The uncontrolled reentry of a Chinese rocket last week shows the need for an update of space diplomacy, write DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy fellows W. Robert Pearson and Benjamin Schmitt in Foreign Policy . Now is the time for building out international norms around new activities of government and commercial players in both deep space and low earth orbit.

A growing number of transnational problems over the next decade will necessitate the expertise from practitioners of science and technology, writes our Rethinking Diplomacy team, urging the Biden Administration to appoint more scientists to the senior ranks of the State Department. Leaders of the National Science Policy Network co-authored this policy analysis.

In a letter to Science Magazine, our Rethinking Diplomacy team and their partners at the National Science Policy Network invite the Biden-Harris administration to create a new position of undersecretary for scientific affairs within the State Department.

The ' Black Lives Matter: Brazil-USA ' student installation at Duke's Penn Pavilion (on through Summer 2021) is dedicated to the global fight to protect Black lives and create a society built on equity and respect for all lives.