The world has entered a Second Space Age, marked by an intensification of our interactions and reach into outer space. A core part of the international Space Security Index project, …
Trump just announced the creation of a Space Force. Should we be concerned?
On Monday, U.S. President Trump was due to sign Space Policy Directive-3 on space traffic management. This was exciting to those of us who work on space governance, if not …
Divisions on outer space security
A cautious optimism marked the opening of debates on outer space at the United Nations First Committee on Disarmament and International Security this past October. However, serious divisions quickly became …
Q&A: In conversation with Ambassador Paul Meyer
January 27, 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Outer Space Treaty (OST), one of the most successful international treaties ever concluded. Negotiated in an era of …
We cannot turn a blind eye to the weaponization of space
The many challenges facing the outer space domain can be generally grouped into two broad categories. On the one hand, there are those related to the risks that result from …
A failure to launch: FMCT negotiations and the CD stalemate
Briefing 16-2 Published January 20, 2016 Author Philip MacFie “Failure to launch” is perhaps the best way to describe the state of the proposed fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT). Such …
The programme of inaction (or When New York becomes Geneva)
Author Daniel Mack Daniel Mack is Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Arms Control, Instituto Sou da Paz, São Paulo, Brazil. This article first appeared on the website The Small Arms Monitor: …
Canada’s Disarmament Conference Boycott is Ill-Advised
Author Cesar Jaramillo Published in the Waterloo Region Record Canada’s newly elected Conservative majority government seems to be wasting no time in taking a tough stance on foreign policy, but …
In Defence of the PPWT Treaty: Toward a Space Weapons Ban
Author Cesar Jaramillo The Ploughshares Monitor Winter 2009 Volume 30 Issue 4 The draft Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use …
A Mixed Bag Nuclear Disarmament Resolution
Author Ernie Regehr Published by Embassy, an Ottawa-based foreign policy weekly Tomorrow’s UN Security Council session will be a significant first. Not only will it be the first time an …
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