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Tag: Space

Institut Montaigne: Space – will Europe awaken?

1 March 2020 Editor Research and commentary, Strategy, defence and security

This policy paper takes stock of recent trends and issues in the space sector. It analyses Europe’s current position in New Space, highlighting the potential and limits of the space policy pursued by the European Union in recent years and makes five public policy proposals aimed at making Europe a real space power.

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In the news

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  • Early declassification of Trump administration’s ‘Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific’
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  • European Union and China agree investment deal
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Research & Commentary

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A China strategy to reunite America’s allies (Chatham House)

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27 December 2020

The US-Japan alliance in 2020: an equal alliance with a global agenda (Armitage-Nye)

17 December 2020

US-led global arms sales grew 8.5% in 2019, Australia top host of foreign arms companies (SIPRI)

7 December 2020

China and Brexit drive the UK’s Indo-Pacific ‘tilt’ (Bill Hayton)

28 November 2020

How Joe Biden can recalibrate US policy on China (Michael D Swaine)

12 November 2020

Radical pragmatism: policymaking after COVID (Gertz + Kharas)

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About Mike Scrafton

Mike Scrafton is a regularly-published writer on Australian and international affairs. Read more about Mike here.

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