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Future Strategies
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... With the growing costs of research and the shifting balance of international economic and scientific strength, the ability of any one nation to maintain preeminence in all research fields is doubtful. In the future, nations may have to target for preeminence those research areas in which they have a vital strategic interest or comparative advantage, pursue collaborative international research relationships in selected fields, and import from abroad the frontier scientific or technological knowledge developed within remaining fields.
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