W. Robert Pearson

W. Robert Pearson is a fellow in the Rethinking Diplomacy Program at Duke University’s Center for International and Global Studies, a former director general of the U.S. Foreign Service, and a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey.

Articles by W. Robert Pearson
Russia's Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft, carrying people to the International Space Station, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017.
Russia's Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft, carrying people to the International Space Station, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017.

2022 Is the Year for a Space Summit
Argument |
W. Robert Pearson, Benjamin L. Schmitt
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020.

The Crisis in Space
Argument |
W. Robert Pearson, Benjamin L. Schmitt
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