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Sam Wilson is a policy analyst for the Center for Space Policy & Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research and development center, where he works on international space, missile, and space security issues. His work has been featured in the Washington Post, Politico, Kyodo News, Japan Today, Space News, Breaking Defense, and The Diplomat, among other outlets. He previously served as a senior defense analyst at the US Government Accountability Office. You can follow him on Twitter at @spacenukesam.


Artist’s conception of Galileo satellite in orbit in 2021. Image courtesy of European Space Agency

Avoiding an unintentional space war: Lessons from Cold War nuclear diplomacy

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