FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Materials as Global Activity: Setting the Scene -- 2 Indicators for Trends in Globalization -- 3 Benchmarking of Materials Science and Engineering R&D -- 4 The Regulatory Regime as a Driver -- 5 Assessing the Impacts of Materials Science and Engineering R&D Globalization -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendixes -- A Committee Biographies -- B Presentations to the Committee at its Public Meetings -- C Global Trends in MSE Patents -- D Global Trends in Literature Authorship -- E Results of the Community Poll -- F Superalloy Case Study -- G Environmental and Safety and Health Regulations -- H Defining 21st Century Defense Needs.