Juliana Suess is an Associate in the Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear (Dis-)Order (STAND) project as part of the International Security Research Group for the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) – the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. She is a current PhD Student in War Studies at King’s College London and also the host of podcast War in Space.

Juliana was previously the Research Fellow for Space Security as part of the Military Sciences team at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Before this role, she was Project Officer and Research Analyst at RUSI International. Juliana holds an MA in Conflict, Security and Development from King’s College London and a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading.

Research Interests:

• Space Security
• Space Governance
• Space Warfare
• Deterrence

Social Links:

X: @JulianaSuess

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/julianasuess.bsky.social

Recent Publications:

“Net Assessment of Russian and NATO Capabilities in a Modern Strike Campaign”, Sidharth Kaushal with Juliana Suess, RUSI, Occasional Paper, 25^th February 2025

“Afghanistan as the Laboratory for Multi-Domain Integration”, Sam Cranny-Evans and Juliana Suess, in “Sifting the Ashes: Retaining the Hard-Won Lessons of Britain’s Afghan War”, Jack Watling (ed.), RUSI, Whitehall Paper, 16^th December 2024

“Recalibrating Germany’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Strengthening German-Philippine Security Cooperation”, Juliana Suess and Vanessa Vohs, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Security Blueprint No. 1, 13^th December 2024

“The Impact of a Taiwan Strait Crisis on European Defence”, Sidharth Kaushal and Juliana Suess, RUSI, Whitehall Report, 20^th November 2024

“Space: The Vital Frontier”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 8^th August 2024

“Between Ambition and Reality: How Space Fits into the UK Defence Framework”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Emerging Insights, 16^th July 2024

“You can’t hide in space anymore: China’s Shenlong Spaceplane”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 20^th June 2024

“Space: a new frontier for NATO’s defence”, Juliana Suess in “Space: Exploring NATO’s Final Frontier”, Nicolò Fasola, Sonia Lucarelli, Alessandro Marrone, Maria Vittoria Massarin, Francesco N. Moro (eds.), Norfolk, NATO, May 2024

“Russia and China Reaffirm Their Space Partnership”, Juliana Suess and Jack Crawford, RUSI, Commentary, 12^th April 2024

“The Nuclear Option – Russia’s Newest Counter Space Weapon?”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 27^th February 2024

“Necessity Knows No Law? A Potential North Korean-Russian Space Partnership”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 18^th December 2023

“A Star-spangled Screen for the Projection of Great Power Competition?”, Juliana Suess, report in “The Geopolitics of Space”, Fabrizio Botti, Ettore Greco (eds.), Istituto Affari Internazinali, June 2023

“GuoWang: China’s Answer to Starlink?”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 3^rd May 2023

“As Far as the Orbital Eye Can See – Chinese ISR Capabilities in Space”, Volume 25 – China Military Report, Juliana Suess RUSI, RUSI Defence Systems, 10^th March 2023

“The Chinese Surveillance Balloon: Blown Out of Proportion?”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 6^th February 2023

“Starlink 2.0? Taiwan’s Plan for a Sovereign Satellite Communication System”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 20^th January 2023

“North Korea’s Satellites: Smokescreen for Missile Tests or just Propaganda?”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 29^th July 2022

“Jamming and Cyber Attacks: How Space is Being Targeted in Ukraine”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 5^th April 2022

“Book Review: War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, RUSI Journal, 28^th March 2022

“The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Space Programmes”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, RUSI Defence Systems, 16^th March 2022

“The UK Defence Space Strategy”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 3^rd February 2022

“Space and the Future of War According to Russia”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 26^th November 2021

“The First UK National Space Strategy”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 4^th October 2021

“Flying Solo: How Australia’s JP9102 SATCOM Requirement Will Set New Standards”, Juliana Suess, RUSI, Commentary, 17^th September 2021