German scientists are multilingual and their institutions actively promote ISC to help German institutions and companies maintain a competitive edge in today s and tomorrow s global economy. ISC is seen as a necessary ingredient to Germany s current and future prosperity. The issues of the internationalization of the university education and of the attractiveness of the German system for foreigners are already high on the political agenda. It may also give rise to further public discussion on immigration, but this time concerning highly skilled specialists. Germans are much more likely to appreciate the values and approaches that different cultures bring to a problem while US scientists think that science, in and of itself, has its own culture and should be appreciated because it does not take into account national cultural differences.
Some bothersome questions remain.