11. Oriana Skylar Mastro: Chinese Space Ambition

In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews China expert Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro. They discuss how China views space, why space is key to any military conflict, and Taiwan in particular, how China is incentivized to attack U.S. space assets, and Chinese lines of anti-satellite research. Oriana discusses China's approach to negotiation, deterrence, diplomacy, and inducements; the potential for misunderstanding and escalation in targeting U.S. space assets; and the considerations that impact U.S.-China space cooperation. She also explains how freedom in space is critical to avoiding foreign dependence and how the U.S. must build both a resilient military space architecture and must not surrender global leadership in pursuing aspirational and inspirational space goals.

Oriana:

https://www.orianaskylarmastro.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oriana-skylar-mastro-0442779/

The Taiwan Temptation

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-06-03/china-taiwan-war-temptation