Kathleen Curlee and Andrew Hanna shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by the Council on Foreign Relations. In their piece, they examine how U.S. space superiority is essential to defending Taiwan while sustaining America’s global leadership in the face of China’s growing space ambitions.
If the U.S. military lost its space-based capabilities, it would struggle to track enemy ships, guide missiles, coordinate forces across vast distances, and lose critical communications, making defeat more likely.Kathleen Curlee (CSET) and Andrew Hanna (former U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer)
Curlee and Hanna highlight the high stakes for U.S. defense, noting, “If the U.S. military lost its space-based capabilities, it would struggle to track enemy ships, guide missiles, coordinate forces across vast distances, and lose critical communications, making defeat more likely.”
To read the full op-ed, visit the Council on Foreign Relations.