{"id":11455,"date":"2018-10-16T20:05:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T03:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=11455"},"modified":"2018-10-16T20:05:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T03:05:44","slug":"strategika-issue-54-space-force-and-warfare-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/strategika-issue-54-space-force-and-warfare-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategika Issue 54: Space Force and Warfare in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Winning the Space Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Please read a new essay by my colleague, John Yoo in Strategika.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"field-blurb field-name-field-research-teaser\">\n<div class=\"field-blurb field-name-field-research-teaser\">\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s National Security Strategy set a new course by focusing on rebuilding the domestic economy as central to national security and aiming at \u201crival powers, Russia and China, that seek to challenge American influence, values, and wealth.\u201d Critics observed that the White House seemed to reverse past presidents\u2019 emphasis on advancing democracy and liberal values and elevating American sovereignty over international cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/winning-space-race\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Space Force\u2019s Value<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Please read a new essay by my colleague from the Military History Working Group, Angelo M. Codevilla\u00a0in Strategika.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"field-blurb field-name-field-research-teaser\">\n<p>Imagine what power would accrue to the nation were its military\u2014on the ground, at sea, and in the air\u2014to be backed by a force able to decide whether or how any other country might benefit from objects in orbital space; if that nation were to control access to orbit, securing such objects and benefits for itself. Today, who can do what to whom in or by using orbital space makes a big difference. The world\u2019s significant militaries live by information from and communications through objects in orbital space. Inevitably, sooner or later, one will bid for the comprehensive capacity to control that space. Better that America be first. Establishing the U.S. Space Force will endow people with the mission\u2014the goal, the will, and the interest\u2014to make U.S. control of space happen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/space-forces-value\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A New Space Service! Hurrah!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Please read a new essay by my colleague from the Military History Working Group, Williamson Murray in Strategika.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The talk among some commentators on America\u2019s defense, furthered by the comments of the president of the United States, is that America needs a new military service, entirely devoted to wartime and peaceful operations in space. It is a brilliant idea which possesses all sorts of possibilities. What a wonderful opportunity this would present in a time in which entitlements are increasingly siphoning funds away from other federal expenditures. A whole new service, my goodness, the opportunities seem extraordinary!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/new-space-service-hurrah\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winning the Space Race Please read a new essay by my colleague, John Yoo in Strategika. President Donald Trump\u2019s National Security Strategy set a new course by focusing on rebuilding the domestic economy as central to national security and aiming at \u201crival powers, Russia and China, that seek to challenge American influence, values, and wealth.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2YL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11979,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/strategika-issue-60-the-monroe-doctrine-and-current-u-s-foreign-policy\/","url_meta":{"origin":11455,"position":0},"title":"Strategika Issue 60: The Monroe Doctrine and Current U.S. Foreign Policy","author":"victorhanson","date":"September 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Monroe Doctrine: Guide to the Future Please read a new essay by my colleague, Williamson Murray\u00a0in Strategika. 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