China’s Space Program Through The Lens of Irregular Warfare Theory [Recommended Innovation Articles (and Commentary) #21]

Ben Zweibelson, PhD
4 min readApr 29, 2023

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This article is about China and how their space program is utilizing irregular warfare (or hybrid, asymmetric, conflict continuum, gray zone, or whatever the latest Pentagon buzz term is), and in particular, across the world in key places such as Africa. The article is available for PDF download without any pay wall, and is called “China’s Space Program Through the Lens of Irregular Warfare Theory” by Colonel William Stephens, through the China Aerospace Studies Institute. The HTML for downloads is also here and another great example of the quality research Air University puts out! Link below:

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Ben Zweibelson, PhD

Philosopher of Conflict; works at U.S. Space Command; All opinions my own!