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On February 2, 2023, The Duke University Rethinking Diplomacy Program’s Space Diplomacy Lab welcomed journalist and author, Leonard David from “Inside Outer Space”, and Joey Roulette, a free-lance reporter and frequent contributor at Reuters on space, to a media roundtable discussing 2023’s most pressing issues and emerging trends in space economics, governance, and diplomacy. The roundtable featured an in-depth discussion with RDP’s Space Diplomacy Lab Co-Chairs Giovanni Zanalda and Dr. Ben Schmitt; RDP Fellow Amb W. Robert Pearson (ret); and Affiliate Fellows, Dr. Britt Lundgren and Dr. Lynsday Gray. Duke’s Rethinking Diplomacy Program (RDP) brings together diplomats, policy practitioners, faculty, and leading experts in various disciplines for academic collaboration, policy recommendations, and scholarship. RDP aims to promote and encourage anticipatory diplomacy–earnest, multilateral diplomatic discussion on global issues before they become crises.
On February 2, 2023, The Duke University Rethinking Diplomacy Program’s Space Diplomacy Lab welcomed journalist and author, Leonard David from “Inside Outer Space”, and Joey Roulette, a free-lance reporter and frequent contributor at Reuters on space, to a media roundtable discussing 2023’s most pressing issues and emerging trends in space economics, governance, and diplomacy. The roundtable featured an in-depth discussion with RDP’s Space Diplomacy Lab Co-Chairs Giovanni Zanalda and Dr. Ben Schmitt; RDP Fellow Amb W. Robert Pearson (ret); and Affiliate Fellows, Dr. Britt Lundgren and Dr. Lynsday Gray. Duke’s Rethinking Diplomacy Program (RDP) brings together diplomats, policy practitioners, faculty, and leading experts in various disciplines for academic collaboration, policy recommendations, and scholarship. RDP aims to promote and encourage anticipatory diplomacy–earnest, multilateral diplomatic discussion on global issues before they become crises.
