Why Gates is wrong: DoD's plan to use research universities is flawed

摘要

Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently launched the Minerva Consortia, an initiative meant to involve American research universities in the global war on terrorism. The Defense Department and other government agencies will provide financial support to social scientists working on areas defined by the military as relevant to American national security. Gates claims that Minerva will rebuild the links between the defense establishment and American academia. These links, according to the defense secretary, were essential in the Cold War.