Scientific collaborations can build trust and facilitate progress in nuclear arms control and disarmament.

Local institutions are key to helping rural smallholders mitigate and adapt to climate change.

An innovation systems approach to agricultural research can be better for sustainable development than a linear pipeline approach.

Sending students abroad and inviting in foreign institutions are both effective methods for boosting developing world higher education.

South–South research collaboration can be a powerful strategy for boosting scientific capacity and achieving common goals. But it should not be embraced uncritically, says Athar Osama.