National Security

Ad Astra (Debris Permitting): The Intergenerational Value of Orbital Debris Mitigation

The increasing amount of space debris in low Earth orbit poses a significant threat to current and future generations. “Space junk,” as it is colloquially known, can disrupt weather predictions, climate monitoring, arms control verification, and more. The policy solutions are expensive, but necessary.   Satellite activity in outer space is increasing rapidly. In an […]

The Threat of White Supremacist Foreign Fighters to U.S. National Security

A growing movement of foreign fighters to Ukraine has attracted considerable numbers of white supremacist group members, many from the U.S. What does this mean for U.S. national security?   In 2017, James Fields rammed a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring […]