View The Future of Military Power Is Space Power By Clayton Swope PublishedApril 10, 2025 Released on April 4, 2025, the Space Force Doctrine Document 1 (SFDD-1) articulates the raison d’etre and establishes a common lexicon for U.S. military space power. It spells out the what, when, where, why, and how of the Space Force and its role in the joint force today. But there is also a need to look well beyond the present, using as much…
View Next Steps for the U.S.-Japan Space Alliance By Sean Wilson PublishedApril 10, 2025 Japan’s heavy investment in space capabilities, coupled with the importance of space in supporting U.S. power projection in the region, has contributed to space becoming a strategic pillar of the U.S.-Japan alliance in recent years. The importance of the bilateral space partnership was highlighted recently in a joint statement from the February 2025 meeting of President Trump…
View Bringing the Private Sector to Space By Clayton Swope PublishedMarch 14, 2025 A steady cadence of speeches, strategies, reports, and recommendations from senior defense officials and experts extol the virtues of commercial space and urge increased use of commercial space services and products for national security. Yet the rhetoric does not match reality, in spite of meaningful progress made at the Pentagon, as commercial space is not being integrated and used at the scale needed to maximize…
Critical Questions U.S. Leadership in Lunar Spectrum Policy By Shayna Gersten PublishedMarch 17, 2025
Commentary Missile Technology Control Regime Reform: Key Changes and Next Steps By Sean Wilson PublishedMarch 14, 2025
Critical Questions Why Should the United States Prioritize Mars? By Clayton Swope PublishedMarch 14, 2025
