Alessio Terzi and Stefano Marcuzzi

Alessio Terzi and Stefano Marcuzzi

Alessio Terzi is an Assistant Professor at the Bennett School of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Stefano Marcuzzi is Assistant Professor in History of International Relations at the Centre for Higher Defence Studies.

SpaceX Is the New East India Company

Although SpaceX is not about to rule over foreign subjects, as the chartered companies founded in the early modern era did, it, too, is operating beyond the reach of any sovereign. And like its predecessors, it has already accumulated immense powers that governments will struggle to reclaim.

Alessio Terzi and Stefano Marcuzzi

June 9, 2026 at 8:20 AM IST

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