October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... and exclusively directed at profit-making, space activities are shifting away from international cooperation and from protection of the core principles of international space law which focus on inclusive benefits and interests of all States. Other...
25 February 2022
Space Station rides above international conflict
... the orbiting outpost, the construction of which was first started in 1998 and is often held up as a beacon of international cooperation. The ISS, which is a collaboration among the US, Russia, Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency, is divided...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... in the general interest and provides benefits for all and not just to those engaged in the activities. International cooperation needs to be re-instated as the pre-eminent aim for space action. It is also increasingly obvious that preserving space...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... will feel the need to develop independent capabilities if President Trump follows through on threats to withdraw international cooperation. Meanwhile, Russia remains a power in space, if a greatly diminished one. In February 2025 China unveiled the...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... current situation in the GEO belt? And what is the best possible set of near-term actions involving international cooperation through bodies such as the United Nations Committee On the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), data sharing...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... War that carried the first men into Earth orbit would one day be replaced by international cooperation? This was the case with regard to the International Space Station (ISS), the starting point for a real multi-national...
