Over the last week, like most people here, I have been watching Russia's massive invasion of Ukraine unfold. It has been hard to witness the rising toll of civilian causalities and Ukraine's desperate struggle to survive. I have also been supportive of the increasing sanctions being imposed by democratic countries around the world. This article addresses the challenges these sanctions pose to scientific openness and global cooperation. It's written from a publisher's point of view, naturally, but these are matters that touch each of us personally. The authors write, "the scientific decoupling we are seeing currently is notable and somewhat surprising. It is also a cause for some concern. Scientific diplomacy is a long-standing soft power element of foreign policy." Maybe. But it is hard to watch the bloodshed while knowing that the people across the table are doing nothing to stop it.
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