Science, technology and European foreign policy: European integration, global interaction

Abstract

Co-operation in science and technology is a significant component of European integration and of the European Community/Union's relations with the rest of the world. Science and technology are themselves becoming ever more relevant to global issues and to international interactions that together exercise the world of diplomacy. However, linkages between international S&T co-operation and foreign policy in Europe are rarely explicit and certainly not systematic. This paper explores the ways in which European S&T co-operation developed in the context of international relations, both internal and external. It suggests ways in which Europe's multilateral, multicultural experience could inform the design of more widespread scientific and political co-operation.