanisms involved in their production. Also included are recommendations for needed research. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>FRONT MATTER</li>
<li>I. RESEARCH PRIORITIES</li>
<li>II. OVERVIEW</li>
<li>III. MILK DERIVATIVES</li>
<li>IV. PLANT DERIVATIVES</li>
<li>V. ANIMAL DERIVATIVES</li>
<li>VI. HUMAN HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION</li>
<li>VII. COMMERCIALIZATION</li>
<li>BOARD ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (BOSTID)</li>
<li>BOSTID PUBLICATIONS</li>
</ul>

Applications of Biotechnology in Traditional Fermented Foods

Panel on the Applications of Biotechnology to Traditional Fermented Foods

Biological Sciences

This book reviews the evolution of strategic alliances involving U.S. and Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry and analyzes whether alliances can contribute to the renewal of an industry faced with stiff competition from Japan. It includes case studies, alternative future scenarios, and suggestions for government and industry. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction2 Background: Technology Transfer and Latecomer Catch-Up3 Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer4 Forces Driving the Formation of Strategic Alliances5 A Typology of Alliances6 Issues for U.S. Policy: Japanese Investments and U.S. Competitiveness7 Issues for U.S. Policy: National Security8 Issues for U.S. Policy: Global Technological Stratification and U.S. Technological Capabilities9 Possible Scenarios for U.S.-Japan Alliances and Their Implications for the United States10 ConclusionsAppendix A: Case Studies of U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in SemiconductorsAppendix B: Examples of Japanese Acquisitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor CompaniesAppendix C: Examples of Japanese Acquisitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials CompaniesAppendix D: Workshop on U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Semiconductors: Agenda and Participants

U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy

Committee on Japan

International

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