How can America build an enduring advantage in the third space age?

Todd Harrison shows that the US must reduce obstacles for new launch vehicles and companies, accelerate military space missions, and enhance the lure of international partnerships.

It was a great pleasure to talk with Colin Dueck alongside J. Berkshire Miller at American Enterprise Institute American Enterprise Institutefdp yesterday on the current state and the future of #Canada - #US relations. Many thanks to our hosts for their support and hospitality. Macdonald-Laurier Institute CNAPS Kori Schake 🌻🇺🇦 @kschake.bsky.social

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China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are about to enter into an era of depopulation, in which they will age dramatically and lose millions of people.

India has made impressive strides in poverty reduction on Modi’s watch. But talk of the Indian economy rivaling China’s any time soon is vastly overblown. [My take]

Bottom line (and end of thread): The United States must act quickly to seize this once-in-a-generation moment before the window of advantage closes.

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I'm excited to release a report this morning titled 'Building an Enduring Advantage in the Third Space Age.' Key takeaway: the US has a significant lead in space, but to turn this temporary lead into an enduring advantage it needs to move quickly. 🧵
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The always-quotable House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith House Armed Services Democrats speaks at American Enterprise Institute now w/Kori Schake 🌻🇺🇦 @kschake.bsky.social

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“China is a lifeline” for Russia, said AEI's Leon Aron. But while there is “no love for Iran or North Korea,” Putin needs those countries, too, he added.
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What do the nationalist right and the Chinese Communist Party have in common?

'They both love Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban,' writes Marc Thiessen 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🇹🇼🇮🇱. wapo.st/4blAvBu

On the latest episode of One on One, @MarcThiessen discusses Ukraine and offers advice to the Trump campaign.
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NEW | The IDF began conducting targeted airstrikes against Palestinian militias in eastern Rafah on May 6.

Israeli officials suggested on that a clearing operation into eastern Rafah is imminent.

“They are all very suspicious, they still don’t trust one another.'

AEI's Kenneth Pollack quoted on the viability of Arab armies working together to provide a peacekeeping force in Gaza.
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The Houthi movement said it will expand its attacks into the eastern Mediterranean.

The Houthis' Shahed-136 can reach the eastern Mediterranean, but Houthi attacks into the Mediterranean will probably be less effective than their attacks into the Red Sea.

NEW | Israel's defense minister said that Israel does not believe Hamas will agree to a ceasefire.

Orban just signed agreements with China’s minister of public security to permit Chinese police to patrol within the country and more easily hunt down Chinese dissidents in Europe. Why are ⁦CPAC⁩ and ⁦Heritage Foundation⁩ embracing Orban? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

NEW | Hamas and Qatari delegations arrived in #Cairo to discuss the current ceasefire proposal on May 4. Read tonight's update from CTP and Institute for the Study of War: criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-…

NEW | The Houthi movement said it will expand its attacks into the eastern Mediterranean. The Houthis' Shahed-136 can reach the eastern Mediterranean, but Houthi attacks into the Mediterranean will probably be less effective than their attacks into the Red Sea.