Making it possible for sovereign states to work together is one of the
central challenges for the “global village”. In International Cooperation in
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4), two senior scientist-administrators, Roger M. Bonnet and Vittorio Manno,
document the history of the European Space Agency, which they describe as “a
unique example” that proves it can be done.
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