Vice President JD Vance speaking with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the US embassy in Paris on February 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on April 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
People gather in front of the Chinese Consulate General to protest the unjust conviction of Jimmy Lai on February 14, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)
Sean Kelly was manager of public programming and special projects at Hudson Institute from 2017 to 2019.
Biography
Sean Kelly was manager of public programming and special projects at Hudson Institute from 2017 to 2019. Sean also authored pieces on space and foreign policy for several publications including Politico, The National Interest, and the Weekly Standard. Sean holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Western Washington University.
With a rainbow serving as a backdrop in the sky, space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Stocktrek Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Sean Kelly
Commentary
4
Min Read
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 12, 2018. (NASA via Getty Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Sean Kelly
Commentary
3
Min Read
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NASA astronaut Ronald Garan attached to the robotic arm Canadarm2 moves a failed ammonia pump module from a storage platform on the ISS to the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis during a planned spacewalk July 12, 2011. (NASA via Getty Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Christopher Sands & Sean Kelly
Commentary
4
Min Read
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China launches Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing via Getty Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Sean Kelly
Commentary
4
Min Read
Caption
Long March 7 orbital launch vehicle carrying China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 on the launchpad in Wenchang, April 20, 2017 (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)