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Engage China, Engage the World

I have a short article in Ad Astra arguing the case for engaging China in cooperation on the peaceful use of outer space.

“Space control” does virtually nothing to address the most serious threats posed by the growing number of space-faring states. These threats include orbital debris, orbital crowding and improving transparency in outer space.

Managing these issues–which threaten the common interest in the peaceful use of space–will require broader international cooperation. Perhaps no state will be more important in developing stable solutions to these problems than China.

A copy with footnotes is also available.

Jeffrey Lewis

Writing on ACW 2004–2026

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is the founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk.com. He is the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. His also a non-resident affiliate at Stanford's Center for Security and International Cooperation and a Contributing Editor to Survival.

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