Essential Geopolitics: A Race to Mars

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Matthew Bey, RANE's senior global analyst. Both China and the United Arab Emirates have successfully launched missions to Mars ---- and NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission is set to touch down February 18, 2021. The red planet has been the subject of countless sci-fi stories and the focus of intense geopolitical competition for decades. But there's something different about these missions and who is running them.