International Security & Space

Secure World Foundation Resources

• 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.
• 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.
• "Space Security Trends and Responses", presented at "Strengthening the Capacity of the Media in Advocating and Promoting Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Beijing, January 20-21, 2011.
• Iran SLV Fact Sheet
• 2007 Chinese ASAT Test
• Conference on Disarmament (CD) Fact Sheet
• 2010 Space Deterrence Workshop Report
• Space Security Index, 2010
• "Verification in Space: Theories, Realities, and Possibilities", Disarmament Forum, 2010 no. 3. Ben Baseley-Walker with Brian Weeden.
• "Space and International Security: Future Directions and Challenges" First Committee Monitor, October 4, 2010. Ben Baseley-Walker
• "Red Lines' vs. Norms: Two Different Attempts to Achieve Space Security", Negotiating The Future of Space Security Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, April 7, 2010. Victoria Samson.
• "Space Weapons from a Technical Perspective," presented at the UNIDIR Space Security Conference 2010, March 29-30, 2010. Brian Weeden.
• "Responsible launching: space security, technology, and emerging space states," The Space Review, March 29, 2010. Ben Baseley-Walker.
• Current Space Security Initiatives", Chapter 5.3, The Fair and Responsible Use of Space: An International Perspective, (SpringerWienNewYork, Germany, 2010). Ben Baseley-Walker.
• "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.
• "Use of Force, Self Defense and Space", 2009 IAC in Daejeong, South Korea, October 12-16, 2009. Ben Baseley-Walker
• "Space Security: An Overview," presented at full plenary session of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland, May 28, 2009. Ben Baseley-Walker.
• Book Reviews: "Space Weaponization: Aye or Nay?" Arms Control Today, Volume 38, Number 9, November 2008. Brian Weeden reviews Harnessing the Heavens: National Defense Through Space, edited by Paul G. Gillespie and Grant T. Walker, and The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests, by Dr. Clay Moltz with Brian Weeden.
• "China's BX-1 microsatellite: a litmus test for space weaponization," The Space Review, October 20, 2008. Brian Weeden.
• "The fallacy of space-based interceptors for boost-phase missile defense," The Space Review, September 15, 2008. Brian Weeden.
• "Alternatives to a space weapons treaty," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 17, 2009. Brian Weeden.
• "The Security Implications of Missile Defense", The Space Review, September 28, 2009. Brian Weeden.
• "Securing Space Capabilities: NATO's Time for Choices", Transforming Joint Air Power, NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Edition 11, Summer 201. Brian Weeden.
• "India's Missile Defense/Anti-satellite Nexus," published in The Space Review, May 10, 2010, - Victoria Samson.
• "The politics of space security: strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests. By James Clay Moltz," book review for International Affairs, 85: 3, 2009. Victoria Samson. (not available online).
• "Assessing the Current Dynamics of Space Security - results of the SWF/Ifri workshop on the current trends in space security", IAC-10.E3.1B.3, 61^st International Astronautical Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, September 27 - October 1, 2010. Agnieszka Lukaszczyk.
• "Towards Greater Security in Outer Space: Some Recommendations," Report on L'Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) workshop held in Paris, France from June 18-19, 2009. With Dr. Ray Williamson and Laurence Nardon and Agnieszka Lukaszczyk.

Other Related Resources

• Draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, The Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects
• European Proposal for an International Code of Conduct for Space Activities
• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research - Space Security
• Reaching Critical Will - Space Security
• Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Study on Space and Verification
  • Volume 1 - Policy Implications
  • Volume 2 - Technical Assessment

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