Countering pLEO: Fighting Mass with Mass and Living with Imperfection

The United States has entered a world in which no one power can maintain sustained space superiority.

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Countering pLEO: Fighting Mass with Mass and Living with Imperfection

The United States has entered a world in which no one power can maintain sustained space superiority.

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Upheaval in the Heavens: Fighting in Low Earth Orbit

For over four decades, the United States could take space superiority for granted. But old assumptions no longer hold for new hurdles in space.

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The Dollars Before the Fight: Economic Fortitude

By focusing on increasing trade in key industries beyond national security and developing both domestic and international friendly trading blocs, the US can shape the operational environment and build economic fortitude.

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Ukraine and Credible Deterence

To stop the invasion, the United States should have challenged three crucial Russian assumptions earlier in 2022.

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No Shortcuts Left: Deterring Russia's Invasion in 2022 was Impossible

After a decade of failed responses, there was little the United States could do in 2022 to change Putin's calculus.

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