In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, about their recent China-U.S. wargame. They discuss the impetus for the game, who was involved, the force structure, how the game unfolded, the surprises, and the key takeaways. Key takeaways included the need for bodyguard satellites, 'self-executing' norms that allow self-defense, the emerging importance of orbits above GEO and in Cislunar, the space domain awareness required to keep track of dual-use servicing assets, the need to work and share with allies, and to engage South Korea on space cooperation.

Henry:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-sokolski-3b5409ab

https://npolicy.org/leadership-staff/henry-d-sokolski/

NPEC:

https://npolicy.org/mission/

@NuclearPolicy

A China-US war in space: The after-action report

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2022-01/a-china-us-war-in-space-the-after-action-report/

https://npolicy.org/china-waging-war-in-space-an-after-action-report-occasional-paper-2104/

https://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2104-China-Space-Wargame-Report.pdf

What a space war might look like Circa 2030:

https://npolicy.org/article_file/What_War_In_Space_Might_Look_Like_In_The_Next_One_To_Two_Decades.pdf

Why Cislunar Is Important and Hard:

https://www.afrl.af.mil/Portals/90/Documents/RV/A%20Primer%20on%20Cislunar%20Space_Dist%20A_PA2021-1271.pdf?ver=vs6e0sE4PuJ51QC-15DEfg%3D%3D

https://spaceforcejournal.org/posturing-space-forces-for-operations-beyond-geo/

Federalist Papers on Public Debate:

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0178