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Real Space Strategy: Starlink, Key Tool in the Battle for Freedom?

In this conversation, Christopher Stone and Ilan Berman discuss the potential of Starlink, the satellite internet service by SpaceX, to promote informational freedom in regions under authoritarian control. Berman emphasizes the importance of leveraging technology for humanitarian efforts and the empowerment of dissidents, particularly in countries like Iran. The discussion also touches on China’s response […]

Real Space Strategy: Starlink, Key Tool in the Battle for Freedom? was originally published on Global Security Review.

October 25, 2024
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There Can be No “Enduring Advantage in Space” without Space Superiority

The American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) new report, Building an Enduring Advantage in the Third Space Age, is a well-written report, authored by the well-known and respected Todd Harrison. Found in its pages are several assessments and recommendations on areas such as space launch rates and commercial expansion of the overall satellite constellation, as well as […]

There Can be No “Enduring Advantage in Space” without Space Superiority was originally published on Global Security Review.

July 30, 2024
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Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

On February 22, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York updated its list of labor outcomes by major for college graduates. Surprisingly, the data revealed that aerospace engineering is the fourth most unemployed college major, beaten only by fine arts, liberal arts, and art history. Conventional thinking argues that engineering jobs are some of […]

Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers? was originally published on Global Security Review.

July 1, 2024
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Two Years After the ASAT Test Ban: A Realistic Assessment

Introduction        Two years have passed since the United States announced a unilateral ban on the testing of destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. The ban was announced on April 12, 2022, and hailed as a first step towards establishing a norms of responsible behavior to further the ideal of sustainability in outer space. Several states, including many […]

Two Years After the ASAT Test Ban: A Realistic Assessment was originally published on Global Security Review.

May 9, 2024
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European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defense

Recently the European Union (EU) released its EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence. This document is centered on safeguarding space activities and enhancing the security of EU interests and capabilities in space through member-state cooperation. The document rightly recognizes growing threats against space assets, which enable modern civilization and warrant active protection and defense. […]

European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defense was originally published on Global Security Review.

December 18, 2023
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Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent

On August 31, 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong 1 missile into Japanese airspace, taking allies and adversaries by surprise. Fifteen years later, China emerged as an even more ominous concern for Japan’s security. Following the summer 1998 incident, it took another quarter of a century for Japan to emancipate itself from pacifist policies, revamp […]

Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent was originally published on Global Security Review.

December 5, 2023
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Anti-Satellite Capabilities and American Options for Strategic Deterrence in Outer Space

Deterrence, which is traditionally associated with nuclear weapons, is becoming increasingly unable to address emerging technologies that sit beyond the scope of conventional weapons capabilities. A proposed category of capabilities termed “inferential” anti-satellite (ASAT) are altering the cost-benefit calculus of deterrence based on their generally non-attributable nature, causing issues to arise with perceptions of deterrence […]

Anti-Satellite Capabilities and American Options for Strategic Deterrence in Outer Space was originally published on Global Security Review.

November 28, 2023
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