On January 22, 2018, the Stimson Center and the Secure World Foundation (SWF) partnered to host a roundtable discussion on the relationship between space insurance and incentivizing responsible behavior in space operations. The…
It’s one thing to prepare for the eventuality of warfare in space. It’s another to assert that space warfare is inevitable. Many have predicted this since the launch of Sputnik, and all have…
“The Martian” is a box office hit because it fits the tenor of the times. The film is a perfect reflection of the anti-politics-as-usual mood of the U.S. electorate and our craving for…
On January 11, 2007, with no warning, China’s military fired a ballistic missile at one of the country’s weather satellites and blew it to bits. China’s first test of an antisatellite weapon made…
While science fiction fans eagerly await the upcoming new Star Wars movie, a very real war for space may be brewing down here on Earth. Tensions are reaching new heights between America, Russia,…
The world’s most worrisome military flashpoint is arguably not in the Strait of Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Kashmir or Ukraine. In fact, it cannot be located on any map of Earth,…
At the end of June, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, in the course of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, agreed to establish “regular bilateral government…
In 1962, U.S. president John F. Kennedy was in a bind. He was eager to negotiate a nuclear test ban with the Soviet Union. But the Soviets had recently shattered a three-year test…
The European Union’s International Code of Conduct for responsible space-faring nations got mugged on the Lower East Side during the week of August 27th. The crime, which went unreported, occurred at the United…
Is Space Warfare’s Final Frontier?
It’s one thing to prepare for the eventuality of warfare in space. It’s another to assert that space warfare is inevitable. Many have predicted this since the launch of Sputnik, and all have…