INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
NATO Ordered to Cut Science Program
Richard Stone
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.--Two days before last week's first-ever "Grand Gathering" in Brussels of researchers and others connected with NATO's science program, the alliance's political overseers slashed the program's $24 million budget by 13%. The fete quickly turned into a self-examination of a program that has struggled to find a suitable mission to replace its former role in helping Western nations stand up to Soviet hegemony. It also spawned a behind-the-scenes effort to reverse the cuts.