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America’s Space Strategy in a Changing Middle East March 26, 2025

The geopolitical landscape is shifting beneath our feet as the United States recalibrates its global strategy. This strategic pivot carries profound implications not just for conventional U.S. military force posture throughout the globe, but for an o...

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Hegseth Is Closing a Pentagon Office That Wins Wars March 19, 2025

Amid the institutional carnage of the first two months of the Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, few Americans will notice the demise of the Office of Net Assessment. That small outfit occupied a nearly windowless space in the Pentagon. Its wor...

Chinese Space Project Under Review March 18, 2025

The EU Killed Romania’s Democracy March 15, 2025

Romania has fallen to the status of a 'hybrid regime,' the only one in the European Union, and we have EU politicians and corrupt bureaucrats to thank for it.On March 11th, the Romanian Constitutional Court banned the most popular candidate from runn...

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America’s Next Sputnik Moment Is Already Here March 14, 2025

In Washington’s policy circles, warnings about America’s declining space dominance have become a familiar refrain. Yet these concerns are not mere bureaucratic hand-wringing — they reflect a reality that experts believe demands immediate attention. ...

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America’s and Ukraine’s Interests Don’t Align March 11, 2025

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s blowup in the Oval Office was the end of what should have been an obvious chain of events. The press has reported for the past two months on what increasingly dire relations between ...

Does the UN Care About Women? March 11, 2025

The BBC is not far behind in its recourse to the irrelevant and the trivial: one of its special contributions to this year’s festivities is a celebration of “the women defying skateboarding stereotypes”. Spotlighting a group of mothers who gather out...

Europe Wants to be the World’s Speech Police March 03, 2025

The greatest threat to Europe isn’t China, Russia, or some other external actor; it’s “the retreat of Europe from… fundamental values” like the freedom of speech.That was Vice President Vance’s warning to European leaders at the 2025 Munich Security ...

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U.S.-India Must Become Closer With Trump and Modi February 15, 2025

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Washington, D.C., his meeting with President Donald Trump holds the potential to reshape global geopolitics. This is not just another diplomatic visit—it is a historic moment to secure India’s rightful place...

Space Race in the High North February 15, 2025

President Donald Trump has developed a strong fixation on Greenland, and floated the idea of the United States buying the island from Denmark. The proposal has been broadly criticized for its imperialistic overtones, but it spotlights that the Arctic...

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We Must Fight China’s New Space Race February 01, 2025

This week’s launch of DeepSeek’s R1 must serve as a wake-up call for America and the West. ...

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There Is a Real Life Star Wars Happening - And the UK Isn’t Ready December 05, 2024

Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001: Space Odyssey and dozens of other sci-fi stories set in space have delighted us for decades. What’s really happening in space right now, though, should worry us.It is part of the great power competition that is going on ac...

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U.S. Opens New Space Base Near Russia, China and North Korea December 04, 2024

Serbian Democracy Depends on Media Freedom November 15, 2024

There is a push in the U.S. Congress to pass S.4741 Western Balkans Democracy Act, authored by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. The legislation comes at a critical time for democracy and govern...

The Future With Hypersonics November 15, 2024

Imagine a future where global travel takes mere hours. Where a flight from New York to Tokyo is faster than watching a movie. This is the promise of hypersonics: speeds over 3,800 miles per hour (Mach 5) that could transform commercial travel, defens...

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Five Years of the Space Force’s Strategic Progress November 05, 2024

This December, the Space Force celebrates its fifth birthday. For some, this will come as a surprise. Has it really been five years already? For others, there will surely be questions as to what the Space Force has done in those five years. For other...

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The Starship Revolution in Space October 17, 2024

SpaceX took a big step towards full reusability of space launchers on 13 October, a step towards a transformation in accessing space far more cheaply, frequently and with big payloads. ...

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China Plans To Turn Its Space Exploration Into Scientific Advances October 16, 2024

How Foreign Censorship Threatens American Free Speech October 08, 2024

On the eve of a highly-anticipated live X “Spaces” conversation between Elon Musk and former president Donald Trump, the powerful European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned in August that authorities would be “monitoring” the conversation for ...

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Make Space Great Again August 19, 2024

President Donald J. Trump transformed American space policy during his first term. He reestablished the National Space Council to coordinate national space strategy. ...

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A Fourth Joint Communique Would Benefit Washington’s China Policy August 16, 2024

August marks the 42nd anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s Third U.S.-China Joint Communique. Reagan accomplished this feat during a period of intense debate over the United States’ relationship with China to avoid a cross-Strait crisis. While to...

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How Two Stranded Astronauts Are Camping Out in Space August 16, 2024

The last time I talked to Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams—the two astronauts now stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS)—was on May 1, 2024. ...

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Ties Between Space and Defense Are Strengthening August 08, 2024

The RAND research group, whose aim is to look for ways to fix public policy issues in the United States and make communities safer, healthier and richer, published on June 24 a report called “China’s Growing Risk Tolerance in Space.”...

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In the Commercial Space Race, SpaceX is Winning August 07, 2024

Recently, Eric Berger at Ars Technica sounded the alarm about a peculiar and vexing problem in the commercial space sector. ...

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Republican's Plan to Counter China in Space July 18, 2024

The 2024 Republican National platform is poised to be adopted at the ongoing 2024 GOP convention in Milwaukee. One plank, as powerful as it is concise, calls for America to reaffirm and extend its leadership in a crucial area of geopolitical competit...

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