"The National Academy of Sciences has recognized the potential of collaboratories and sponsored initiatives to show how technology can transcend geography and bring scientists in remote locations closer together."
"[E]arly-career scientists, who can take their expertise and combine it with a world vision, can find themselves interesting careers in the U.S. Foreign Service, the U.N., or elsewhere."
The threats are real and significant, and scientists can make important contributions to protecting their countries, and the people within their borders, from these threats.