Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the two weeks August 9-22, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. Schiess is currently the Space Force’s Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, developing and implementing policy for global operations, sustainment, training and readiness. Saltzman posted on X: “Congratulations to my teammate, Lt Gen Doug Schiess, on being confirmed as the next Chief of Space Operations. Before we go, we want to congratulate Brian Weeden for his appointment as the new Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly journal Space Policy, published by Elsevier. Brian is very well known in the space policy community and is currently Director of Civil and Commercial Policy at the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.