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Svetla Ben-Itzhak

Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Air University

Svetla Ben-Itzhak is an Assistant Professor of Space Seminar and International Security at Air University with the West Space Seminar, Air War College. Previously, she taught for many years at Kansas State University. She has developed and taught classes on space security, international security, global security threats, U.S. politics, and applied linguistics, among others.
Ideas

Is the U.S. in a Space Race Against China?

In many space areas, the U.S. is superior not only to China, but also most other countries combined.

  • By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, The Conversation
Ideas

NASA is Crashing a Spacecraft into an Asteroid to Test a Plan That Could One Day Save Earth From Catastrophe

This isn't Hollywood.

  • By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, The Conversation
Emerging Tech

The Future of International Cooperation in Space is Splitting Along Lines of Power on Earth

Space cooperation isn't what it used to be.

  • By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, The Conversation