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Science 14 June 1996:
Vol. 272. no. 5268, pp. 1581 - 1582
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5268.1581
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News & Comment

Richard Stone

Tbilisi, Georgia--Shortly after declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the southern republic of Georgia was plunged into almost 2 years of civil war. Although the conflict is now restricted to the breakaway republic of Abkhazia in northwestern Georgia, this country of 5 million people is exhausted--its gross national product is $350 per person, on a par with Mozambique. And not surprisingly, Georgian science, which once boasted a strong math community and a productive suite of optical telescopes, is in crisis. Researchers and government officials are warning that without fundamental reforms, it will be hard to maintain even the best groups.




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