View Bad Idea: Conflating the Space Force with NASA By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedDecember 21, 2018 As the administration moves forward with establishing a new military service focused on space, leaders should keep their language clear and use this opportunity to educate the public about both civil and national security space.
View A Space Force is Worth the Price By Todd Harrison PublishedNovember 27, 2018 We should not wait for a Pearl Harbor in space to realize we need to reorganize and elevate space as a co-equal branch of the military. Just as the Air Force was worth the disruption and additional costs more than 70 years ago, a Space Force is worth the price today.
View Why We Need a Space Force By Todd Harrison PublishedOctober 3, 2018 Space capabilities are already an indispensable component of U.S. military power. A Space Force is needed to consolidate authority and responsibility for national security space; to build a robust cadre of space professionals; and to avoid the conflicts of interest inherent in the other Services that have short-changed space programs for decades.
View Unmanned Aerial Systems’ Influences on Conflict Escalation Dynamics By John Schaus, Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedAugust 7, 2018 This CSIS analysis details how escalation and deterrence dynamics change with the increasing use of UAS in conflict areas and examines several cases of how these dynamics might realistically occur.
Unmanned Aerial Systems Military Incidents By Kaitlyn Johnson, John Schaus Last UpdatedSeptember 1, 2022 Use this interactive map to explore incidents involving UAS in conflict areas.
View Video: Could Trump’s ‘Space Force’ become a reality? By Todd Harrison PublishedMay 8, 2018 “We’re getting very big in space,” says the US president. What would a new branch of the military do?
View Around the World in 60 Minutes (Or Less!) By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedJanuary 17, 2018 Space travel could be the next revolution in human transportation. Are commercial companies, like SpaceX, developing viable options? Furthermore, what other applications may this technology have?
View Bad Idea: Armed Drones in West Africa By Alice Hunt Friend PublishedDecember 11, 2017 While the use of drones in West Africa is an operational tool, Alice Hunt Friend contends that they will make the U.S. counterterrorism efforts harder to acquire.
Oct24 The U.S. Military and Commercial Space Industry As the inaugural event of the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, this panel discussion will explore how the U.S. military can better leverage commercial space capabilities and what policy measures can be taken to support a thriving U.S. commercial space industry.
Sep06 How to Organize Military Space This one-day symposium, hosted by the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, will explore how the military space enterprise should be organized given the increasing importance of space as a warfighting domain. Speakers will examine previous efforts to reorganize military space forces, problems that need to be addressed, and the pros and cons of different organizational models that have been tried in other parts of the military.
