Open AccessRemote foreign policy
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo081i026p00290-04
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , foreign policy , enforcement , law enforcement , administration (probate law) , political science , state (computer science) , remote sensing , public administration , business , geography , law , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , politics
Remote sensing has played an important role in U.S. foreign policy at least since 1962, when the Kennedy Administration released images taken from high altitude airplanes of Soviet missiles on Cuban soil. Since then, remote sensing also has helped with environmental monitoring, understanding and responding to severe weather events and natural and industrial disasters, and international law enforcement. The U.S. State Department on June 6 announced several new initiatives to promote the use of remote sensing in the foreign policy arena. The department requested the National Academy of Sciences to establish a panel of experts from government, industry, and academia to review the role of remote sensing in foreign policy development.