Andreea Mosila

As humanity moves beyond Earth’s atmosphere and into the vast realm of space, the geopolitical implications of our extraterrestrial ambitions have become increasingly complex. What was once the domain of Cold War superpower rivalry has evolved into a multi-faceted arena involving state actors, private enterprises, emerging economies, and international institutions. This new dimension of global […]

On June 25, 2025, NASA leadership convened an agency-wide town hall to address the fallout from the proposed FY2026 budget. The atmosphere was tense. With a nearly 50% cut to the agency’s science division, the message was clear: missions will be canceled, programs will be dissolved, and thousands of civil servants and contractors will be

On May 29, 2025, the European Commission unveiled its Strategic Approach to the Black Sea, a long-anticipated roadmap that repositions this once-overlooked region at the heart of European and global security planning. For years, Romania and its neighbors have argued that the Black Sea is not a peripheral space but a strategic frontier where security,

In a stunning shift in U.S. space priorities, the 2026 presidential budget proposal calls for a 50 percent cut to NASA’s science programs. Among the casualties is one of the most ambitious robotic missions ever conceived: the Mars Sample Return (MSR). This mission, a decades-long international collaboration, was set to bring back Martian soil and