Britain and the 
  Geopolitics of Space 
  Technology
  Safeguarding long-term UK space interests 
  in an era of great power competition 
  Dr John B Sheldon
  Foreword by Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP
     Britain and the Geopolitics 
     of Space Technology
     Safeguarding Long-Term UK Space Interests in an 
     Era of Great Power Competition 
     Dr John B Sheldon
     Foreword by Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP
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        Britain and the Geopolitics of Space Technology
                                              About the Author
                                              Dr John B Sheldon is Senior Adviser to Policy Exchange’s Space Policy 
                                              Unit. In his main job he serves as an Associate Partner at AzurX, a strategic 
                                              technology and investment company headquartered in Dubai, United 
                                              Arab Emirates. He previously served as a Strategic Adviser to the UAE 
                                              Ministry of Defence in Abu Dhabi for over five years. Prior to his current 
                                              position, John was Executive Director of the George C. Marshall Institute, 
                                              a think tank in Washington, DC, and Professor of Space and Cyberspace 
                                              Strategic Studies at the U.S. Air Force’s School of Advanced Air and Space 
                                              Studies (SAASS), at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. John started his career as a 
                                              diplomat in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. John has consulted 
                                              on national security space and cyber issues for numerous governments 
                                              and corporations around the world and is also the founding editor (now 
                                              Emeritus) of Astropolitics, a leading peer-reviewed space policy journal, and 
                                              for five years was the publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. 
                                              About the Space Policy Unit
                                              Launched in April 2019 by the then US Secretary of the Air Force, Hon 
                                              Heather Wilson, and then UK Science Minister Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP, 
                                              Policy Exchange’s Space Policy Unit – founded and led by Gabriel Elefteriu 
                                              FRAeS – is the first of its kind at any UK think tank. The Unit’s mission 
                                              is to champion a comprehensive development of UK “space power” as a 
                                              critical component of the UK national interest in the 21st century. Our 
                                              goal is to help lift Britain’s space ambitions to the next level, and help 
                                              build a strong, exciting vision for UK in space that can be taken up by 
                                              Government and Parliament in the years ahead.
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