Informed Decisionmaking for Lasting Peace
The World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS) will host their annual online conference from 8-11 September 2026, building Solutions to Global Turbulence: Peace, Prosperity and Freedom with insights from the 2025 WAAS Conference. Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman will share observations about “Informed Decisionmaking for Lasting Peace” during the Bridging the Science-Policy Gap panel. Synergies…
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY BUILDS TRUST WITH COMMON INTERESTS AND CONTINUITY: A Commemoration on the 80th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program
Following is the first paragraph of an essay the Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE) invited me to “commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 80th anniversary of the Fulbright Program”. With symbolisms and synergies – this commemoration underscores a journey with science diplomacy that accelerated with the 1959 Antarctic Treaty on…
Celebrating our Blue Planet with Knowledge Discovery Across Centuries
Celebrating International Days, Years and Decades with the 2026 collage of the second WORLD DAY FOR GLACIERS on March 21st and WORLD WATER DAY on March 22nd, at the end of the International Year of Glaciers Preservation (IYGP) 2025, applying science diplomacy across the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (DACS) from 2025-2034 with the…
5th International Polar Year (IPY-5) with Science Diplomacy and Global Inclusion
The 5th International Polar Year (IPY-5) 2032-2033 has been planned since 2023 with ramp-up, implementation and legacy stages – “striving for holistic, systemic, transdisciplinary research approaches” to foster the “widest possible international collaboration to produce knowledge for action with direct societal relevance”. These are important, perhaps even sufficient goals for humanity, but are hollow without…
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY AND THE PRECISION OF LAW
Among the guiding principles of science diplomacy is the precision of law – as a key building block of science with society, including the natural sciences, social sciences and Indigenous knowledge. The precision of law reflects current circumstances, which are inherently transdisciplinary. The eloquent “Opinion and Order of the Court” in the United States on…
Tribute to Kristina Gjerde: Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) and the ABC’S of World Peace
Today, 17 January 2026, the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) enters into force, following 120 days after the 60th nations deposited its instrument of ratification. The BBNJ journey is a tribute…
WORLD PEACE THROUGH INCLUSIVE ARCTIC DIALOGUE WITH TRUST IN SCIENCE
In the seasonal spirit of peace and the common interest of humanity to survive across generations… The following invited speech about “World Peace Through Inclusive Arctic Dialogue and Trust in Science” was delivered virtually in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 9 December 2025 at the Anniversary XV International Forum (ARCTIC: TODAY AND THE FUTURE) named after…
Science Diplomacy and the Choice to Build Common Interests with International Relations
Yeditepe Üniversitesi in Istanbul, Turkey, hosted a hydrid Science Diplomacy Forum on 11-12 November 2025. In his invited keynote, Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman shared observations about “Science Diplomacy and the Choice to Build Common Interests with International Relations”. The choice to build common interests has been recognized prominently – rather than to resolve conflicts…
Pan-Arctic Cooperation – Reversing the Polarity
Ukraine and the Arctic are Intertwined An International Expert Seminar on “The American Factor in Indo-Russian Relations in the Arctic” was convened in Moscow, Russian Federation, on 24 September 2025 by The Arctic Century – Arctic Research Centre, Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russia Academy…
Third Annual Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC) – August 9th
The Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC), now in its third year, will take place again on August 9th – circling the Earth with the Sun across three 8-hour regions in 24 hours (00:00-24:00 GMT) on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples during this International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. In…