October 2015
From NEOs to real action: testing asteroid impact scenarios
... should not take us to a whole new level of preparedness and response. Only by working together will the global space and disaster management communities persuade governments and supra-national organisations that this is an aspiration worth aiming...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... and satellite communications technologies – but it will also likely be a time of new challenges, particularly wherein cyber security is concerned. Space travel and satellite communications systems are now seeing innovation and growth brought by new...
March 2015
Russia and safe space initiatives
... one of the key objectives of Russian diplomacy. The current legal framework in this sphere does not guarantee secure space, leaving room for a possible arms race. One of the worst elements of the Cold War was the...
20 February 2019
Trump signs directive to initiate his Space Force
...the likelihood of conflict, it would be a profoundly bad idea. “There are much better ways to protect satellites. Space security cannot be achieved unilaterally or solely through military means. It will require coordination and cooperation with other...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... available capacity for others to participate in the space economy. This can have the effect of freezing out other aspiring space actors, which can ultimately have a destabilising effect on space security. We should not create asymmetries by blocking...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
...at a high level, the US can exchange views with foreign governments on bilateral and multilateral space security issues, national security and military considerations often thwart meaningful dialogue and practicable solutions. Further, USSTRATCOM has...
