U.S-China space tensions an opportunity for Canada to reclaim ‘honest broker’ role

Canada should seize the convening initiative and reap the benefits from difficult discussions that are inevitable—assuming future tables still have a seat for us.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The U.S. and China may be slowly marching towards a 'cold war' and arms race in outer space. Their tensions are threatening to drag others into one bloc or the other and are increasing anxiety over space-based assets either being targeted or leveraged in military engagements. Photographs courtesy of Flickr and Wikipedia

Opinion

BY ANDREJ LITVINJENKO

November 25, 2019

The U.S. and China may be slowly marching towards a “cold war” and arms race in outer space. Their tensions are threatening to drag others into one bloc or the other and are increasing anxiety over space-based assets either being targeted or leveraged in military engagements. The U.S. wants to ...

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