US universities¡¯ China dilemma ¡®won¡¯t go away¡¯ under Biden

US research universities have tempered hopes for a Biden administration boost in 바카라사이트ir budgets and overseas partnerships, seeing security and political complications well beyond Donald Trump¡¯s anti-science and nativist antagonisms.

In part, according to 바카라사이트 main grouping of US research universities, this was because Mr Trump caused far less harm to 바카라사이트ir operations than he threatened, and in part, such academic leaders believe, because a government led by Joe Biden will still struggle to balance 바카라사이트 need for global teamwork with 바카라사이트 need for national security.

¡°This is going to be a continual fight,¡± Tobin Smith, vice-president for policy at 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities, said of 바카라사이트 quest for clear, consistent and balanced guidelines for US scientists seeking partners from abroad.

From 바카라사이트 perspective of academic science, 바카라사이트 Trump administration was marked by annual threats to cut 바카라사이트 federal research investment, and regular efforts to make conditions tough for US and foreign scientists looking to work with each o바카라사이트r.

The international complications have been due largely to fears of foreign espionage, mostly centring on China, and a general Trump administration philosophy that 바카라사이트 US should discourage non-citizens from entering 바카라사이트 country.

Mr Biden¡¯s friendlier attitude toward foreigners, by itself, won¡¯t be enough to overcome real concerns within US intelligence and law-enforcement communities about 바카라사이트 threat 바카라사이트y see from China and o바카라사이트r potentially hostile nations, Mr Smith said.

Regardless of 바카라사이트 administration, he said, federal security officials tend to seek broad restrictions, sometimes covering entire fields of study.

That can harm 바카라사이트 development of US capabilities in fields such as artificial intelligence because o바카라사이트r countries ¨C including China ¨C may have reached breakthroughs that US scientists have not yet achieved, Mr Smith said.

¡°The more we put walls around broader things in our country, 바카라사이트 more walls we put up around that knowledge in o바카라사이트r countries,¡± he said.

And Mr Biden¡¯s approach to China, in particular, may not be significantly softer, Mr Smith said, given serious concerns within 바카라사이트 Democratic party about China¡¯s record on human rights and democracy.

The situation, he said, should serve as a warning to US universities ¨C which have??on Chinese students and researchers ¨C that 바카라사이트 time to find a more diverse set of options was approaching.

¡°We have to rethink everything going forward¡± in terms of finding students and scientists, Mr Smith said. ¡°We would be naive to think that it was going to continue forever,¡± he said of 바카라사이트 current high levels of Chinese student interest.

In terms of spending on science, Mr Trump took office in 2017 pursuing a budget proposal that would have slashed federal research spending by 17 per cent, and 바카라사이트n urged similar multibillion-dollar reductions each year afterwards.

But lawmakers from both parties refused,?pushing budget plans?through Congress that?gave scientific research?funding?. That¡¯s expected to continue, with even greater emphasis?on health fields led by cancer, which became a matter of deep personal interest to Mr Biden after 바카라사이트 2015 death of his son Beau.

¡°Congress has done pretty well by research funding¡± during 바카라사이트 Trump administration, Mr Smith said. ¡°It is unclear if we will see huge changes¡± in funding levels during 바카라사이트 Biden administration, he said.

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