Dr Bleddyn BOWEN is Associate Professor of Astropolitics at the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), and Co-Director of the Space Research Centre (SPARC) at Durham University, UK. He is the author of two monographs: Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space (Hurst, 2022) and War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics (Edinburgh University Press, 2020); and multiple peer-reviewed articles. Dr Bowen’s research focuses on space policy, security, and politics; military space history and contemporary defence strategy in space; as well as broader matters in technology and modern warfare. Dr Bowen has advised, presented, and briefed for many government agencies in the UK, Europe, US, and Japan.