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URL:https://ploughshares.ca/events/space-cafe-geopolitics-33-minutes-with-
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SUMMARY:Space Cafe Geopolitics “33 minutes with Dr Jessica West”
DESCRIPTION:Space Cafe Geopolitics “33 minutes with Dr Jessica West” on
  nukes in space\, 2024 edition\nThis Space Café Geopolitics will feature 
 Dr Jessica West\, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares\, in conversat
 ion with Torsten Kriening\, Publisher of SpaceWatch.Global.\nNukes in Spac
 e\, a 2024 edition and an analysis of the Russian veto at the UN Security 
 CouncilLast week\, Wednesday 24 April 2024\, Russia vetoed the UN Security
  Council’s resolution to reaffirm the Outer Space Treaty’s ban on weap
 ons of mass destruction in space crafted by the US and Japan. That veto wa
 s set in the same week that at UN COPUOS in Vienna the Legal Subcommittee 
 had their 63th session. Breaking Defense’ Theresa Hitchens quoted in an 
 article about the situation our guest Dr Jessica West: “The resolution r
 eflects an unprecedented escalation of the diplomatic standoff in the Unit
 ed Nations between the United States and Russia regarding arms control and
  security measures in outer space\, which has been decades in the making\,
 ” Jessica West\, of Canada’s Project Ploughshares\, told Breaking Defe
 nse.\nIn this Space Cafe Geopolitics\, Torsten will discuss with Jessica t
 he lead up to the Security Council Resolution\, how the vote unfolded\, an
 d the potential consequences. As we reported earlier\, intelligence about 
 a possible nuclear weapon threat in outer space was leaked in the lead up 
 to the Munich Security Conference in 2024. Is this threat real\, how is it
  affecting space diplomacy\, and how can it be averted?
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