Is Science Diplomacy for Engineers?

Science diplomacy is commonly described as a set of practices at the intersection of scientific activity, technology, and foreign affairs. Besides politics and conflict resolution, diplomats' vocabulary has always included a variety of topics addressing global issues, such as renewable energy technologies, the preservation of tropical forests, cyber security, education, intellectual property, and marine resources, to name but a few. The benefit of engineers being an official part of the diplomacy process on multiple scales, from the vital role in tackling and solving major global issues to being important actors throughout all phases of the policymaking process, has been gaining recognition and opening space for an emerging academic field: science and engineering diplomacy.