if it weren't for ignorant and unfairly harsh American criticism of the EU, i think the union would have collapsed long ago. it's so weak and dysfunctional, after all.
Oof, Roscosmos has ditched its fancy plans for the future "Russian Orbital Station" and embraced a scheme to use 30-year-old ISS scrap instead. "Clearly a money-saving move" but "remarkable even for Russiaβs threadbare space program," writes Eric Berger.
For yesterday's newsletter, I finally sat down and wrote a brief comparison of this month's dueling Foreign Affairs essays by Sergey Radchenko and Thomas Graham. It's remarkable how both scholars can agree on so much while arriving at mostly opposite policy recommendations.
