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Ideas Worth Examining

Research, publications, commentary, and strategic dialogue focused on the policy, operational, institutional, and technological questions shaping U.S. spacepower.

01 — THE JOURNAL

The National Spacepower Review

A journal of spacepower policy and strategy — a deliberate middle ground between the immediacy of journalism and the rigor of the academy. A publication of record where spacepower leaders, advocates, and serious thinkers set their arguments down in full to be read, cited, and debated.

AUTUMN 2026  |  VOLUME I, NO. 1

The Guardian Generation

This inaugural issue gathers reflections from senior Guardians alongside analysis from leading thinkers in the national security space.
IN THIS ISSUE
The Guardian Generation: Builders in the Arena
Gen B. Chance Saltzman, USSF, Ret.
The Next Guardians
CMSSF John Bentivegna
The Fight for Connectivity Is Here
Gen Stephen N. Whiting, Commander, U.S. Space Command
Move, Shoot, Communicate - At Speed
Lt Gen John E. Shaw, USSF, Ret.
How the Guardian Generation Was Forged
Dr. Peter Garretson, Spacepower Strategist & Historian
Securing the Space Advantage: The Space Force's Third Act
Gen Douglas A. Schiess, 3rd Chief of Space Operations
02 — PUBLICATIONS

White Papers, Analysis, and Commentary

WHITE PAPER
The Imperative of U.S. Space Superiority
Daniel “Sphinx” Dant · Space Force Association

Balanced investment, realistic budgets, warfighting principles adapted to the domain, and rigorous wargaming before any major architectural change.

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WHITE PAPERS

Position papers stating the Association's case on questions of national consequence.

ANALYSIS

Longer-form examination of force design, operations, and institutional questions.

COMMENTARY

Short, timely argument from practitioners responding to events as they unfold.

03 — RESEARCH AGENDA

Where the Center Concentrates its Work

FORCE DESIGN

Architectures, capability mix, and the investment choices that shape the future force.

OPERATIONS & DOCTRINE

How Guardians fight: dynamic space operations, command relationships, and doctrine in practice.

INSTITUTIONS & POLICY

Budgets, acquisition, allied and commercial integration, and the law and policy of space.

PEOPLE & PROFESSION

Talent, culture, training, and the development of a distinct Guardian profession of arms.

04 — LEADERSHIP & FELLOWS

Experience across the Space Enterprise

Dr. Michael Martindale
Editor-in-Chief
EDITORIAL BOARD
Dillon Cox
Managing Editor
Alana Cox
Design Editor
William Liquori, Lt Gen, USSF, Ret.
Senior Editor
Bharath Gopalaswamy
Senior Editor
Daniel Dant, Col, USAF, Ret.
Senior Editor
Timothy Cox, Lt Col, USAF, Ret.
Senior Editor

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