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December 11, 2025 Peter Garretson,  Jackson Schnabel American Foreign Policy Council

Space Roles and Missions: From Fragmentation to Unity

The United States faces a fundamental organizational crisis in space. America’s space enterprise remains fragmented across multiple agencies with unclear roles, overlapping responsibilities, and competing authorities. This institutional confusion undermines national security, stifles commercial innovation, and threatens U.S. leadership in the vital space domain.

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Africa Political Monitor No. 62

February 24, 2026

Nigeria works to mend fences with Washington;
Attack on Niger airport highlights growing extremist threats in Sahel;
Kenya's government accuses Russia of illegal recruitment;
DRC to expand critical mineral supplies to U.S. and UAE;
Sudanese paramilitary training camp identified in Ethiopia 

China Policy Monitor No. 1670

March 24, 2026

China launches fentanyl raids ahead of planned Trump visit;
Executives arrested for smuggling $2.5B in AI chips into China;
Beijing restricts "red-chip" IPOs amid capital flight concerns;
China unlikely to invade Taiwan in 2027, American intelligence says;
Property sector woes continue as prices hit eight-month low

Defense Technology Monitor No. 116

March 17, 2026

Laser links at sea;
China deploys subsea computing;
The Pentagon is testing cyber defense in orbit...;
...While developing jamming weapons;
The drone-ification of the Black Hawk

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 53

March 10, 2026

China steps toward semiconductor supremacy;
Seoul searching for mineral alliances with Brazil;
Japan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan;
Pakistan declares open war as cross-border strikes escalate;
Hormuz hinders trade across Asia

Information Warfare Watch No. 53

March 26, 2026

TikTok disinfo targets Poland;
Euronews faces fresh scrutiny;
Moscow moves to centralize control over nationwide communications;
Turkey moves toward tighter social media rules for minors 

Resource Security Watch No. 64

March 19, 2026

Africa's solar sector surges forward;
A new caucasian trade corridor takes shape;
A mounting Afghan food crisis;
A stockpile to counter China's mineral dominance;
A new role for agriculture in national defense

Russia Policy Monitor No. 2721

March 24, 2026

Russia's crumbling state;
Russia shares intel with Iran...;
...As Iranian drones head in the other direction;
Network of "disposable agents" conducts sabotage in Europe;
FSB expands elite protection