January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
...missiles and robotic mechanisms that mimic space debris removal. The US National Space Defense Center (NSDC) provides threat-focused space domain awareness across the nation’s security space enterprise. Space Force priorities Nations around the world...
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...
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...
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...
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...
