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March 18, 2009
Testimony
Bruce W. MacDonald, author of the Council Special Report China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security testifies before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and focuses on three questions: 1) Does U.S. overall space policy advance space security? 2) Does the United States invest resources so as to best protect and defend space assets? 3) What role can diplomacy play in advancing space security?
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December 11, 2008
Must Read
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses the growing threat of rampant proliferation of space weapons technology and highlights the need for international discussions on the potential ramifications of another space race.
September 18, 2008
Audio
Listen to Bruce Walter MacDonald, senior director, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, discuss China's space, counterspace, and satellite programs and their implications for U.S.-China relations.
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September 18, 2008
Transcript
A Council Special Report of China, Space Weapons and U.S. Security.
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February 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Charles D. Ferguson and Bruce W. MacDonald argue that by demonstrating its anti-satellite capability, the U.S. “was stepping briefly across a dangerous threshold, undercutting American and international criticism of China and threatening an arms race in space.”
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January 24, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
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October 17, 2007
Must Read
The study gives an overview of China's space warfare and assesses the military implications of a potential conflict with China.
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October 15, 2007
Video
Matthew Brzezinski, an author and former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent, and Roger D. Lanius, a space historian at the Smithsonian Institute, discuss the legacy of Sputnik fifty years after the Soviet satellite’s launch.
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May/June 2007
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
China's recent antisatellite test, which the military conducted while leaving civilian authorities mostly in the dark, raises a disturbing question: Will Beijing's stovepiped bureaucracies prevent China from becoming a reliable global partner?
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February 22, 2007
Analysis Brief
China’s anti-satellite test set off fears of a space arms race, but American plans for space weaponization predate the test.
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