National and International Space Security
May 18, 2023
Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows, IEEE Spectrum
May 11, 2023
China’s spaceplane conducted proximity and capture maneuvers with subsatellite, data suggests
May 10, 2023
May 8, 2023
Destructive ASAT Missile Testing Threatens Everyone, Australia In Space Issue #5
Apr 6, 2023
China invites Venezuela to join moon base project, SpaceNews
Mar 20, 2023
The development and implementation of international UN guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities (1), COSPAR Advances in Space Research
Mar 20, 2023
The Role of International Cooperation for Stabilizing Potential Friction Points in the Space Domain (1), Essential Air and Space Law, Vol 26. Outer Space – Future for Humankind: Issues of Law and Policy, Liber Amicorum George Robinson Eds. Marietta Benkö and Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Boom Uitgewers, Den Haag., p. 105-128
Mar 20, 2023
Mar 16, 2023
The OEWG on reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviour: what has happened so far and what is to come, African Perspectives for Advancing Space Security through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviours Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya
Mar 16, 2023
Past and present initiatives for space security: how do they relate to the work of the OEWG?, African Perspectives for Advancing Space Security through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviours Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya
Feb 17, 2023
Demystifying the United States Space Force, All Things Policy Podcast
Feb 17, 2023
The Threat of Anti-satellite Weapons (ASATs) and What Can Be Done About It, Webinar for the African Space Leadership Institute
Feb 16, 2023
Panel: Securing Future Communications – The Use of New Technologies, Global Space & Technology Convention, Singapore
Feb 8, 2023
China and Strategic Instability in Space, United States Institute for Peace, Washington, DC
Feb 5, 2023
Ukraine Series: A New Era of Anti-Satellite Warfare with Dr. Brian Weeden, National Security Law Today Podcast
Jan 29, 2023
Now Available: "The Cyber Counterspace Threat: Coming Out of the Shadows" by Victoria Samson, The Cyber Counterspace Threat: Coming Out of the Shadows, CIGI
Jan 12, 2023
Mitigating Noncooperative RPOs in Geosynchronous Orbit, Aether With Kaitlyn Johnson and Thomas Roberts.
Jan 11, 2023
The Nature of Threats to Space Systems: Counterspace Capabilities, Wilton Park event WP3093, "Responsible Space Behaviours: Latin American Perspectives," Panama City, Panama
Oct 28, 2022
Crisis Stability in Space: China and Other Challenges, Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
Sep 29, 2022
Sep 18, 2022
The current state of international governmental and commercial best practices and norms of behaviour in space 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France
Sep 13, 2022
Current and future earth-to-space threats by States to space systems, remarks given during the 2nd Open-Ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats Through Norms, Rules, and Principles of Responsible Behaviours, Geneva, Switzerland
Sep 1, 2022
Breaking the Impasse Over Security in Space, Arms Control Today
Jun 16, 2022
An In-Orbit Game of Cat and Mouse: Close approaches prompt calls for communications and norms, SpaceNews
Jun 15, 2022
Jun 8, 2022
Can we avoid turning space into a battlefield?, Part of SXSW Presents: Futurology series., Audible
Jan 14, 2022
It’s Time for a Global Ban on Destructive Antisatellite Testing, Scientific American
Oct 19, 2021
Time to get serious about commercial satellite servicing Observer Research Foundation
Aug 11, 2021
China's Counterspace Capabilities, presentation to China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) webinar on PRC Space and Counter-Space for Air Combat Command (ACC)
Jul 30, 2021
Overview of Space Threats, presentation to the 2021 International Space University Alumni Conference
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 21, 2021
Global Counterspace Proliferation and Space Arms Control, presentation to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Strategic Forum
Apr 8, 2021
Beyond the Space ForceSecurity Challenges and Trends in Outer Space, public lecture to the Charlottesville Committee on Foreign Relations
Apr 7, 2021
Current Issues in National Security Space Policy, Lecture for the Space Control Applications Group at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Feb 24, 2021
Dec 18, 2020
International Space Law and Arms Control, Arms Control in an Era of Strategic Competition Workshop 4: Structural Models and Approaches: Scope, Participation and Structure in Competitive Arms Control, CSIS
Dec 17, 2020
Space Security and Deterrence Challenges, presentation to the Air and Space Power International Seminar 2020, organized by the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force
Dec 3, 2020
New Technologies and its Impact on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues, 19th Republic of Korea-United Nations Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation
Dec 1, 2020
Enhancing Space Security: Time for Legally Binding Measures, Arms Control Today
Nov 27, 2020
Current and Future Trends in Chinese Counterspace Capabilities, Proliferation Papers, No. 62, November 2020, Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Nov 23, 2020
China Launches Lunar Sample Return Mission, SpacePolicyOnline.com
Oct 12, 2020
High Road or Low Road: Where are we headed in the space arena?, In: Proceedings of the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, 12-14 October 2020, International Astronautical Federation, Paper-Nr: IAC-20-E3.2.9
Oct 7, 2020
Counterspace Threats Today and Tomorrow, University of Nebraska at Lincoln 2020 Space Law Week
Oct 1, 2020
State of the Space Force, Panel discussion hosted by DefenseOne
Jul 14, 2020
History of Robotic Rendezvous and Proximity Operations in Space, public Google Sheet compiled by SWF
Jul 13, 2020
Counterspace Risks and Threats - WP1796, Operating in Space: Current Multilateral Policy Issues and Challenges (Central Asia and Middle East including Eastern Europe)
Jun 30, 2020
History of Anti-Satellite Tests in Space, public Google Sheet compiled by SWF
May 12, 2020
US Should Start Space Security Talks With Russia, China, Breaking Defense
Apr 23, 2020
Space Café WebTalk Recap: “33 minutes with Dr. Brian Weeden”, Webinar with SpaceWatch.Global
Apr 21, 2020
Counterspace and Space Security, Space Junk Podcast
Mar 2, 2020
The Cons of Guardian Satellites, presentation at the workshop on "Working Smarter with America's Spacefaring Allies" organized by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Oct 9, 2019
Beyond the Space Force: Prospects for Military Competition and Conflict in Space, presentation to the World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
Sep 3, 2019
U.S. Space Command and Trump's Space Force can seem funny. But space threats are deadly serious., NBC Think
Jul 25, 2019
An Analysis of the Potential Misuse of Active Debris Removal, On-Orbit Servicing, and Rendezvous & Proximity Operations Technologies, James Alver, Andrew Garza, and Christopher May, George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs
Apr 25, 2019
China in Space: A Strategic Competition?, testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Apr 11, 2019
The Evolution of Space Rendezvous and Proximity Operations and Implications for Space Security, presentation to the United Nations Disarmament Commission, New York, USA
Apr 8, 2019
India’s ASAT test is wake-up call for norms of behavior in space, SpaceNews
Feb 6, 2019
US National Security Space Policy and Strategy: From Sanctuary to Space Force, presentation to the 2019 Symposium on Space Security, in Tokyo, Japan
Dec 7, 2018
Nov 26, 2018
Real talk and real solutions to real space threats, SpaceNews
Oct 29, 2018
Oct 10, 2018
International Collaboration and Norms Addressing Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management, Panel discussion on "The United States' Role in Space Situational Awareness" at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
Oct 1, 2018
– Norge kan bli dratt inn i en stjernekrig, En rekke anerkjente forskere mener to nye norske satellitter for nordområdene kan bli angrepet av Russland og Kina. Etterretningstjenesten frykter stormaktskrig i verdensrommet., NRK Finnmark
Sep 17, 2018
Trump's Space Force struggling to launch, Politico
Sep 10, 2018
Space as a War Domain, The threats looming in orbit, and the tech needed to thwart them., GovernmentCIO Media by Amanda Ziadeh
Sep 7, 2018
Policy Challenges and Principles in the New Space Paradigm, Wilson Center's Canada Institute conference, "Over the Horizon: A New Era for Canada-U.S. Space Cooperation," Washington, DC
Sep 6, 2018
The Evolution of Space Rendezvous and Proximity Operations and Implications for National Security, Keynote given to the 2018 US Strategic Command Advanced Operational Law Conference, Omaha, USA
Sep 6, 2018
Ensuring the Cybersecurity of Outer Space, 9th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit, Washington, DC
Sep 6, 2018
Two special cases: space systems and cyber deterrence., Two panels addressed special challenges: securing space systems against cyberattack, and building an effective regime of cyber deterrence., The CyberWire
Sep 4, 2018
Outer Space; Earthly Escalation? Chinese Perspectives on Space Operations and Escalation, Strategic Multilayer Assessment
Aug 28, 2018
The United States in Space - Policy Objectives and Development, European Centre for Space Law 2018 Summer Course, Helsinki, Finland
Jul 11, 2018
Space Force: Making Space Great Again, Space Alert
Jul 4, 2018
International Efforts to Prevent an Arms Race in Outer Space, including the Relevance and Sufficiency of Applicable Norms and Principles, International Workshop for the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, Beijing, China
Jun 5, 2018
Assessing Threats to Space Systems, Panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
May 7, 2018
Rendezvous and Proximity Operations: New Options, New Issues, 2018 UNIDIR Space Security Conference - Space Security: The Next Chapter, Geneva, Switzerland
Apr 30, 2018
Space Stability and International Cooperation, US-India Space Cooperation Roundtable, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC, USA
Apr 27, 2018
Space Situational Awareness, Norms of Behavior, and Space Security, Presentation at the 2018 Military Space Situational Awareness Conference in London, UK.
Apr 4, 2018
New UN Guidelines for Space Sustainability Are A Big Deal, Breaking Defense
Feb 21, 2018
Tomorrow's Battlefield: Emerging Areas of Military Competition - Space, Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Feb 16, 2018
Potential Counterspace Capabilities Around the World, Observer Research Foundation, 4th Kalpana Chawla Annual Space Policy Dialogue, New Dehli, India
Feb 14, 2018
Dec 6, 2017
Weapons and Conflict in Space: History, Reality, and The Future, Webinar presented by the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association
Nov 6, 2017
US-China Competition in Space, CogitAsia Podcast, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Oct 25, 2017
Cybersecurity Risks to the Space Domain, Space Tech Expo Europe, Bremen, Germany
Oct 25, 2017
Big Data, Big Space, Big Risk: Addressing Cyber Security Threats, Space Tech Expo Europe, Bremen, Germany
Oct 17, 2017
Stressors to the Stability of the Space Domain, Under Stress: Space Security in 2017, New York, NY, USA
Sep 26, 2017
Stability, Sustainability, and Crises: The Role Tabletop Exercises in Space Crisis Dynamics Can Play in Ensuring the Long-Term Sustainability of Space (paper), Presented at the 68th International Astronautical Congress, Adelaide, Australia, With Victoria A. Samson, Brian Weeden, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, and Abhijnan Rej.
Sep 26, 2017
Stability, Sustainability, and Crises: The Role Tabletop Exercises in Space Crisis Dynamics Can Play in Ensuring the Long-Term Sustainability of Space, Presented at the 68th International Astronautical Congress, Adelaide, Australia
Aug 25, 2017
Risk from Space Rubbish Remains an Unknown Unknown, The Cipher Brief
Jun 28, 2017
Secure World Foundation and Small Satellites, USGIF Small Sat Working Group
Jun 13, 2017
Norms of Behavior in Space, Presentation to the 19th Annual Small Payload Rideshare Symposium, Laurel, Maryland
May 24, 2017
Apr 19, 2017
Considerations on the Increasing Use of Space for MDA/MSA, Collaboration in Space for International Global Maritime Awareness VII Conference
Apr 5, 2017
Interruptor Series, No. 41: Victoria Samson, Foreign Policy Interrupted
Mar 31, 2017
International Collaboration Around the International Space Station: Implications for U.S.-Russia and Chinese Relations, With Jean-Christophe Mauduit and Bruce MacDonald, 2017 SAIS Asia Conference
Mar 28, 2017
A Broader View of Space Security, ISU-DC Space Cafe
Mar 22, 2017
Panel Discussion on Space Crisis Dynamics and Uncertainty, CSIS - PSSI Space Security: Issues For The New U.S. Administration
Feb 9, 2017
Overview of the Space Environment, Presentation given at the Workshop on International Legal Implications of Military Space Operations, US Naval War College, Newport, RI, February 9-10, 2017
Jan 27, 2017
Context and History of the Outer Space Treaty, Georgetown University Law Center, 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Outer Space Treaty,
Jan 23, 2017
The Outer Space Treaty at 50, The Space Review
Jan 1, 2017
India-U.S. Collaboration in Outer Space, ORF Space Alert
Dec 7, 2016
Using Space in a Secure and Safe Environment – Opportunities for Like-Minded Partners, The George Washington University Space Policy Institute, 2nd EU-US Space Policy Conference
Dec 1, 2016
Outer Space: Ungoverned or Lacking Effective Governance?, New Approaches to Managing Human Activities in Space, The SAIS Review of International Affairs
Oct 26, 2016
Electronic Warfare and Satellites, Presentation at the Electronic Warfare GCC 2016 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Oct 25, 2016
Natural and Human-Generated Threats to Satellites, Intercross Blog , International Committee of the Red Cross
Sep 18, 2016
International and Other Options to Strengthen Crisis Stability, chapter in, Crisis Stability in Space: China and Other Challenges edited by Bruce MacDonald, Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 2016
Sep 15, 2016
Space Diplomacy and Space Signalling: International and Other Options to Strengthen Crisis Stability, Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC
Aug 15, 2016
Potential Adversary Counterspace Capabilities, Presented at the Space and the Third Offset Symposium, hosted by the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Apr 18, 2016
Contested and Congested: Current Trends in Space Security . Presentation to the Decatur-Morgan Chamber of Commerce Annual Public Policy Trip to Washington, DC.
Apr 18, 2016
U.S.-China Strategic Relations in Space, National Bureau of Asian Research
Dec 1, 2015
(2015) Workshop Review: Export Controls of Space Systems, Astropolitics,13:2-3, 118-122, DOI: 10.1080/14777622.2015.1083793
Dec 1, 2015
Changing Priorities for the Indian Military in Space, chapter in, India's Military Modernization: Strategic Technologies and Weapons Systems Edited by Rajesh Basrur and Bharath Gopalaswamy, Oxford University Press, India
Nov 30, 2015
U.S. Policy, Programs, and Diplomatic Initiatives to Respond to Space Debris and Counterspace Threats, presentation to the 18th International Symposium on Security Affairs, Tokyo, Japan
Nov 5, 2015
U.S. Policy, Programs, and Diplomatic Initiatives in Response to Space Debris and Counterspace Threats, Space Security Trends and Challenges , The National Institute for Defense Studies.
Oct 29, 2015
Summary Report from Scenario Workshop on Exploring Self Defense in Space, Secure World Foundation, October 29, 2015
Oct 12, 2015
Self-Defense in space: Perspectives, Analogies, and Prospects, IAC-15.E.3.4.2, presented at the 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel
Oct 5, 2015
Dancing in the dark redux: Recent Russian rendezvous and proximity operations in space, The Space Review
Sep 18, 2015
"An Opportunity to Use the Space Domain to Strengthen the U.S.-China Relationship," The National Bureau of Asian Research, September 9, 2015.
Aug 24, 2015
Self-defense in outer space, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research's Space Security 2015: Underpinning Foundations of Space Security, Geneva, Switzerland
Apr 23, 2015
Bringing Space Down to Earth, World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Space
Mar 31, 2015
Feb 11, 2015
Outer Space: Norms and Emerging Challenges, Eurasia Group - International Norms and Values Workshop #2 in Washington, DC
Jan 8, 2015
"The End of Sanctuary: Why America is Considering Getting More Aggressive in Orbit", War is Boring, January 7, 2015
Jan 5, 2015
"The Importance of the United Nations Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities and other International Initiatives to Promote Space Sustainability", OASIS, Volume 20, July-December 2014, pp. 37-53. Laura Delgado López, Christopher D. Johnson, Victoria Samson, Michael Simpson, and Brian Weeden.
Nov 20, 2014
International and Other Options for Strengthening Crisis Stability, United States Institute Disarmament Peace's "Crisis Stability in Space: China and Other Challenges, Washington DC
Oct 27, 2014
National Security and Military Uses of Outer Space, lecture given as part of the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law Strategic Space Law Course, Montreal, Canada
Jul 17, 2014
Space and the Pacific Rim, Future Space Leaders Foundation's third annual event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC
May 28, 2014
SWF's Space Sustainability - A Practical Guide (updated 2014)
Apr 22, 2014
Mar 19, 2014
South Asia Perspectives, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research's Space Security 2014: Implementation and Compliance, Geneva, Switzerland
Mar 17, 2014
Through A Glass, Darkly: Chinese, American, and Russian Anti-satellite Testing in Space, The Space Review
Nov 10, 2013
Oct 11, 2013
"Assuring a Safe, Secure and Sustainable Space Environment for Space Activities", IAC-13-E3.4, presented at the 64th International Astronautical Congress, Beijing, China, September 23-27, 2013. Agnieszka Lukaszczyk.
Sep 23, 2013
Engaging All Stakeholders in Space Sustainability Governance Initiatives, IAC-13-E.3.4.2, presented at 64th International Astronautical Congress, Beijing, China, with Tiffany Chow
Aug 26, 2013
Gambling With A Space Fence, The Space Review
Apr 23, 2013
Space Technology and National Security, Asan Institute for Policy Studies' Science, Technology, and Security Series workshop, Seoul, South Korea
Dec 7, 2012
Strengthening International Security through Global Space S&T Cooperation, American Association for the Advancement of Science's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
Oct 1, 2012
"International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities vis a vis Other Space Security Initiatives",
Mar 2, 2012
"International Code of Conduct on Outer Space Activities", Presented at Air and Space Law Master Programme, Leiden University, The Netherlands, March 2, 2012. Agnieszka Lukaszczyk.
Feb 24, 2012
Missile Defense, Space Security, and Changing Priorities for the Indian Military in Space, "The New Indian Military-II" workshop hosted by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore
Feb 9, 2012
Security in Outer Space: Overview and Recent Trends, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Nov 1, 2011
India, China, and the United States in Space: Partners, Competitors, Combatants? A Perspective from the United States, India Review Vol. 10, No. 4 , 351-353. Nov. 2011. Special Issue: Searching for Space: Perspectives on India's Space Program
Aug 22, 2011
Full Report of "Analyzing the Development Paths of Emerging Space Nations: Opportunties or Challenges for Space Sustainability?" presented at SWF Panel Discussion, Washington, D.C., August 22, 2011.
Aug 22, 2011
Executive Summary of "Analyzing the Development Paths of Emerging Space Nations: Opportunties or Challenges for Space Sustainability?" presented at SWF Panel Discussion, Washington, D.C., August 22, 2011.
Aug 1, 2011
"First Year of the Obama National Space Policy: A Work in Progress", Secure World Foundation, August 2011.
May 9, 2011
India and Space Security, The Space Review
Apr 21, 2011
Yuri's Challenge, at the International Forum on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space, Paris
Nov 23, 2010
Aug 30, 2010
Dancing in the Dark: The Orbital Rendezvous of SJ-12 and SJ-06F, The Space Review
Aug 29, 2010
American Missile Defense: A Guide to the Issues, (Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues), Praeger Security International, (ABC/CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA)
Jul 5, 2010
Securing Space Capabilities: NATO's Time for Choices, Transforming Joint Air Power NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Edition 11,
May 10, 2010
India's Missile Defense/Anti-satellite Nexus, The Space Review
May 3, 2010
Apr 7, 2010
Red Lines' vs. Norms: Two Different Attempts to Achieve Space Security, "Negotiating The Future of Space Security Conference," Geneva, Switzerland
Mar 29, 2010
"Responsible launching: space security, technology, and emerging space states," The Space Review, March 29, 2010. Ben Baseley-Walker.
Mar 29, 2010
Space Weapons From a Technical Perspective, UNIDIR Space Security Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, March 29-30, 2010.
Mar 23, 2010
Space Security Programs of Interest in the FY 2011 Department of Defense Budget Proposal, With S. Black of The Stimson Center.
Feb 5, 2010
Jan 5, 2010
Verification in Space: Theories, Realities, and Possibilities, Disarmament Forum no. 3. With B. Baseley-Walker.
Jan 1, 2010
Jan 1, 2010
Oct 12, 2009
"Use of Force, Self Defense and Space", 2009 IAC in Daejeong, South Korea, October 12-16, 2009. Ben Baseley-Walker.
Jul 28, 2009
The Security Implications of Missile Defense, The Space Review
Jun 16, 2009
"International Humanitarian Law: Sufficient for Space Environment?" presented at the UNIDIR Space Security 2009: Moving Towards at Safer Space Environment, June 16 2009. Ben Baseley-Walker.
Apr 21, 2009
Book review of The politics of space security: strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests, by James Clay Moltz, International Affairs
Apr 13, 2009
Oct 8, 2008
China's BX-1 microsatellite: a litmus test for space weaponization, The Space Review
Sep 16, 2008
Space Security and Space Sustainability, Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Conference
Sep 15, 2008
The fallacy of space-based interceptors for boost-phase missile defense, The Space Review
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