Students take action on 3 pressing global issues
June 7, 2023
In the last week of classes in spring quarter, on June 1, 18 international studies and global and regional studies majors plus a first-year graduate student and three other Social
Saadia Pekkanen
Saadia M. Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. She earned Master’s degrees from Columbia University and Yale Law School, and...
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Task Force Q&A: Kazuhiko Kimura
June 7, 2023
In spring quarter 2023, 18 international studies and global and regional studies students plus a first-year graduate student and three other Social Science majors completed the Jackson School’s Donald C.
Saadia Pekkanen co-edits special issue on space diplomacy in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
May 22, 2023
Saadia Pekkanen, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor and an outer space expert, co-edited a special issue of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Volume 18 Issue 2-3: Special Issue: Space Diplomacy:
Saadia Pekkanen on vigilance for military activities in space // Newsweek
February 28, 2023
In a Feb. 22 Newsweek article titled, “Russian Rocket Crashes Back Into Russia After 42 Years,” Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert on international relations in outer space, is
Saadia Pekkanen pens article on US and China’s space ambitions // East Asia Forum
December 8, 2022
In her article titled, “Geopolitics goes into orbit with the US and China’s space ambitions,” published by the East Asia Forum on Dec. 7, Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen analyzes
Saadia Pekkanen pens piece on promise and peril of satellite imagery // Seattle Times
August 29, 2022
Saadia Pekkanen pens an opinion piece – “Zooming in on the promise and peril of satellite imagery” – on Ukraine as “the harbinger of an emerging technology frontier.” The article
Saadia Pekkanen quoted in article on Russian missiles and space debris // Wired
March 17, 2022
In a Wired magazine article “Russian missiles and space debris,” Saadia Pekkanen is quoted on how as the war in Ukraine continues, the growing debris in low Earth orbit is a
Saadia Pekkanen quoted in article on Washington state space economy // Space News
February 23, 2022
Saadia Pekkanen, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington and an outer space expert, is quoted in an article published Feb. 22, 2022 titled, “Washington state
Saadia Pekkanen quoted on UN space diplomacy talks with Russia // Politico
February 10, 2022
In “U.N. postpones space diplomacy talks after Russia asks for more time” Saadia Pekkanen, faculty and an expert on international relations in outer space, is quoted.
Saadia Pekkanen on three challenges to responsible behaviour in space // Observer Research Foundation
October 19, 2021
In her latest article titled, “Challenges to building responsible behaviour in space,” Saadia Pekkanen, an outer space expert, talks about three key challenges to building safe, secure, and reliable practices in