The Space Policy Institute, in partnership with The Aerospace Corporation Center for Space Policy and Strategy, invites you to join us for a live debate on “Should the Wolf Amendment be Repealed?”
When: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Where: Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St, Suite 602, Washington, DC
Please register here.
Come join SPI and The Aerospace Corporation on whether the Wolf Amendment should be repealed. Hear from:
Dean Cheng, nonresident Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dan Hart, nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and President of HarTechnologies
The panel will be moderated by Brian Weeden, Director of Civil and Commercial Policy, the Aerospace Corporation Center for Space Policy and Strategy.
With remarks from Space Policy Institute Director Scott Pace and Professor of Practice of International Affairs Robert Sutter.
Background: Nearly 15 years after its inclusion in a 2011 annual appropriations bill, the Wolf Amendment remains a hotly debated topic reflecting many of the core geopolitical and philosophical issues at the heart of the debate over the U.S.-China relationship on matters of space and more. The following two essays offer contrasting views on the efficacy and relevance of the Wolf Amendment. One view argues for retaining the amendment, clarifying its limits and pointing out possible consequences a repeal could initiate. The opposing view recommends repeal of the amendment, calling it a vestige from an earlier time that only creates more bureaucracy and waste while over-politicizing space engagements between the United States and China.
Attributed to The Aerospace Corporation by Dan Hart, Dean Cheng, and Brian Weeden.
