US Space Force a counterproductive reality

US President Donald Trump's assertiveness in the military domain has to be interpreted as an element of a strategy taking the United States from multilateralism to unilateralism. Be it in trade, the environment, global governance or security, Trump believes unilateralism serves better his slogan of "America First".

While one has to recognize the consistency of his approach, one should also point at its dangers. More broadly, new forms of nationalism cannot be the answer to a century characterized by global interdependence.

In a speech at the Pentagon on Aug 9 on the future of the US military in outer space, US Vice-President Mike Pence presented the idea of a "Space Force". Besides the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and the Coast Guard, the Space Force would become the sixth branch of the US Armed Forces.