Commentary Russia is now threatening the future existence of the $100 billion International Space Station (ISS) to coerce the United States and its main ISS partners to cease their broad economic sanctions imposed to coerce Russia to end its increasingly obscene and disastrous war against Ukraine. In short, defending freedom and dissuading Russia and China from waging wars is worth much more than the ISS. Besides, Russia is now committed to supporting China’s designs for space hegemony. Dmitry Rogozin, director-general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, issued his latest and most direct threat to end the ISS. “I believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the International Space Station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions. Specific proposals of Roscosmos on the timing of the completion of cooperation within the …