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A report by the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, Health of the U.S. Industrial Base and the Impact of Export Controls, was cited by Reuters, "U.S. Said Losing Space Markets, Hobbled By Own Policy."
February 19, 2008

Author:

Jim Wolf

Associated Programs:

Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Related Research Focus:

Defense Policy

Excerpt:

Even as the United States plans a high-profile shoot-down of a wayward satellite, a new report shows Russia, China and others are gaining space market share — aided by a U.S. policy that some say has misfired.

Far from blocking the rise of foreign space capabilities, U.S. export controls tightened nearly 10 years ago had the opposite effect in some cases, an expert panel drawn largely from industry said in a study released on Tuesday.

"The grand strategic intent of the space export controls is not being achieved," said the report put out by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington research group.

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