Space Power and National Security: Geopolitics Above the Atmosphere
In-person, Members-only
Tuesday, February 24, 2025 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Established in 2019 as the newest branch of the Armed Forces, the U.S. Space Force is tasked with the mission of securing American interests in, from, and to space. With space underpinning everyday economic activity and modern military operations, it is no longer a distant frontier but a critical arena for protecting national interests. Today, space serves as a crucial pillar of global stability, yet it is shifting from a peaceful domain to a contested arena where heightened geopolitical competition poses direct risks to national security. Nations like China, India, and have significantly expanded their military space capabilities, including satellite-based weapons, cyberattacks, and anti-satellite operations. To address these emerging threats, the U.S. must balance the imperative of defense with the necessity of international stability. How does the U.S. Space Force promote American strategic interests in the orbital domain? In what ways does increased geopolitical competition in space pose a direct risk to national security?
Join us on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET for an in-person discussion with Colonel Corey Trusty, Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Military Deputy of international affairs space division at the Pentagon, when he explores the critical role of the Space Force in securing American interests and the strategies required to protect the global interests.
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SPEAKER:
Colonel Corey Trusty
Corey L. Trusty, U.S. Space Force, is a Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Colonel Trusty most recently served as the military deputy, international affairs space division, at the Pentagon. Colonel Trusty currently creates, advocates for, and facilitates Department of the Air Force and U.S. Space Force space security cooperation policies and programs that advance U.S. national security objectives through political-military affairs, cooperative research and development, acquisition, and foreign military sales. Those policies and programs enable access to information, systems, education, and training that deliver enhanced operational capabilities to allies, partners, and coalition warfighters.
Colonel Trusty was commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 2004 with a master’s degree in public health from American Military University and a bachelor’s degree in biology and bioethics from Tuskegee University. He is a career space officer, but has diverse experience in ballistic missile early warning, space domain awareness, spacelift, space control, intelligence, cyber, nuclear deterrence operations and special operations. He has deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and International Security Assistance Force.
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