To gather for a scientific goal --- Because the role that science diplomacy can play in foreign policy as suggested by the examples mentioned on the article. Scientific collaborations can gather for a common goal and around common values, so that initiate positive relations and improve public opinion, within the US and outside the country. As the authors said, a positive image of the US is essential to support American influence and ability to implement policy. In addition, science is often seen as a neutral ground detached from politics, with a more genuine purpose, an interesting point at a time when US political decisions and military actions were not supported by global public opinion

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